Macgillicuddy's Reeks

American  

[muh-gil-i-kuhd-eez reeks] / məˈgɪl ɪˌkʌd iz ˈriks /

noun

1. a mountain range in County Kerry, SW Ireland. Highest peak (also highest in Ireland), Carrantuohill, 3,414 feet (1,041 meters).

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Macgillicuddy's Reeks British  

/ məˌɡɪlɪˌkʌdɪz ˈriːks /

plural noun

1. a range of mountains in SW Republic of Ireland in Kerry: includes Ireland's highest mountain (Carrantuohill)

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Example Sentences

Macgillicuddy's Reeks can hardly be appreciated in less than a week's exploration.

From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by Hart, H. C.

Macgillicuddy's Reeks contain the highest summits in Ireland.

From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by Hart, H. C.

But, as time rolled on, the cruel crawling sea rolled on also, and cut away all the western world from the foot of the Asturias to Macgillicuddy's Reeks.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant

To the south-west rose the grand outlines of the Macgillicuddy’s Reeks, the highest points, I believe, in the South of Ireland.

From Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) by Hurlbert, William Henry

The Gap of Dunloe is a gloomy mountain pass cut through the rough rocky slope in the hills between the Toomies and the Macgillicuddy's Reeks.

From The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway by Praeger, Robert Lloyd