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Irish hill lists

A complete guide to summit lists and High Point lists for Ireland

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Summit lists

High Point lists

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All-Ireland hill lists

Provincial hill lists

Local hill lists

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Original hill lists

Derived hill lists

Other hill lists

Ireland has one of the most extensive selections of published summit lists and High Point lists in the world. This section gives the most comprehensive and impartial overview of the current All-Ireland, provincial and local hill listings. Many of these are original lists ​which have resulted from months or even years of painstaking map-based research carried out by their respective compilers. Some are derived lists which ​have been quickly compiled by duplicating, extracting, merging or overlapping content from earlier published lists without having undertaken any original research at all. We have carefully assessed all of Ireland's main hill lists and categorised each as being either "Original" or "Derived". We have also grouped a small number of lists in an "Other" category where some of the listed summits fall short of international standards.

A published hill list can serve up to three primary functions:

• It can facilitate the presentation of topographical data (usually for summits and High Points) based on its respective criteria.
• It can provide a challenge to hillwalkers where the objective is to 'complete' the list by visiting all of its locations.
• If designated by a national governing body for Sport Hillwalking, it can be the central component of an official national-level Sport Hillwalking competition. In Ireland, this particular designation has been granted by High Point Ireland to the Irish Championship Summits, the Irish Hewitts and Ireland's Major Geographical High Points which form the basis of the All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships, the Irish Mountaineer of the Year competition and the Irish Highpointeer of the Year competition respectively.

The introduction of Sport Hillwalking in Ireland in 2016 gave the traditional hill list a whole new purpose. The annual Sport Hillwalking competitions in Ireland are now based on the list of Irish Sport Hillwalking locations which comprises every mountain summit, notable hill summit and Major Geographical High Point in Ireland. The objective in these official national-level competitions is not to complete their respective list in full, but to earn points from each individual location visited during the course of a competition season.

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All Irish hill lists
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Hill list name	Number of locations	List categories	Rank position
The Irish Marilyns	454 summits	All-Ireland / Original	1
The Irish Hewitts	209 summits	All-Ireland / Original	2
The 400-Metre Tops of Ireland	336 summits	All-Ireland / Original	3
The Irish Humps	831 summits	All-Ireland / Original	4
The 500-Metre Tops of Ireland	199 summits	All-Ireland / Original	5
Ireland's County High Points	27 High Points	All-Ireland / Original	6
Ireland's Major Geographical HPs	187 High Points	All-Ireland / Original	7
Vandeleur-Lynams	275 summits & subsidiary tops	All-Ireland / Other	8
Ireland's Province High Points	4 High Points	All-Ireland / Original	9
The Dillons	212 summits & subsidiary tops	All-Ireland / Other	10
Ireland's Range High Points	125 High Points	All-Ireland / Original	11
Ireland's 20km Isolation High Points	48 High Points	All-Ireland / Original	12
Ireland's Major Island High Points	30 High Points	All-Ireland / Original	13
Ireland's Major River High Points	20 High Points	All-Ireland / Original	14
Irish Championship Summits	1,240 summits	All-Ireland / Derived	15
Ireland's Local Council High Points	38 High Points	All-Ireland / Derived	16
The Slievemores	99 summits	All-Ireland / Derived	17
Ireland's 100 Highest Mountains	100 summits	All-Ireland / Derived	18=
Ireland's 100 Most-Prominent Summits	100 summits	All-Ireland / Derived	18=
Ireland's 500m Prominence High Points	41 High Points	All-Ireland / Derived	20
Irish Sport Hillwalking Locations	1,247 summits & High Points	All-Ireland / Derived	21
Binnions	483 summits	All-Ireland / Derived	22
Arderins	408 summits	All-Ireland / Derived	23
Irish Highest Hundred	100 summits	All-Ireland / Derived	24
Carns	336 summits	All-Ireland / Derived	25
The Connacht Hewitts	43 summits	Provincial / Derived	N/A
The Connacht High Points	50 High Points	Provincial / Derived	N/A
The Connacht Marilyns	101 summits	Provincial / Derived	N/A
The Leinster Hewitts	31 summits	Provincial / Derived	N/A
The Leinster High Points	25 High Points	Provincial / Derived	N/A
The Leinster Marilyns	56 summits	Provincial / Derived	N/A
The Munster Hewitts	105 summits	Provincial / Derived	N/A
The Munster High Points	62 High Points	Provincial / Derived	N/A
The Munster Marilyns	158 summits	Provincial / Derived	N/A
The Ulster Hewitts	30 summits	Provincial / Derived	N/A
The Ulster High Points	50 High Points	Provincial / Derived	N/A
The Ulster Marilyns	139 summits	Provincial / Derived	N/A

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All lists

Summit lists

High Point lists

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All-Ireland hill lists

Irish provincial hill lists

Irish local hill lists

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Original hill lists

Derived hill lists

Other hill lists

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Hillwalking in Ireland

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