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Letterbreckaun
Highest point
Elevation667 m (2,188 ft)[1]
Prominence322 m (1,056 ft)[1]
ListingHewitt,Marilyn
Geography
LocationGalway,  Ireland
Parent rangeMaumturks
OSI/OSNI gridL856550


Letterbreckaun is a 667 m (1,998 ft) mountain in County Galway, Ireland. It the second highest peak in the Maumturks range, which lie within the Connemara region. [1]

The name Letterbreckaun comes from Leitir Bhriocáin, 'Brecan’s wet hillside', and is the name of a townland on the slope of the hill. St. Brecan is a saint associated particularly with Co. Galway, who is said to have been the successor to St. Enda in Cill Éinne, the Aran Islands. [1]

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