The Galtee Mountains (Na Gaibhlte)

Ireland's highest inland mountain range, with glacial corrie lakes.

The Galtees rise steeply above the Golden Vale, their ridge holding Galtymore (919 m) and a string of dark corrie lakes such as Lough Muskry. They form the highest inland range in the country.

At a glance

• Galtymore reaches 919 m
• Highest inland range in Ireland
• Glacial corrie lakes on the northern slopes

In County Tipperary

The Galtee Mountains is in County Tipperary, Tiobraid Árann in Irish, which means “the well of Ara”.

More in Tipperary

• The Rock of Cashel (Carraig Phádraig): A dramatic outcrop crowned with medieval buildings, once the seat of the kings of Munster.
• The Glen of Aherlow (Gleann Eatharlaí): A lush valley between the Galtees and Slievenamuck.
• Cahir Castle (Caisleán na Cathrach): One of Ireland's largest and best-preserved castles, on an island in the Suir.

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 Galtee Mountains is Na Gaibhlte. 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.