Birreencorragh
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=November 2021}}
{{short description|Mountain in Ireland}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Birreencorragh | other_name = {{lang|ga|Birín Corrach}}
| photo =File:Broad ridge leading from Knockaffertagh towards Birreencorragh - geograph.org.uk - 5220509.jpg
| photo_caption =Birreencorragh seen from Knockaffertagh
| elevation_m = 698
| prominence_m = 583
| prominence_ref = {{cite book |author=E. D. Clements |year=1998 |title=The Hewitts and Marilyns of Ireland |isbn=0-9522680-8-6 |publisher=TACit Press |location=Cambuskenneth, Stirling}}
| translation = rocky little spike
| language = Irish
| parent_peak =
| map = Ireland
| map_relief = 1
| map_caption =Location in Ireland
| map_size = 220
| label_position = none
| location = County Mayo, Ireland
| range = Nephin Beg Range
| coordinates = {{coord|53|59|7|N|9|29|16|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_Ireland = G0245605007
| topo = OSi Discovery 23 / 31
}}
Birreencorragh is a mountain in the Nephin Beg Range, County Mayo, Ireland, reaching {{convert|698|m}} above sea level.{{cite web |url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/112/ |title=Birreencorragh |publisher=Mountain Views |accessdate=11 December 2011}}
Etymology
Geography
The mountain is separated from nearby mountains, such as Glennamong and Nephin Beg in the west and Nephin in the east, by deep depressions.{{cite book |author=Adrian Hendroff |year=2010 |title=From High Places: A Journey Through Ireland's Great Mountains |publisher=The History Press Ireland |isbn=978-1-84588-989-0 |page=38}} It makes a good viewpoint of the Nephin Beg Range.{{cite book |author=Paddy Dillon |year=2001 |title=The Mountains of Ireland |publisher=Cicerone Press Limited |isbn=978-1-85284-110-2 |pages=174–176 |chapter=Walk 57: Birreencorragh}}
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