The Comeragh Mountains (Na Comaraigh)
A plateau of dark cliffs and hidden corrie lakes above the Waterford coast.
The Comeraghs are famed for Coumshingaun, one of the finest glacial corrie lakes in Europe, ringed by sheer cliffs. Waterfalls such as Mahon Falls tumble from the plateau toward the sea.
At a glance
- Coumshingaun, a superb corrie lake
- Sheer cliffs and high plateau
- Mahon Falls drops from the range
In County Waterford
The Comeragh Mountains is in County Waterford, Port Láirge in Irish, which means “Lárag's port / landing place”.
More in Waterford
- An Rinn (Ring) (An Rinn): A small but proud Gaeltacht on the southeast coast, and the main surviving Irish-speaking community in the region.
- Reginald's Tower (Túr Raghnaill): A Viking-founded tower guarding Ireland's oldest city.
Other places of this kind
- Carrauntoohil (Corrán Tuathail): The highest mountain in Ireland, standing at 1,038.6 meters.
- Croagh Patrick (Cruach Phádraig): Ireland's holy mountain, climbed by pilgrims for over a thousand years in honour of St Patrick.
- Slieve League (Sliabh Liag): Among the highest sea cliffs in Europe, rising almost 600 metres from the Atlantic in County Donegal.
- Benbulben (Binn Ghulbain): The dramatic flat-topped 'table mountain' of County Sligo, at the heart of Yeats Country and Irish legend.
- The Mourne Mountains (Beanna Boirche): A range of granite peaks in County Down, and the inspiration for songs and for the land of Narnia.
- The Sperrin Mountains (Sléibhte Speirín): A sweeping range of rounded hills across counties Tyrone and Derry, and one of the largest upland areas in Ireland.
The Irish name
The Irish form of The Comeragh Mountains is Na Comaraigh. You can hear it spoken, and take apart names like it, in the Placename Explorer. The authoritative record for any Irish place-name is logainm.ie.