The Slieve Aughty ( ga, Sliabh Eachtaí) are a mountain range in the western part of
Ireland spread over both
County Galway
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and
County Clare. The highest peak in the Slieve Aughty Mountains is Maghera in Clare which rises to 400 m (1,314 ft). The mountain range consists of two ridges divided by the Owendallaigh river which flows west into Lough Cutra.
The
Cenél Áeda na hEchtge
Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea) was a trícha cét (later a cantred, (a branch of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne) and which was the original formation of the southern part of the barony of Kiltartan, ...
partly derived their name from them.
References
The Historical Geography of the Slieve Aughty
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Mountains and hills of County Clare
Mountains and hills of County Galway