
The Sheeffry Hills or Sheeffry Mountains () is a range of
hills in
County Mayo
County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") 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 Conn ...
,
Ireland. It is bounded to the west by Glencullin Lough and
Doo Lough; to the south by Glenummera and Tawnyard Lough; to the east by Owenmore Glen and to the north by the Bunowen River.
The highest peak is
Barrclashcame (772 m). The range also includes—from west to east—the peaks of Barrclashcame Northwest a.k.a. Storikeennageer (580 m), Tievummera (762 m), Tievnabinnia (742 m), Tawnyard (436 m) and Tawnyrower (510 m).
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There are a number of loughs within the Sheeffry Hills, the two biggest being Lugacolliwee and Lugaloughan. The others are—from west to east—Lough Awaniareen, Lough Allisheen, Lough Tariff, Lough Brawn, Lugalough
Settlements in the area include Drummin
Drummin () is a small village in County Mayo, Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated ...
and Carrowkennedy (to the east), Cregganbaun (west), and Delphi
Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), in ancient times was a sacred precinct that served as the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The oracle ...
(south). Carrowkennedy was the site of an ambush in June 1921, during the Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence () or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-mil ...
.
See also
* Mweelrea
*Ben Gorm
Ben Gorm () is a 700 m high mountain in southwest County Mayo, Ireland, on the northern shore of Killary Harbour.
See also
*Lists of mountains in Ireland
*Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles
*List of P600 mountains in the Britis ...
*Delphi, County Mayo
Delphi ( or ; , )In English, the name ''Delphi'' is pronounced either as or, in a more the Greek-like manner, as . The Greek spelling transliterates as "Delphoi" (with an o); dialectal forms include Belphoi — Aeolian form — and Dal ...
References
External links
Ordnance Survey Ireland - Online map viewer
(centered on the Sheeffry Hills)
{{Mountains and hills of Connacht
Mountains and hills of County Mayo