Carrauntoohil, Mountain summit in MacGillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry, Ireland
Carrauntoohil is the highest mountain summit in Ireland, rising in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range in County Kerry. Three stone ridges run from the top in different directions and connect to neighboring elevations.
A steel cross was placed on the summit in 1976, replacing an older wooden structure. The earlier marker had stood at the highest point in the country since the middle of the 20th century.
The Irish name Corrán Tuathail is usually translated as "Tuathal's sickle", though Paul Tempan notes the name's origin is uncertain and it appears in no surviving early Irish text. Ordnance Survey Ireland and the Placenames Database use Carrauntoohil; older spellings such as Carrauntoohill appear in Patrick Weston Joyce's 1870 work.
The route via the Devil's Ladder begins at Cronin's Yard and climbs through steep sections with loose rock. The journey takes between four and six hours, depending on pace and weather.
Lough Cummeenoughter, the highest lake in Ireland, sits below the rock walls of Eagle's Nest. The lake bottom consists of a natural sandy bed, uncommon at such altitude.
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