Devilsmother

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title: "Devilsmother" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-and-hills-of-county-galway", "mountains-and-hills-of-county-mayo", "hewitts-of-ireland", "marilyns-of-ireland", "mountains-under-1000-metres"] description: "Mountain in Connemara, Ireland" topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devilsmother" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Connemara, Ireland ::

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Field	Value
name	Devilsmother
other_name	Magairlí an Deamhain/Binn Gharbh
photo	Killary Harbour, the slipway at Nancy's Point - geograph.org.uk - 505424.jpg
photo_caption	Devilsmother seen from Killary Harbour
elevation_m	645
elevation_ref
prominence_m	280
prominence_ref
listing	Hewitt, Marilyn
map	Ireland
map_caption	Ireland
label_position	right
map_size	240
location	Border of County Galway and Mayo, Ireland
range	Partry Mountains
{{coord	53.600399
grid_ref_Ireland	L915624
topo	OSi Discovery 37
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| name = Devilsmother | other_name = Magairlí an Deamhain/Binn Gharbh | photo = Killary Harbour, the slipway at Nancy's Point - geograph.org.uk - 505424.jpg | photo_caption = Devilsmother seen from Killary Harbour | elevation_m = 645 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 280 | prominence_ref = | listing = Hewitt, Marilyn | map = Ireland | map_caption = Ireland | label_position = right | map_size = 240 | location = Border of County Galway and Mayo, Ireland | range = Partry Mountains | coordinates = | grid_ref_Ireland = L915624 | topo = OSi Discovery 37

Devilsmother is a 645 m mountain in Connemara, Ireland. Devilsmother is in the Partry Mountains, at the head of Killary Harbour, overlooking the Western Way long-distance path. It sits on the border between County Galway (to the south) and County Mayo (to the north).

Etymology

The mountain has two Irish language names: Magairlí an Deamhain (meaning "the demon's testicles") and Binn Gharbh (meaning "rough peak"). The anglicized spellings Mogarlyandoon and Ben Garrif appear on some historical maps. Originally, it seems that Magairlí an Deamhain was the knobbly end of the mountain's northern ridge, while Binn Gharbh was the mountain as a whole. The English name Devilsmother may be "a euphemistic false translation" or may be based on an alternative name.

References

References

1. "Devilsmother".
2. "Devilsmother 645m".
3. Tempan, Paul. [http://mountainviews.ie/features/names/List2010/MVHillList09.pdf "Irish Hill and Mountain Names"]. [[MountainViews.ie]].

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