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Caher
Cathair na Féinne
Caher Ridge, with Caher East Top (l) and Caher West Top (r); as seen from Carrauntoohil
Highest point
Elevation	1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Prominence	99.76 m (327.3 ft)
Isolation	0.71 miles (1.14 km)
Listing	Furth, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates	51°59′40″N 9°45′31″W / 51.994449°N 9.758549°W / 51.994449; -9.758549
Naming
English translation	stone fort of the Fianna
Language of name	Irish
Geography
CaherCounty Kerry, Republic of Ireland
Parent range	MacGillycuddy's Reeks
OSI/OSNI grid	V792838
Topo map	OSI Discovery 78
Geology
Mountain type(s)	Purple sandstone & siltstone, (Ballinskelligs Sandstone Formation)
Climbing
Easiest route	via Coomloughra Horseshoe

Caher or Caher East Top (Irish: Cathair na Féinne, meaning 'stone fort of the Fianna') at 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), is the third-highest peak in Ireland, on the Irish Arderin and Vandeleur-Lynam classifications. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry.

Geography

Caher is Ireland's third-highest peak. The mountain lies to the southwest of Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest peak at 1,038.6 metres (3,407 ft 6 in), in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry.

Caher is often climbed as part of the Coomloughra Horseshoe, which takes 6–8 hours and is described as "one of Ireland’s classic ridge walks". It takes in the circuit of neighbouring peaks of Caher West Top, Carrauntoohil, The Bones, Beenkeragh, and Skregmore. On Caher's western slopes is the townland of Derrynafeana (Irish: Doire na Féinne, meaning 'oak wood of the Fianna').

Climbers refer to the narrow path that runs along the top of Caher West Top and neighboring Caher, as the Caher Ridge.

Caher is the 200th–highest mountain in Britain and Ireland on the Simm classification. Caher is regarded by the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") as one of 34 Furths, which is a mountain above 3,000 ft (914.4 m) in elevation, and meets the other SMC criteria for a Munro (e.g. "sufficient separation"), but which is outside of (or furth) Scotland; which is why Caher is sometimes referred to as one of the 13 Irish Munros. Caher's prominence qualifies it to meet the Arderin classification, and the British Isles Simm and Hewitt classifications. Caher does not appear in the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, as it is below the required the prominence threshold of 100 m (328 ft).

See also

• Lists of mountains in Ireland
• List of mountains of the British Isles by height
• List of Furth mountains in the British Isles

References

1. ^ MountainViews: Caher (Cathair)
2. Paul Tempan (February 2012). "Irish Hill and Mountain Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.
3. ^ Ryan, Jim (2006). Carrauntoohil and MacGillycuddy's Reeks: A Walking Guide to Ireland's Highest Mountains. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1905172337.
4. ^ Dillion, Paddy (1993). The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits. Cicerone. ISBN 978-1852841102.
5. "Route Descriptions". Kerry Mountain Rescue Teams. 2018.
6. Derrynafeana. Placenames Database of Ireland.
7. "Hiking Carrauntoohil: Everything you Need to Know". Outside.ie. 2017. The trail will take you along the really scenic Caher Ridge Path with great views and takes in the summit of the Caher Mountain, before you descend a little to the col on the way to Carrauntoohil.
8. ^ Cocker, Chris; Jackson, Graham (2018). "The Database of British and Irish Hills". Database of British and Irish Hills.
9. Mountains – Key Facts. The Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds & Furths Archived 2012-08-22 at the Wayback Machine at www.smc.org.uk. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
10. Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, ISBN 978-1-84889-164-7

External links

• MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website, Caher
• MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database
• The Database of British and Irish Hills , the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
• Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH
• Ordnance Survey Ireland ("OSI") Online Map Viewer
• Logainm: Placenames Database of Ireland

v t e Mountains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland
British Isles	P600s Marilyns Fell Mountains by height by prominence (Simms classification)
Scotland	Mountains and hills Munros Murdos Corbetts Grahams Donalds
Outside Scotland	Furths Hewitts Nuttalls England Wales
England	Birketts Ethels Wainwrights
Ireland	Mountains in Ireland Vandeleur-Lynams Arderins MountainViews
County tops	England and Wales (1964) England (ceremonial) Wales (local government areas) Scotland counties council areas Northern Ireland counties districts Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland county and provincial tops

v t e Mountains and hills of Munster
Lists of mountains in Ireland
Ballyhoura Mountains	Carron Mountain Seefin
Boggeragh Mountains	Musheramore Mount Hillary
Caha Mountains	Hungry Hill Sugarloaf (Slieve Gowl)
Comeragh Mountains	Croughaun Fauscoum Knockanaffrin
Derrynasaggart Mountains	Caherbarnagh Mullaghanish Paps of Anu
Dingle Peninsula	Brandon Group Mount Brandon Central Dingle Beenoskee Slieve Mish Mountains Baurtregaum Caherconree Western Dingle Mount Eagle
Galty Mountains	Galtymore Lyracappul Temple Hill
Iveragh Peninsula	Bentee Broaghnabinnia Drung Hill Knocknadobar Stumpa Dúloigh Mullaghanattin
Knockmealdown Mountains	Knockmealdown Knocknafallia Sugarloaf Hill (Knockmealdowns)
MacGillycuddy's Reeks	Beenkeragh Brassel Mountain Caher Caher West Top Carrauntoohil Cnoc an Chuillinn Cnoc na Péiste Cnoc na Toinne Cruach Mhór Hag's Tooth Maolán Buí The Big Gun The Bones
Mangerton Mountains	Mangerton Torc Mountain
Shehy Mountains	Knockboy
Slieve Felim Mountains	Silvermine Mountains Slievekimalta
Slieve Miskish Mountains	Knockoura
Sliabh Luachra	Mullaghareirk Mountains Stack's Mountains
Others	An Triúr Deirfiúr Arra Hills Caher Mountain (Cork) Carhoo Hill Devil's Bit Geokaun Knockanore Mountain Mount Gabriel Moylussa Mullaghmore Nowen Hill Purple Mountain Slieve Aughty Slievecallan Slievenamon

• Mountains and hills of County Kerry
• Furths
• One-thousanders of Ireland