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释义

  1. Geology

  2. Geography

  3. Name

  4. Hill walking

  5. List of peaks

  6. Pilgrimage

  7. Aircraft accidents

  8. Bibliography

  9. See also

  10. Notes

  11. References

  12. External links

{{short description|Mountain in Kerry, Ireland}}{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Brandon
(and the Brandon Group)
| other_name = Cnoc Bréanainn
| translation = Brendan's hill
| language = Irish
| photo = Brandon Mountain from Brandon Peak - geograph.org.uk - 331817.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Brandon photographed from Brandon Peak, with its distinctive east–west contrast.
| photo_size =
| elevation_m = 951.7
| elevation_ref = [1][2]
| prominence_m = 934
| prominence_ref = [1]
| parent_peak =
| listing = P600, Marilyn, Furth, Hewitt, Arderin, Simm, Vandeleur-Lynam
| location = Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
| map = island of Ireland
| range_coordinates =
| range = Brandon Group[1]
| coordinates = {{coord|52.235113|N|10.254336|W|type:mountain_region:IE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = [1]
| grid_ref_Ireland = Q460116
| topo = OSI Discovery 70
| type= Purple sandstone & siltstone[1]
| easiest_route = Saint's Route (Cosán na Naomh)
| period=Devonian[1]
}}

Mount Brandon or Brandon ({{lga|Cnoc Bréanainn|Brendan's hill}})[2] at {{convert|952|m|ft}}, is the 8th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 9th–highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam scale.[11] Brandon is the highest Irish peak outside of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range, and has the greatest prominence of any Irish peak except Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest mountain.[11] Brandon is named after Saint Brendan and is the end of a Christian pilgrimage trail known as Cosán na Naomh. Brandon is at the centre of the Brandon Group of mountains in the Dingle Peninsula in Kerry.

Geology

{{Main article|MacGillycuddy's Reeks#Geology}}

Brandon is composed of sandstone particles of various sizes collectively known as Old Red Sandstone.[3] Old Red Sandstone has a purple–reddish colour, and has virtually no fossils.[3][4] The colour gave its name to nearby Purple Mountain.[3] The composition of Old Red Sandstone is variable and contains quartz stones, mudstones, siltstones, and sandstone particles (conglomerate rock boulders with quartz pebbles are visible).[3] They are described by the Geological Survey of Ireland as the oldest Devonian rocks in Ireland.[5]

Geography

Brandon is in the middle of a high ridge, called the Brandon Group,[2] which runs north–south for {{convert|10|km}} across the peninsula. This ridge includes other classified peaks (see list below), including: Brandon Peak {{convert|840|m|ft}}, Benagh {{convert|822|m|ft}}, Faha Ridge {{convert|809|m|ft}}, Gearhane {{convert|803|m|ft}}, Masatiompan {{convert|762|m|ft}}, Piaras Mór {{convert|746|m|ft}}, and An Scraig {{convert|623|m|ft}}.

The most distinctive aspect of the Brandon Group is the contrast between the gentle grassy slopes on its western side, and the sharp cliffs and deep corries of its eastern side; an effect that the Brandon Group's long north–south ridge exactly separates.[6]

Mount Brandon owes its craggy shape to the work of glaciers during the ice age, which gouged out a series of corries on the eastern flank of the mountain. The summit of Mount Brandon is rounded and smooth as it was likely a nunatuk (like Lugnaquilla in Wicklow), and presents a stark contrast to Brandon Peak, or Barr an Ghéaráin, which is alpine in appearance.[6]

On Brandon’s deep eastern corrie, flanked by Faha Ridge to its north, is a series of rocky plateaus, each of which has a small paternoster lake; over ten lakes grow in size descending the mountain.[7] From highest they are, the Locha Chom an Chnoic (Coumaknock Loughs), Loch na Lice (Lough Nalacken) and Loch Cruite (Lough Cruttia).[7][6] This corrie's natural environment, and positioning on the Faha Route, means it is regularly photographed.[6]

Brandon is the 340th–highest mountain, and 10th most prominent mountain, in Britain and Ireland, on the Simms classification.[8] Brandon is regarded by the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") as one of 34 Furths, which is a mountain above {{convert|3000|ft|0|abbr=on}} in elevation, and meets the other SMC criteria for a Munro (e.g. "sufficient separation"), but which is outside of (or furth) Scotland;[9] Brandon is referred to as one of the 13 Irish Munros.[10][11]

Brandon's prominence qualifies for the P600 classification. Both Brandon and Brandon Peak, meet the Britain and Ireland Marilyn classification.[8] Brandon is the 3rd highest mountain, and Brandon Peak is the 9th highest mountain, in the MountainViews Online Database, 100 Highest Irish Mountains.[12][13]

Name

The mountain is called Brandon Mountain, Mount Brandon and Brandon on various maps.[2]

Brandon takes its name from Saint Brendan the Navigator, or Bréanainn, who is said to have been born in what is now County Kerry in 484 AD, and is chiefly known for his legendary voyage in a boat of wood and leather to the "Isle of the Blessed", also called Saint Brendan's Island. In the story of Brendan's life (titled, the Beatha Bhréanainn, or the Latin version, the Vita Brendani), it is written that he spent three days on the mountain before his voyage, and that he was visited by an angel; the mountain is described as being surrounded by the ocean, which fits with the topography of Mount Brandon.[2]

Irish academic Paul Tempan wrote in his 2010 Irish Hill and Mountain Names, that it is likely that the mountain was a source of pilgrimage even before both St. Brendan and the arrival of Christianity altogether.[2] Its importance may be due to the fact that, being so far west and so high, it is the place where the sun can be seen the latest as it sinks below the horizon.[2] Tempan notes that the medieval story about Brendan's life calls the mountain Sliabh nDaidche in the Irish version, or Mons Aitche in the Latin version; and that the Irish academic Dr Alan Mac an Bhaird, had translated this as "mountain of Faithche", as Brandon stands in the Faha townland.[2] However, some believe that the Mons Aitche name refers to Slieve Aughty, rather than to Mount Brandon.[14]

Hill walking

The quickest and easiest route to the summit of Mount Brandon is from the west via the final stages of the medieval pilgrim path, The Saint's Route ({{lga|Cosán na Naomh}}), which begins 18–kilometres away in Ventry.[15] The route starts from the car park of Ballybrack ({{lga|Baile Breac}}) ({{gbm4ibx|W434094}}), and follows the straight grassy path, marked by large crosses, to the summit of Mount Brandon; then retracing back to Ballybrack. The 8–kilometre route takes 3–4 hours.[16][17] A longer 5 hour variation is to continue north along the summit ridge from Mount Brandon to Piaras Mor, and then descend to Ballyknockane.[18]

A scenic variation is the 9–kilometre 4–5 hour Faha Route, the Pilgrim's Path,{{efn|This is sometimes confused with the Cosán na Naomh on the west-side, which can also be called the Pilgrim's Path, hence the use of Faha Route to properly distinguish it}} which starts from the east via the car-park at the Faha Grotto ({{gbm4ibx|Q493119}}) just outside Cloghane. The route to the summit is marked, and offers views of the deep corries and paternoster lakes on Brandon's glaciated east face. It follows a trail below the Faha Ridge to the summit; then retracing back to Faha Grotto.[19][20]

The full ridge walk of the entire Mount Brandon range, regarded as "one of the finest ridge walks in Ireland", crosses the full 15–kilometre ridge of the Brandon Group from the Conor Pass to Masatiompan and takes 6–7 hours.[6] The route from the Conor Pass to Mount Brandon and back to the Conor Pass is even longer, at 21–kilometres and takes up to 8 hours to complete.[6]

List of peaks

{{Main|Lists of mountains in Ireland}}

The following is a download from the MountainViews Online Database, who list 15 Brandon Group peaks over 100 metres.

{{legend|#cfc|Furth (or Irish Munro): Height over {{convert|3000|ft|0}}, and on the SMC Furth list.}}{{legend|#cff|Marilyn: Any height, and prominence over {{convert|150|m|0}}.}}
Peaks of the Brandon Group (MountainViews Online Database, October 2018)
Height
Rank		Prom.
Rank		NameIrish Name (if different)TranslationHeight
(m)		Prom.
(m)		Height
(ft)		Prom.
(ft)		Topo
Map		OSI Grid
Reference
11Brandon Cnoc BréanainnBrendan's Hill 952 934 3,122 3,064 70Q460116}}
213Brandon North Top—— 895 23 2,938 76 70Q461125}}
314Brandon Far North Top—— 840 17 2,756 57 70Q459128}}
43Brandon PeakBarr an GhéaráinFrom the vicinity of Cloghane church there is a strange optical illusion whereby this peak seems higher than the summit, though it is actually over 100m lower.[2]}} 840 190 2,756 623 70Q472095}}
56BenaghBinn FaicheAn Fhaiche / Faha is the name of the townland in which this peak is situated. The grotto at which the traditional ascent of the mountain begins is further down in the same townland. The walls E of the summit were identified as the remains of an inland promontory fort by archaeologist Barry Raftery. For information on this fort, see Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 29 (published March 2005).[2]}} 822 57 2,697 187 70Q469119}}
68Faha RidgeNa PoirtThe Fortifications 809 44 2,654 144 70Q464120}}
710GearhaneAn GéaránThe Fang 803 26 2,635 85 70Q468087}}
811Brandon South TopFaill na nDeamhanMáire MacNeill comments on the place-names around Brandon as follows: From An Seabhac's compendium of the place-names of the district we learn that several places on the mountain have names suggestive of myths which recur at other Lughnasa sites, e.g. Macha an Mhíl (the Beast's Pasture), Faill na nDeamhan (the Demons' Cliff), Com na Caillighe (the Hag's Recess), Loch na Mná (the Woman's Lake), Cnoc an Tairbh (the Bull's Hill), etc.[2]}} 790 25 2,592 82 70Q468107}}
94MasatiompanMás an TiompáinHollow{{efn|Tiompán can also mean a deep sheltered cove. Nearby there is such a cove at Sauce Creek.[2]}} 762 109 2,500 358 70Q465145}}
109Piaras Mór—This name is interpreted as 'big Pierce' in the Ordnance Survey Name Book. However, An Seabhac reports that in his time, nearly a century later, nobody in the locality had an explanation for the name but they did not think it was related to the personal name Piaras. There is a lower peak to the N called Piaras Beag. On the saddle between Piaras Mór and Masatiompan is an ogham stone bearing an inscription which translates as: Ronan, the priest son son of Camogann. There is a chi-ro monogram (representing 'Christ') above it and a Greek cross in a circle on the other side (Barrington, Discovering Kerry, 180).[2]}} 746 33 2,447 108 70Q464136}}
1115Piaras Mor thuaidh barr—— 700 12 2,297 38 70Q464138}}
122BallysitteraghAn ScraigAlso known as Cnoc Bhaile Uí Shé [OSI], 'hill of Baile Uí Shé', from Ballyhea(-bought) townland. The English form Ballysitteragh could be from Baile Suiteoireach, 'the townland of the camp/barracks', but the circumstances of its naming are unclear. Coumhenry, Coumgraig and Coumthrive are hollows below the mountain on the N. side.[2]}} 623 218 2,044 715 70Q460057}}
1312Beennabrackname="been"|Paul Tempan notes that the Irish name Macha na gCab and the anglicised name Beennabrack have very different meanings. It seems unlikely that they originally referred to the same feature. An Seabhac gives the name Binn na mBroc ('peak of the badgers') for this hill (TCCD, 143, 233), which shows that Beennabrack is a corruption. He does not mention Macha na gCab.[2]}}
Macha na gCab		name="been"}}
Plain of the Beaks		 609 24 1,996 77 70Q469054}}
147An Bhinn Dubh—The Black Peak 479 51 1,572 166 70Q483056}}
155Faill an tSáis—Sauce Creek is derived from Irish sás, 'noose', a name referring to the fact that waves and currents make it very difficult to leave this cove by boat.[2]}} 431 106 1,413 348 70Q497150}}

Pilgrimage

{{See also|Pilgrim Paths of Ireland}}

Due to its link with Saint Brendan, the mountain is popular with Irish Catholic pilgrims. A pilgrimage route called Cosán na Naomh ("The Saints Road") begins at Cill Mhic an Domhnaigh (Kilvickadowning) on Ventry Strand at the southern end of the Dingle peninsula, and ends at Séipéilín Bréanainn ("Brendan's Oratory") on Brandon’s summit.[15][16] Sáipéilín Bréanainn is the remains of a stone building believed to have been used by Saint Brendan. The path to the peak is marked by small white crosses and the peak itself is topped by a large metal cross. It is speculated the pilgrimage originated in pre-Christian times as a Lughnasadh ritual.{{sfn|Harbison|Lynam|2002|p=17}} The mountain's importance due to the fact that being so far west and so high, it is the last place the sun can be seen before it sets.[2]

In 1997, the Irish Heritage Council set up the Pilgrim Paths Project to restore walking routes along Irish medieval pilgrimage paths.[21] One of the routes chosen was Cosán na Naomh, and an 18–kilometre way-marked trail was constructed between Ventry Strand and the grotto at Ballybrack at the foot of Mount Brandon.[22][23] The trail has been developed to the standard required by the Irish Sports Council for National Waymarked Trails in Ireland.{{sfn|O Caoimh|2004|p=8}} For safety reasons, it was decided not to mark the trail to the end of the medieval route at the summit of Brandon, but to finish at Ballybrack.{{sfn|Harbison|Lynam|2002|p=19}} The starting point at Ventry is one of the places pilgrims would have come ashore.{{sfn|Harbison|Lynam|2002|p=25}} The trail passes a number of important ecclesiastical heritage sites including Gallarus Oratory and Kilmalkedar monastic site.{{sfn|Harbison|Lynham|2002|p=22}}

Aircraft accidents

Between 1940 and 1943 a number of Allied and Axis aircraft crashed on Brandon and the Faha Ridge.

  • 20 August 1940: A Luftwaffe Focke Wulf 200 ''Condor'' crash-landed on Faha Ridge, the crew of six survived and were the first known aircrew from Germany to land in Ireland during the Second World War. A plaque commemorating this event is on display in O'Connor's Bar and Guest House in Cloghane Village.[24]
  • 28 July 1943: A BOAC Civilian Short Sunderland III Flying Boat crashed due to a navigation error onto the lower slopes of Mount Brandon while flying from West Africa to Foynes Flying Boat Base. Ten of the twenty-five on board were killed in the wreck. An anchor from the wreck is in O'Connor's Bar and Guest House.[25][26]
  • 22 August 1943: A RAF Short Sunderland III Flying Boat belonging to 201 Squadron crashed while flying a patrol in the Atlantic, out of Castle Archdale. It crashed into the lower slopes of Mount Brandon. Eight of the crew of eleven were killed. A plaque commemorating those killed is in O'Connor's Bar and Guest House.[27]
  • 20 December 1943: A RAF Vickers Wellington belonging to 304 Squadron based out of Predannack Airfield crashed directly into Mount Brandon. All of the six Polish crew members were killed. Engines from the wreck are also on display in O'Connor's Bar.

Bibliography

Climbing:

  • {{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way: A Walking Guide (Collins Press Guide) | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892675 | year = 2016 }}
  • {{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Ireland's Best Walks: A Walking Guide | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1848892118 | year = 2014 }}
  • {{cite book| author=MountainViews (Simon Stewart)|year=2013 | title=A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins |publisher=Collins Books | isbn=978-1-84889-164-7}}
  • {{cite book | last1 = Ryan | first1 = Jim | title = Carrauntoohil and MacGillycuddy's Reeks: A Walking Guide to Ireland's Highest Mountains | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1905172337 | year = 2006 }}
  • {{cite book | last1 = Dillion | first1 = Paddy | title = The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits | publisher = Cicerone | isbn = 978-1852841102 | year = 1993}}

Religious:

  • {{cite book |last1=Harbison |first1=Peter |last2=Lynam |first2=Joss | title=Cosán na Naomh: The Saint's Road, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry | series=Medieval Irish Pilgtim Paths |volume=No. 1 |year=2002 | publisher=Heritage Council |location=Kilkenny |isbn=1-901137-30-9 |ref= harv }}
  • {{cite conference |url=http://www.usicomos.org/symp/archive/2004/docs/caoimh-4771 | title=The Pilgrim's Path: Promoting Sustainable Development of Walking Routes through Sacred Sites in Ireland | first=Thomas |last=O Caoimh |year=2004 | conference=7th US/ICOMOS Symposium, 25–27 March 2004, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA | conferenceurl=http://www.usicomos.org/symp/archive/2004 | booktitle=Learning from World Heritage: Lessons from International Preservation and Stewardship of Cultural and Ecological Landscapes of Global Significance |accessdate=18 August 2011 |ref=harv }}

See also

{{commons category|Mount Brandon}}
  • Lists of mountains in Ireland
  • List of mountains of the British Isles by height
  • List of P600 mountains in the British Isles
  • List of Furth mountains in the British Isles

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 5 [https://mountainviews.ie/summit/9/ MountainViews: Mount Brandon]
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 {{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}}
3. ^1 2 3 {{cite book | last1 = Ryan | first1 = Jim | title = Carrauntoohil and MacGillycuddy's Reeks: A Walking Guide to Ireland's Highest Mountains | publisher = Collins Press | isbn = 978-1905172337 | year = 2006 }}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.keepirelandopen.org/Reeks_Report.pdf|title=MacGillycuddy Reeks Mountain Access Development Assessment|publisher=South Kerry Development Partnership|date=December 2013}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/protected-sites/synopsis/SY000375.pdf|title=Site Name: Mount Brandon SAC|date=12 July 2017|publisher=Geological Survey of Ireland}}
6. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book | last1 = Dillion | first1 = Paddy | title = The Mountains of Ireland: A Guide to Walking the Summits | publisher = Cicerone | isbn = 978-1852841102 | year = 1993}}
7. ^1 Ordnance Survey Ireland – Online map viewer
8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.hills-database.co.uk/downloads.html|title=The Database of British and Irish Hills|date=2018|author1=Chris Cocker|author2=Graham Jackson|publisher=Database of British and Irish Hills}}
9. ^Mountains – Key Facts. The Munros, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds & Furths at www.smc.org.uk. Accessed on 5 Feb 2013.
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.smc.org.uk/hills/hill-lists#furths|title=Hill Lists: Furths|quote=The list of peaks of 3000ft or more within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland outside (furth) of Scotland. There are currently 34 Furths.|publisher=Scottish Mountaineering Club}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.irelandsown.ie/irelands-munros/|title=Ireland's Munros|publisher=Ireland's Own|date=26 June 2018}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://mountainviews.ie/lists/highest/|title=Irish Highest 100: The highest 100 Irish mountains with a prominence of +100m|publisher=MountainViews Online Database|date=September 2018}}
13. ^1 2 {{cite book| author=MountainViews Online Database (Simon Stewart)|year=2013 | title=A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: The Vandeleur-Lynams & the Arderins |publisher=Collins Books | isbn=978-1-84889-164-7}}
14. ^Plummer, Charles. (1905) Slieve Aughty: Terra Secreta.
15. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.irishtrails.ie/Trail/Cosan-na-Naomh--Saints-Road-/370/|title=Cosan na Naomh (Saints Road)|publisher=Irishtrails.ie|date=2016}}
16. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2016/05/20/walking-the-saints-road-in-co-kerry/|title=Walking The Saints’ Road in Co Kerry|publisher=pilgrimagemedievalireland.com|date=20 May 2016}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/walks/go-walk-mount-brandon-co-kerry-1.1788164|title=Go Walk: Mount Brandon, Co Kerry|author=John O'Dwyer|publisher=Irish Times|date=10 May 2014}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/walk-for-the-weekend-cos%C3%A1in-na-naomh-co-kerry-1.3628391|title=Walk for the weekend: Cosáin na Naomh, Co Kerry|publisher=Irish Times|author=John O'Dwyer|date=18 September 2018}}
19. ^{{cite book | last1 = Fairbairn | first1 = Helen | title = Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way: A Walking Guide (Collins Press Guide) | publisher = Collins Press|quote=Route 22: Brandon Mountain (Faha Ridge) | isbn = 978-1848892675 | year = 2016 }}
20. ^{{cite web|url=https://outsider.ie/ireland/hiking-in-kerry-5-of-the-best-routes/|publisher=Outside.ie|date=2018|title=Hiking in Kerry: 5 of the Best Routes|quote=Mount Brandon: Faha Route}}
21. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/recreation/heritage-council-initiatives/the-pilgrim-paths/ |title=The Pilgrim Paths |work=Heritage Council |accessdate=18 August 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927173847/http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/recreation/heritage-council-initiatives/the-pilgrim-paths/ |archivedate=27 September 2011 |df= }}
22. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2004/oct/09/ireland.walkingholidays.guardiansaturdaytravelsection|title=Mystic mountain|publisher=The Guardian|author=Chett Raymo|date=9 October 2004|quote=Mount Brandon, a great solitary peak on Ireland's west coast, has been a holy site for centuries. Chet Raymo takes the pilgrim's path to the top}}
23. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/recreation/heritage-council-initiatives/the-pilgrim-paths/cosan-na-naomh/ |title=Cosán na Naomh, Co. Kerry |work=Heritage Council |accessdate=18 August 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927173938/http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/recreation/heritage-council-initiatives/the-pilgrim-paths/cosan-na-naomh/ |archivedate=27 September 2011 |df= }}
24. ^{{cite web|url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~wrgi/ikg40.html|title=Crash into Faha Ridge|publisher=Wartime Aircraft Crashes in County Kerry|author=Ger O'Regan|date=2005|quote=Luftwaffe Focke Wulf 200 Condor of KG40 departed Bordeaux in Western France on the morning of the 20th of August, 1940, to carry out weather reconnaissance and pressure readings off the north-west coast of Ireland. As the huge 4 engine aircraft with a crew of 6 straddled the coastline of Mayo, Galway and Clare it developed engine problems and the pilot decided to try and return home. The problems intensified and therefore a decision was made to force land the aircraft at sea rather than attempt to land in the dense fog not knowing exactly where they were. Through the mist one of the crew could just make out Tralee Bay and in particular Hogs Head. The pilot, Captain Kurt Mollenhauer, from Cuxhaven, set course due west as the aircraft began to descend in dense fog; they were heading for Mount Brandon.}}
25. ^{{cite web|url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~wrgi/gages.html|title=Crash into Mount Brandon|publisher=Wartime Aircraft Crashes in County Kerry|author=Ger O'Regan|date=2005|quote=Capt. Allitt would have had only seconds to react when he would have seen grass below his aircraft at an altitude of approximately 2,000ft. before it impacted into large boulders just below the summit of Mount Brandon. Of the 28 on board, 10 died instantly including Allitt, Noth and Díarmuid Hartigan who was only 70 miles from his home. The crash site was a scene of utter devastation where fire engulfed almost all of the aircraft except the tail section, which bore the registration G–AGES. Amongst the cargo recovered was mail from British personnel in Japanese P.O.W. camps in Java. For several months afterwards mail was still be found several miles from the crash site and locals took it upon themselves to mail the letters to the marked addresses.}}
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2irishaviation.com/gages.htm|title=Shorts Sunderland G–AGES, British Overseas Airways Corporations|publisher=Irish Aviation|author=Denis Burke|date=August 2018}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://homepage.eircom.net/~wrgi/201sqn.html|title=2nd Crash into Mount Brandon|publisher=Wartime Aircraft Crashes in County Kerry|author=Ger O'Regan|date=2005|quote=The village of Cloghane had only just about recovered from the B.O.A.C. loss of another Sunderland on the 28th of July, 1943, when tragedy called again 25 days later. Another aircraft came to grief in exactly the same spot and once again with a major loss of life on the 22nd of August, 1943. A Royal Air Force Sunderland Flying Boat, DD848, of 201 Squadron, Coastal Command, out of Castle Archdale on Lower Loch Erne, County Fermanagh with a crew of eleven, was intent on hunting U–Boats in The Bay of Biscay but found the inner slopes of Mt. Brandon instead. Again, as on 25 days earlier this area was a scene of carnage with only three survivors.}}
28. ^1  {{cite peakbagger|pid=9022|name=Mount Brandon|accessdate=2015-02-12}}
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External links

  • [https://mountainviews.ie/summit/9/ MountainViews: The Irish Mountain Website], Brandon
  • [https://mountainviews.ie/mv/irl150setup.htm MountainViews: Irish Online Mountain Database]
  • The Database of British and Irish Hills, the largest database of British Isles mountains ("DoBIH")
  • Hill Bagging UK & Ireland, the searchable interface for the DoBIH
  • Ordnance Survey Ireland ("OSI") Online Map Viewer
  • Logainm: Placenames Database of Ireland
  • [https://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2016/05/20/walking-the-saints-road-in-co-kerry/ Cosán na Naomh, Pilgrim's Route from Ventry Strand to Brandon Mountain]
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