The Paps, Killarney, Ireland
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- Distance
- 6.31 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,592 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,592 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,285 ft
- TrailRank
- 29
- Min elevation
- 696 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 5 hours 40 minutes
- Coordinates
- 881
- Uploaded
- February 17, 2013
- Recorded
- February 2013
near Cammeenavrick, Munster (Ireland)
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Itinerary description
The Paps West and The Paps East. The most shapely pair of summits in Ireland.
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This is surely one of Ireland's iconic mountains and it's easy to see why it cast such a spell on the pre-Christian inhabitants. Their name in Irish is An Dá Chích Anann ('the two breasts of Anu', a pagan Irish deity said to be responsible for the fertility of the whole province of Munster). The megalithic cairns on each summit, which enhance the resemblance to the goddess' breasts, have recently been excavated and confirmed to cover passage tombs, which may be as old as the Neolithic era. Well worth a visit to see how Cairns came about.