Musheramore

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Musheramore

| other_name = Muisire Mór{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1166504 | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | title = Muisire Mór / Musheramore | accessdate = 2 December 2020 }}

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| elevation_m = 643

| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url = https://mountainviews.ie/summit/204/ | website = MountainViews.ie | title = Musheramore, Boggeragh Mountains | accessdate = 2 December 2020 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=9041 | website = peakbagger.com | title = Musheramore, Ireland | accessdate = 2 December 2020 }}

| prominence_m = 439

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| listing = Hewitt, Marilyn

| translation = great [mountain] of the Múscraige

| language = Irish

| location = County Cork, Ireland

| range = Boggeragh Mountains

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Musheramore ({{langx|ga|Muisire Mór}}, 'big Mushera') is a mountain with a height of {{convert|643|m|ft}} in County Cork, Ireland. It is the highest of the Boggeragh Mountains. The neighbouring hill is Musherabeg (Muisire Beag, 'little Mushera'), with a height of {{convert|499|m|ft}}.{{cite web|url = https://mountainviews.ie/summit/467/ | website = MountainViews.ie | title = Musherabeg, Boggeragh Mountains | accessdate = 2 December 2020 }} Historically the mountain was called Knock Muskery, from Cnoc Múscraighe meaning "hill of the Múscraige", a Gaelic tribe who gave their name to the barony of Muskerry.{{cite web|url= https://mountainviews.ie/resourceitem/names/List2019/IrishLandscapeNames2019.pdf|title=Irish Landscape Names|publisher=MountainViews.ie|author=Paul Tempan|date=2019}} There are two holy wells on the mountain: one near the summit for sick animals, and one on its northern slopes for humans (St John's Well), where mass was traditionally held on midsummer.

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