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MountainViews Online Database. Retrieved 13 August 2019.^ a b c d Paul Tempan (February 2012). “Irish Hill and Mountain Names” (PDF). MountainViews.ie.^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). “Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m”. MountainViews Online Database.^ Simon Stewart (October 2018). “Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m”. MountainViews Online Database.^ a b c Mountainviews, (September 2013), “A Guide to Ireland’s Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins”, Collins Books, Cork, ISBN\u00a0978-1-84889-164-7^ a b c d e Paul Phelan (2011). Connemara & Mayo – A Walking Guide: Mountain, Coastal & Island Walks. Collins Press. ISBN\u00a0978-1848891029. Route 16: Cork\u00f3g^ a b c Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN\u00a0978-1852841102. “Walk 49: Corcogemore, Mullach Glas, Binn Mh\u00f3r, Binn Chaonaigh, Binn idir an D\u00e1 Log, Letterbreckaun, Leenaun Hill^ \u00c9anna \u00d3 Caolla (5 August 2016). “Pilgrims head to Connemara hills for annual walk”. Retrieved 2 August 2019. The site, which is also associated with the pagan Lughnasa Solstice festivals, features a holy well and a Mass Rock (Carraig an Aifrinn) which was used during the repressive penal times when isolated locations were used to host religious ceremonies.^ “M\u00e1m\u00e9an Pilgrimage”. National Museum of Ireland. High up the slopes of the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara there is a natural passage-way known as M\u00e1m\u00e9an (pass of the birds).  At the summit of this rugged track you will find an ancient pilgrim site dedicated to St. Patrick.^ Fairbairn, Helen (2014). Ireland’s Best Walks: A Walking Guide. Collins Press. ISBN\u00a0978-1848892118. Retrieved 1 August 2019. Route 36: The Central Maumturks \u2013 South^ “The Maumturks Challenge”. University College Galway Mountaineering Club (UCGMC). Retrieved 1 August 2019.^ Simon Stewart. “Maumturks Challenge Section 1: Corcog to Mamean”. MountainViews Online Database. Retrieved 2 August 2019.^ “Maaumturks Challenge: The Route”. University College Galway Mountaineering Club (UCGMC). Retrieved 2 August 2019.External links[edit]Wikimedia ErrorOur servers are currently under maintenance or experiencing a technical problem.Please try again in a few\u00a0minutes.See the error message at the bottom of this page for more\u00a0information. "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/corcogemore-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Corcogemore – Wikipedia"}}]}]