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Glenbeigh range rising at Coomacarrea to 2,541 feet, and 
presenting a fine series of cooms and cliffs facing north-east. 
Their eastern spurs form one side of the broad Glencar valley 
which separates them from the Reeks, while towards the west 
they descend steeply at Drung Hill to Dingle Bay. Farther to 
the west the mountains again rise to 2,267 feet at Knockna- 
dobar, a well-known Holy Mountain lying about four miles 
north-east of Cahersiveen. 
The only remaining mountains of any importance in Kerry 
are found in the Dingle peninsula; these, however, at their 
western extremity almost rival the Reeks in height and quite 
exceed them in botanical interest. The Slieve Mish range 
which forms the back bone of this peninsula, begins in the 
low-lying Castleisland plain and rising slowly as a rounded 
peat-covered mass reaches 2,796 feet at Baurtregaum and 
2,713 at Caherconree a little farther west. In two or three 
places only does this twelve mile stretch of mountain show 
any trace of cliffs. After sinking to about 700 feet at Glouna- 
galt it again rises to 2,713 at Beenoskee a finely shaped 
mountain near Castlegregory. South-west of this the main 
axis dips to 1,350 feet at Connor Hill pass and to about the 
same height at Mullaghveal. Thence turning northward it 
rises to 3,127 feet in the imposing mass of Brandon which 
presents along its eastern flank a fine series of cooms and cliffs 
pre-eminent amongst the mountain groups of south Ireland 
for the richness of its alpine flora. 
Laxss, &c.—The lakes of Kerry, like its mountains, are 
almost entirely restricted to the southern half of the county 
and the Dingle peninsula. Although very numerous, the 
majority are small and might be more correctly named tarns 
than lakes. 
By far the largest is Lough Leane, well known as the Lower 
Lake of Killarney, which covers an area of 5,001 acres and has 
a shore line of about 18 miles. It contains many islands, 
mostly small; much the largest of them being Ross Island, 
with 164 acres ; it is separated from the mainland, however, 
by little more than a ditch, nearly dry in the summer season. 
Next to this comes the well-known Island of Innisfallen with 
21 acres, and Brown or Rabbit Island with about 12 acres. 
none of the others much exceed 2 acres in extent. The remain- 
ing Killarney lakes are much smaller, the Muckross or Middle 
Lake only covering 680 acres and the Upper Lake 430. They 
are connected by the Long Range, usually a narrow sluggish 
stream, three or four miles in length, with one or two rapids 
and lake-like expansions, it contains in all 120 acres. There 
