The Mountains of the Dingle Peninsula are grouped into two major unnamed mountain ranges, one running along the centre of the Dingle Peninsula

Dingle Peninsula

The Dingle Peninsula is the northernmost of the major peninsulae in County Kerry. Its ends beyond the town of Dingle at Dunmore Head, the westernmost point of Ireland.-Name:...

 in County Kerry

County Kerry

Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...

, in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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 and the other found at its extreme western tip. The mountains dealt with here include all those west of the Slieve Mish Mountains

Slieve Mish Mountains

The Slieve Mish Mountains are a mountain range found in County Kerry in the Ireland. Overlooking Tralee Bay on the northern side and Dingle Bay on the south, they extend for approximately 19 km from east to west...

, which extend from the mainland south of Tralee to the narrow neck of the peninsula and are separated from the mountains of the Dingle Peninsula by a series of low foothills and deep river valleys.

Eastern Mountains

The eastern mountains on the Dingle peninsula run along the centre of the peninsula in an east-west line for a distance of approximately 20 kilometres, except at the western end where they extend northwards to the sea for a distance of 11 km, resulting in a series of high sea cliffs. These mountains for the most part form a relatively steep, narrow spine along the centre of the peninsula in the shape of an L when viewed on a map, but in some areas this spine widens out into a wide, flat, bog

Bog

A bog, quagmire or mire is a wetland that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses or, in Arctic climates, lichens....

gy plateau, dotted with many small lakes. There is evidence of many features of glaciation, such as corrie

Cirque

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s, U-shaped valley

U-shaped valley

A U-shaped valley also known as a glacial trough is one formed by the process of glaciation. It has a characteristic U-shape, with steep, straight sides, and a flat bottom. Glaciated valleys are formed when a glacier travels across and down a slope, carving the valley by the action of scouring...

s, and paternoster lake

Paternoster lake

A Paternoster lake is one of a series of glacial lakes connected by a single stream or a braided stream system. The name comes from the word Paternoster, another name for the Lord's Prayer derived from the Latin words for the prayer's opening words, "Our Father"; Paternoster lakes are so called...

s, evidence of the effects of the last ice age

Ice age

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. There are dozens of mountain peaks, many of them unnamed, and because the Irish language

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 is still strong in the area, many peaks are known only (or primarily) by their Irish name. Where a peak does possess an anglicised name, it often bears no relation to its present Irish name, possibly because the anglicised names reflect older Irish names that have now been discarded. Some of the more notable peaks include, from east to west: Stradbally Mountain (Cnoc na tSráidbhaile), 798m; Beenoskee

Beenoskee

Beenoskee or Benoskee is a 826 m mountain on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. Part of the Dingle Mountains, it is the highest of the "Central Dingle" group and the 28th highest in Ireland....

 (Binn os Gaoith), 826m; Cnoc Mhaoilionáin, 593m; An Cnapán Mór, 649m; Sliabh Mhacha Ré, 620m; Ballysitteragh or Cnoc Bhaile Uí Shé, 623m; Brandon Peak or Barr an Ghéaráin, 840m; Mount Brandon

Mount Brandon

Mount Brandon or Brandon Mountain is a 952 m mountain on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. It is the highest peak of the unnamed central mountain range of the Dingle Peninsula and the ninth highest peak in Ireland...

 (Cnoc Bhreandáin), 952m; Piaras Mór, 748m; and Más an Tiompáin, 763m.

Western Mountains

A separate, much smaller, mountain range is situated at the western tip of the peninsula, which has only two named peaks, Mount Eagle (Sliabh an Iolair) to the south and Croaghmartin (Cruach Mhárthain) to the north, 516 metres and 403 metres high respectively. The most westerly settlement on mainland Ireland, Dunquin

Dunquin

Dún Chaoin , meaning "Caon's stronghold", is a Gaeltacht village in west County Kerry, Ireland. Dunquin lies at the Western tip of the Dingle Peninsula, overlooking the Blasket Islands. At 10°27'16"W, it is the most westerly settlement of Ireland...

, lies on the western slope of this mountain range, adjacent to the sea. The southern slope of Mount Eagle falls steeply away to the sea to form Slea Head (Ceann Sléibhe), the most south-westerly point of the Dingle Peninsula.