Maumeen Pass
| Maumeen Mám Éan |
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 Maumeen, St. Patrick's Source |
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| Compass direction | west | east | |
| Pass height | 432 m | ||
| region | Galway , Connacht , Ireland | ||
| Watershed | Owentooey River | Bealanabrack River | |
| Valley locations | Derryvealawauma | Teernakill | |
| expansion | trail | ||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 29 '33 " N , 9 ° 39' 11" W | ||
The Maumeen Pass (also Maumean , Irish Mám Éan - German "Watch the birds" ) is a 432 m high mountain pass in Ireland's County Galway . It is located near Recess ( Irish Sraith Salach ) in Connemara near the Knocknahillion ( Irish Cnoc na hUilleann ) in the Maumturk Mountains ( Irish Sléibhte Mhám Toirc ) and is the second highest pass in Ireland after the 456 m high Connor Pass .
The pass was formerly a mountain sanctuary of the old Irish god Lugh . Above the pass there is a small niche in the rock called "Leaba Phádraig" (St. Patrick's bed) and an inconspicuous church, as well as two holy springs . On the last Sunday in July ( Lughnasa ) there is a pilgrimage to the pass. The mass is sung in Irish.
Nearby are the Burnt Mounds of Poundcartron .
Legend
Legend has it that St. Patrick sank a ram in a small mountain lake here. In Gallo-Roman times, the ram was an attribute of the continental god Mercury / Lugh.
literature
- Sylvia Botheroyd : Ireland - Mythology in the landscape: a travel and reading book . Häusser-Verlag, Darmstadt 1997, ISBN 3-89552-034-9 .
Web links
- Information and pictures (English)