Meenteog [Muing]

About Meenteog [Muing]

Rising above the wild landscape of the northern Iveragh Peninsula, this substantial Hewitt offers a quieter alternative to the busy Reeks. Its broad, peat-clad summit provides a grandstand view across Dingle Bay to the Slieve Mish Mountains and south towards the jagged profile of the Skelligs. It is a place of rugged, solitary character.

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• •The name Meenteog is likely derived from the Irish Míngteog, meaning a place of fine or smooth mountain grass, while the alternative name Muing refers to a sedgy or marshy area.
• •From the summit, walkers are rewarded with a direct line of sight over the deep glacial cirque containing Lough Coomasaharn and the nearby peaks of Teermoyle and Coomacarrea.
• •It is a key waypoint on the high ridge walk that connects the coastal hills near Glenbeigh with the inland highlands of Glencar.
• •The mountain is composed of Old Red Sandstone, typical of County Kerry, but is topped with thick blanket peat that supports a quiet ecosystem of bog cotton and heather.
• •The abundance of deep, saturated peat hags on the plateau suggests that the 'smooth grass' implied by its name might have been named by someone who hadn't actually walked it.