Sugarloaf Mountain (Irish: Gabhal Mhór)[2] is one of the Caha Mountains, southwest of Glengarriff in County Cork, Ireland. It is a pointed mountain with a height of 574 metres (1,883 ft).[1]
| Sugarloaf Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Gabhal Mhór | |
 Sugarloaf from Ilnacullin | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 574 m (1,883 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 126 m (413 ft)[1] |
| Naming | |
| English translation | big fork |
| Language of name | Irish |
| Geography | |
  Sugarloaf Mountain Location in Ireland | |
| Location | County Cork, Ireland |
| Parent range | Caha Mountains |
The English name refers to the mountain's likeness to a sugarloaf. The Irish name Gabhal Mhór means "big fork", with the lower neighbouring peak called Gabhal Bheag, "little fork", or Gowlbeg Mountain. These names seem to have developed from Sliabh na Gaibhle, "mountain of the fork", likely referring to a confluence of streams. The anglicised form Slieve Gowl is found in several 19th-century sources.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Sugarloaf Mountain 574m". MountainViews.ie.
- ^ "Sugarloaf Mountain/Gabhal Mhór". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ^ Paul Tempan (2019). "Irish Landscape Names" (PDF). MountainViews.ie.