Musheramore
Sign in to saveMusheramore (, 'big Mushera') is a mountain with a height of in County Cork, Ireland. It is the highest of the Boggeragh Mountains. The neighbouring hill is Musherabeg (Muisire Beag, 'little Mushera'), with a height of . Historically the mountain was called Knock Muskery, from Cnoc Múscraighe meaning "hill of the Múscraige", a Gaelic tribe who gave their name to the barony of Muskerry. There are two holy wells on the mountain: one near the summit for sick animals, and one on its northern slopes for humans (St John's Well), where mass was traditionally held on midsummer.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Musheramore is referenced by 85 other articles, and connects out to Mount Brandon, Galtymore and Mangerton Mountain.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Hewitts of Ireland, Marilyns of Ireland and Mountains and hills of County Cork.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 644
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- topographic prominence
- 439
- native label
- Muisire Mór
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Musheramore (, 'big Mushera') is a mountain with a height of in County Cork, Ireland. It is the highest of the Boggeragh Mountains. The neighbouring hill is Musherabeg (Muisire Beag, 'little Mushera'), with a height of . Historically the mountain was called Knock Muskery, from Cnoc Múscraighe meaning "hill of the Múscraige", a Gaelic tribe who gave their name to the barony of Muskerry. There are two holy wells on the mountain: one near the summit for sick animals, and one on its northern slopes for humans (St John's Well), where mass was traditionally held on midsummer.
==See also== List of mountains in Ireland
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Musheramore” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations