Binn Dubh
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| Bencollaghduff | |
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| Binn Dubh | |
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Bencollaghduff is the second mountain from the left
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| Translation | Black mountain (Irish) |
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 Bencollaghduff
Ireland
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| Location | Galway, Ireland |
| Parent range | Twelve Bens |
| OSI/OSNI grid | L798530 |
Bencollaghduff (Irish: Binn Dubh, meaning "Black mountain" [3] ) is a mountain in Galway, Ireland. With a height of 696 metres it is the third highest mountain in the Twelve Bens after Benbaun and Bencorr.
Access to the summit
The Bencollaghduff is located along the ridge which connects Bencorr (SE) and Benbaun (NW). It can be reached by a long rocky slope; a cairn stands on its summit.[3]
Conservation
The mountain, along with Twelve Bens range, is part of the Connemara National Park.
In literature
The Irish novelist Joseph O'Connor in his awards winner novel Star of the Sea cites the quarzite shale on the slopes of Bencollaghduff.[4]
