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Arra Mountains

Mountains and hills of County TipperaryUse Hiberno-English from December 2019
Lough Derg from Arra Mountains geograph.org.uk 105348
Lough Derg from Arra Mountains geograph.org.uk 105348

The Arra Mountains or Arra Hills (Irish: Sliabh an Ara) are situated in County Tipperary in Ireland, between the towns of Nenagh and Ballina, south east of Lough Derg (Shannon) and north of the M7 Motorway. The highest summit is Tountinna (Irish: Tonn Toinne) at 457m high.On Loughtea Hill, south-west of Portroe, a 20-metre-high (66 ft) stainless steel cross was erected in 2002 to mark the millennium and to replace an original cross placed there following the Eucharistic Congress of Dublin (1932).Fintan's Grave a cave on Tountinna where in mythology Fintan mac Bóchra is said to have waited out the flood here.

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Lough Derg from Arra Mountains geograph.org.uk 105348
Lough Derg from Arra Mountains geograph.org.uk 105348
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