Lissoughter

{{short description|Mountain in Galway, Ireland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Use Irish English|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Lissoughter

| other_name = Cnoc Lios Uachtair

| photo = File:Lissoughter from the southwest.jpg

| photo_caption = Lissoughter from the southwest; the tallest peak behind it is Binn idir an da Log

| photo_size =

| elevation_m = 401

| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/828/|title=Lissoughter|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|accessdate=13 August 2019}}

| prominence_m = 336

| prominence_ref =

| listing = Marilyn

| translation = hill of the upper ringfort

| language = Irish

| location = Recess, County Galway, Ireland

| range = Twelve Bens-Maumturks

| coordinates = {{coord|53.48358|N|9.718475|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| map = island of Ireland

| map_relief = yes

| map_caption = Location in Ireland

| grid_ref_Ireland = L8596849524

| topo = OSi Discovery 44

| geology = Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top bedrock

| easiest_route =

}}

Lissoughter or Lissoughter Hill ({{irish place name|Cnoc Lios Uachtair|hill of the upper ring-fort}}){{cite web|url= http://www.mountaineering.ie/_files/Paul%20Tempan%20Irish%20Mountain%20Placenames%20-%20Feb%202012.pdf|title=Irish Hill and Mountain Names|publisher=MountainViews.ie|author=Paul Tempan|date=February 2012}} is a prominent hill between the Twelve Bens and Maumturks mountain ranges, at the southern entrance to the Inagh Valley, in the Connemara National Park of County Galway, Ireland. With a height of {{convert|401|m|ft}}, it does not qualify to be an Arderin or a Vandeleur-Lynam, however, its prominence of {{convert|336|m|ft}} ranks it as a Marilyn.{{cite web|url=https://mountainviews.ie/lists/arderin/|title=Arderins: Irish mountains of 500+m with a prominence of 30m|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|author=Simon Stewart|date=October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://mountainviews.ie/lists/vandeleur-lynam/?PHPSESSID=6lpes93lcdlq890dprmqqu4dn6|title=Vandeleur-Lynams: Irish mountains of 600+m with a prominence of 15m|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|author=Simon Stewart|date=October 2018}}Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins", Collins Books, Cork, {{ISBN|978-1-84889-164-7}}

A quarry on Lissoughter's southern slopes (the Lissoughter-Derryclare quarry, named after the peak and the neighbouring Derryclare mountain), is a noted source of the green-coloured Connemara marble (sometimes called Connemara Lissoughter Marble).{{cite web|url=https://marbleguide.com/marble/connemarble-green-irish-marble/|title=CONNEMARBLE GREEN Irish marble|publisher=MarbleGuide.com | accessdate=13 August 2019 | quote=Connemarble Green is a green marble from Ireland (Derryclare, Lissoughter, Recess, Co. Galway, Connemara).}} As an isolated standalone peak, it is less frequented by hill-walkers, however, it is regarded for its views of the two ranges and the southern boglands of Connemara.{{cite book | last1 = Dillion | first1 = Paddy | title = Connemara: Collins Rambler's guide | publisher = Harper Collins | isbn = 978-0002201216 | year = 2001 | quote="Walk 20: Recess and Cnoc Lios Uachtair"}}{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Connemara-Listening-Wind-Trilogy/dp/1844880664|title=Connemara: Listening to the Wind | date=2007 | author=Tim Robinson | isbn=978-1844880669 | publisher=Penguin }}