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Drung Hill
Cnoc Droinge
Drung Hill with inspection car likely about 1893
Highest point
Elevation640 m (2,100 ft)[1]
Coordinates52°1′36″N 10°2′11″W / 52.02667°N 10.03639°W / 52.02667; -10.03639
Geography
Drung Hill is located in Ireland
Drung Hill
Drung Hill
County Kerry, Ireland
Parent rangeMountains of the Iveragh Peninsula
OSI/OSNI gridV603878[1]

Drung Hill (Irish: Cnoc Droinge)[1] is a hill on the Iveragh Peninsula of southwestern Ireland. Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, its summit is 640 metres (2,100 ft) tall. Like the peak of Knocknadobar to the west, it has been a Christian pilgrimage site since pre-Christian times.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Drung Hill 640m mountain, Glenbeigh Horseshoe Cen: Glenbeigh Horseshoe Kerry Ireland at MountainViews.ie". MountainViews. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ Ó Carragáin, Tomás (2009). "Iveragh's Mountain Pilgrimages". In Crowley, John; Sheehan, John G. (eds.). The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry. ISBN 978-1-85918-430-1.

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