Bencorr from across Lough Inagh

Benbaun from north of Lough Inagh

The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins (Irish Na Beanna Beola) is a small mountain range of sharp-peaked quartzite ranges located north east of Roundstone Village in Connemara in the west of Ireland. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Roundstone ( Irish: Cloch na Rón meaning "Seal's Rock" is a Village in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland, located Connemara (in Irish: Conamara) which derives from Conmhaicne Mara (meaning descendants of Con Mhac of the sea is a district in the west of Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Dedicated fell runners can hike all twelve peaks in a single day. Fell running, also known as mountain running and hill running, is the sport of Running and racing off road over upland country where the gradient climbed Topographically, this range is partnered with the Maumturks range on the other side of the lonely Glen Inagh (and the route of Western Way long distance path). Na Sléibhte Mhám Toirc (The Maumturks / Maamturks, the Turks (fam The Western Way is a 250 km Long-distance trail in Ireland that runs through County Galway and County Mayo. Frequent rainfall and steep-sided mountains produce an abundance of small trickles and streams which descend into wide bottomed valleys below the Twelve Pins to join larger streams with riffles and pools. The Twelve Pins are a not exceptionally tall, with the highest peak approximately 730 meters, providing excellent walking and climbing opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts.

The Irish names of the peaks are commonly used, especially as the English naming has not been stable. (The current anglicised names are given in parentheses. Anglicisation or anglicization (see -ise vs -ize) is a process of conversion of verbal or written elements of any other language into a more comprehensible English )

• Binn Bhán (Benbaun)
• Binn Chorr (Bencorr)
• Binn Dubh (Bencollaghduff)
• Binn Bhraoin
• Binn Doire Chláir (Derryclare)
• Binn Gabhar (Ben Gower)
• Meacanach
• Binn Fraoigh
• An Chailleach
• Binn Breac (Benbrack)
• Binn Leitrí (Benlettery)
• Binn Glean Uisce (Benglenisky)

Further reading

• "The Mountains of Connemara : A Hill Walker's Guide" (ISBN 0-9504002-4-6) includes a more useful 1:50000 map than the OS maps 37, 38, 44. Benbaun (Binn Bhán is a Mountain in County Galway, Ireland, the highest of the Twelve Bens, and the highest peak in Galway Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi Irish: Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann) is the mapping agency in the Republic of Ireland and together with the Ordnance

External links

• Mountain Lists in Ireland

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