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Croaghgorm [Blue Stack]

hill or mountain · Donegal · 673m

MarilynHewitt
GaelicAI-generated

Croagh Gorm means 'Blue Peak'. 'Croagh' is an Anglicisation of 'cruach' (peak, stack), and 'gorm' means blue. The English name 'Blue Stack' is a direct translation.

Word origins

Croagh
Gaelicpeak, stack(from cruach "peak, stack")
Gorm
Gaelicblue(from gorm "blue")