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Original Irish hill lists


The Ireland Walking Guide always strives to acknowledge and credit original sources of information. As the Ireland-based publisher involved in bringing you the vast majority of new original Irish summit and High Point lists in the 21st century (most of which were researched and compiled by our very own Kieron Gribbon), we fully understand the dedication and effort that goes into creating original hill lists. In the case of Irish summit and High Point lists, we firmly believe that all the credit belongs to the compilers who undertook months (sometimes years!) of painstaking map-based research to create their original lists. For a hill list to be classed as truly 'original', at least 50% and / or 200 of its locations must have been based on original map-based research.
 

The Irish Marilyns

  • 100% based on original research
  • 0% derived from other lists
  • Compiled by ED 'Clem' Clements
  • With a score of 64.286 points, this list ranks 1st among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists
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The Irish Hewitts

  • 100% based on original research
  • 0% derived from other lists
  • Compiled by ED 'Clem' Clements
  • With a score of 39.346 points, this list ranks 2nd among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists
 

400-Metre tops of Ireland

  • 100% based on original research
  • 0% derived from other lists
  • Compiled by Myrddyn Phillips
  • With a score of 32.754 points, this list ranks 3rd among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists
 

Irish Humps

  • 45.37% based on original research
  • 54.63% derived from other lists (the Irish Marilyns)
  • The list's 100m - 150m prominence band is 100% based on original research
  • The list's 150m+ prominence band is 100% derived from the Irish Marilyns
  • Original research for this list identified 377 hill summits
  • Compiled by Jim Bloomer
  • With a score of 24.022 points, this list ranks 4th among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists


500-Metre Tops of Ireland

  • 100% based on original research
  • 0% derived from other lists
  • Compiled by Myrddyn Phillips & Michael Dewey
  • With a score of 22.484 points, this list ranks 5th among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists


Ireland's County High Points

  • 85.19% based on original research
  • 14.81% derived from other lists (Province High Points)
  • Compiler unknown
  • With a score of 17.061 points, this list ranks 6th among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists


Ireland's Major Geographical High Points

A minor portion of the list's locations are derived from the Irish Marilyns (>500m prominence subset), Province High Points (full list) and County High Points (full list). The major portion is based on original research carried out while compiling the list's other five primary sub-lists.
  • 83.42% based on original research
  • 16.58% derived from other lists (see above)
  • Compiled by Kieron Gribbon
  • With a score of 16.939 points, this list ranks 7th among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists


Ireland's Province High Points

  • 100% based on original research
  • 0% derived from other lists
  • Compiler unknown
  • With a score of 13.892 points, this list ranks 9th among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists
 

Ireland's Range High Points

  • 100% based on original research
  • 0% derived from other lists
  • Compiled by Kieron Gribbon
  • With a score of 13.5 points, this list ranks 11th among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists
 

Ireland's 20km Isolation High Points

  • 100% based on original research
  • 0% derived from other lists
  • Compiled by Kieron Gribbon
  • With a score of 11.96 points, this list ranks 12th among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists


Ireland's Major Island High Points

  • 100% based on original research
  • 0% derived from other lists
  • Compiled by Kieron Gribbon
  • With a score of 11.6 points, this list ranks 13th among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists
 

Ireland's Major River High Points

  • 100% based on original research
  • 0% derived from other lists
  • Compiled by Kieron Gribbon
  • With a score of 11.4 points, this list ranks 14th among the 25 All-Ireland hill lists

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