mountain or mountain range
Binn Bhreac
genitive: Bhinn Bhreac
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Benbrack
(English)

Historical references

1843
Ben Brack
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1843
Ben Brack
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1843
Binn brack
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1843
Bin brack
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1843
Bén Brăck (so pronounced)
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1843
bínn breăc
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1843
[Benbrack]
"Sheet 23 Galway … Mweelin, Kylemore and Addergoole … 1922 ft" Situation:ALCnoc
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1843
[Benbrack]
"Ben Brack signifies the speckled gable, cliff or hill. This is the old name of the hill and takes its name partly from its altitude and partly from the spotted whiteish colour of the mass of rock constituting its top" Desc. Rem.
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