Nephin Beg or Nefin Beg () is a mountain with a height of in the

Nephin Beg Range The Nephin Beg Range or Nephin MountainsO'Hara, Bernard. ''Mayo: Aspects of Its Heritage''. Archaeological, Historical & Folklore Society, 1982. p.207 is a mountain range in County Mayo, Ireland. The range contains the mountains of Slieve Car ...

County Mayo County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. It is within Wild Nephin National Park. It seems to be named after the larger mountain

Nephin Nephin or Nefin (), at 806 metres (2646 ft), is the highest standalone mountain in Ireland and the second-highest peak in Connacht (after Mweelrea). It is to the west of Lough Conn in County Mayo. Location It lies in the centre of Gl ...

(''beag'' meaning 'little' or 'lesser'), although that mountain is some distance away and there are intervening mountains between them. Nephin Beg is also called , 'rounded/pointed mountain of the horse'.

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{{Mountains and hills of Connacht Mountains and hills of County Mayo Mountains under 1000 metres