Letterbreckaun

Letterbreckaun
Letterbreckaun from the Inagh Valley
Highest point
Elevation	667 m (2,188 ft)
Prominence	322 m (1,056 ft)
Listing	Hewitt, Marilyn
Geography
Letterbreckaun Location in Ireland
Location	Galway, Ireland
Parent range	Maumturks
OSI/OSNI grid	L856550

Letterbreckaun is a 667-metre (2,188 ft) mountain in County Galway, Ireland. It the second highest peak in the Maumturks range, which lie within the Connemara region.

The name Letterbreckaun comes from Leitir Bhriocáin, 'Brecan’s wet hillside', and is the name of a townland on the slope of the hill. Saint 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.

See also

• List of mountains in Ireland