Lyracappul
Lyracappul rises to 825 m. Galtymore stands 918 m to the east, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Carrignabinnia, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Lyracappul (Irish: Ladhar an Chapaill, meaning 'fork/confluence of the horse') is a mountain in County Limerick in Ireland. At a height of 825 metres (2,707 ft) it is the second highest of the Galtee Mountains and the 29th highest peak in Ireland. Lyracappul is the second highest point in County Limerick.
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Wikidata Q6709861, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 825.3 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Carrignabinnia: 0.4 mi
- Knockaterriff Beg: 0.6 mi
- Slievecushnabinnia: 0.9 mi
- Knockaterriff: 1.0 mi
- Temple Hill: 1.1 mi
- Paradise Well: 2.8 mi
- Aircraft Memorial 1976: 3.0 mi
- O'Loughman's Castle: 4.4 mi
- Christ the King: 5.4 mi
- Breansha Castle ruins: 6.5 mi
- St. John's Well: 4.2 mi
- Head Well: 4.9 mi
- Lady's Well: 5.2 mi
- Tobergobinet: 6.9 mi
- Saint Berrihert's Holy Well: 7.3 mi
- Galty Castle forest recreation area: 3.4 mi
- INDIEPENDENCE Music & Artis Festival: 5.9 mi
- The Hills: 8.5 mi
- The Plots: 8.7 mi
- Small Plots: 8.7 mi
- Duntryleague passage tomb: 5.2 mi
- Mitchelstown Cave: 6.4 mi
- Ronald Reagan Centre: 8.2 mi
- It's a long way to Tipperery: 8.4 mi
- Caher Abbey: 12.7 mi
- Condon's Corner: 4.8 mi
- Castle Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Carraig Mór: 12.7 mi
- Lismore Castle Formal Garden: 19.6 mi
- Castle Garden: 19.7 mi
- Prince of Pipers: 12.8 mi
- The baptism of King Aengus by saint Patrick: 18.3 mi
- Berlin Wall: 19.8 mi
- Robert Boyle & St. Carthage: 19.8 mi
- Saint Patrick: 20.0 mi
- Assaroula Waterfall: 0.8 mi
- Ballard Waterfall: 9.6 mi
- Power’s Bridge: 20.2 mi
- The Prison Waterfall: 24.5 mi
- Cashel Folk Musuem: 17.9 mi
- The Eamonn De Valera Museum: 18.9 mi
- Tipperary Museum of Hidden History: 22.3 mi
- Fethard Horse Country Experience: 23.6 mi
- Eagles Step: 1.7 mi
- Lover's Leap: 22.8 mi
- Lover' Leap: 22.9 mi
- Glansheskin Forest Recreation Area: 12.0 mi
- Mocollop Picnic Site: 15.5 mi
- Life Space Park: 16.1 mi
- Kildanogue wildfowl sanctuary and nature reserve: 15.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Lyracappul. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galtymore | E 79° | 918 m | 2.1 mi |
| Carrignabinnia | NE 40° | 823 m | 0.4 mi |
| Greenane | E 84° | 801 m | 4.9 mi |
| Galtybeg | ENE 78° | 799 m | 2.8 mi |
| Greenane West | E 83° | 787 m | 4.2 mi |
| Temple Hill | SW 222° | 783 m | 1.1 mi |
| Slievecushnabinnia | NE 55° | 775 m | 0.9 mi |
| Knockaterriff | S 170° | 692 m | 1.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:01 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 21:04 | 22:00 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:49 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:41 | 15:18 | 16:22 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/332372517
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