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Maolán Buí
Bearna Rua
Maolán Buí photographed from the summit of Cnoc an Chuillinn, with Cnoc an Chullinn East Top in the foreground
Highest point
Elevation	973 m
Prominence	38 m
Listing	Furth, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
Coordinates	51°59′41″N 9°42′04″W / 51.9946°N 9.7011°W / 51.9946; -9.7011
Geography
Maolán BuíIreland
Location	County Kerry, Republic of Ireland
Parent range	MacGillycuddy's Reeks
OSI/OSNI grid	V832838
Topo map	OSI Discovery 78
Geology
Mountain type	Well-bedded grey sandstone Bedrock

Maolán Buí (Irish for "yellow/golden round knoll"), also known by the name Bearna Rua, at 973 metres (3,192 ft) high, is the fifth-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, or the sixth-highest peak in Ireland according to the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Maolán Buí is also known for its narrow north-west spur, called The Bone. It is part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry.

Geography

Maolán Buí is in the eastern part of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks in County Kerry, Ireland's highest mountain range. The peak lies on a ridge between Cnoc na Péiste 988 metres (3,241 ft) (to the northeast) and Cnoc an Chuillinn 958 metres (3,143 ft) (to the southwest), which are themselves part of the larger eastern ridge of the Reeks, which includes The Big Gun 939 metres (3,081 ft) and finishes at its far eastern end with Cruach Mhór 932 metres (3,058 ft).

A narrow north-west spur of Maolán Buí called The Bone, not to be confused with the nearby peak that sits on the Beenkeragh Ridge, The Bones 957 metres (3,140 ft), is regarded as a safe escape route from the eastern section of the main MacGillycuddy's Reeks ridge, down into the Hag's Glen and out through Cronin's Yard.

Maolán Buí is the 278th-highest mountain in Britain and Ireland on the Simm classification. It 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 Maolán Buí is sometimes referred to as one of the 13 Irish Munros.

Maolán Buí's prominence qualifies it to meet the Arderin classification, and the British Isles Simm and Hewitt classifications. Maolán Buí does not appear in the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains, as the prominence threshold is over 100 m (328 ft 1 in).

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. ^ Maolán Buí at mountainviews.ie. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
2. Tempan, Paul (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. Dillon, Paddy (1998). Exploring the South of Ireland. Ward Lock. ISBN 0-7063-7566-1.
5. ^ Cocker, Chris; Jackson, Graham (2018). "The Database of British and Irish Hills". Database of British and Irish Hills.
6. 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.
7. "Hill Lists: Furths". Scottish Mountaineering Club. The list of peaks of 3000ft or more within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland outside (furth) of Scotland. There are currently 34 Furths.
8. 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
• 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
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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
• Mountains under 1000 metres