Letterbreckaun

The anglicised name "Letterbreckaun" comes from the or Leitir Breacáin meaning "Brecan's hillside", and is also the name of a townland on the slope of the mountain. Saint Brecan is a saint associated with Galway county, and is said to be the successor to Saint Enda of Aran. ==Geography==

Letterbreckaun lies at the northern end of the central sector, of the long north-west to the south-east central spine of the Maumturks range, in the Connemara National Park; when viewed from the west, the peak has a distinctive "pyramidal" shape, in contrast to the rounded shapes of the neighbouring peaks. Paul Tempan notes that the "holy well" marked on the OS maps at Maam Turk was noted by Irish historian Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh in 1684, saying: "There is a well in memorie of St. Fechin at Mam-tuirk". ==Hill walking==

The easiest way summit Letterbreckaun is a 6-kilometre 2-3-hour route via the pass of Maam Turk; however, because of its positioning on the high rocky central spine of the central Maumturk range, it is also summited in a longer 14-kilometre 5–6 hour loop-route starting at the col of Maumahoge in the south, climbing Knocknahillion and then along a winding 2-kilometre rocky ridge to the top of Letterbreckaun, before descending via the "v-shaped" col of Maam Turk. and mans a checkpoint on the summit of Letterbreckaun. ==Gallery==

File:Maumturks from summit of Benbaun.jpg|Letterbreckaun (centre, distance) viewed from Benbaun File:South slopes of Letterbreckaun.jpg|South face of Letterbreckaun from ridge with Knocknahillion File:Lough Inagh, Letterbreckaun (left) and Knocknahillion (right) from Inagh Valley.jpg|Looking north to Letterbreckaun (left), and Knocknahillion (right), across Lough Inagh File:Knocknahillion and Binn Bhriocain, Maumturks, Ireland.jpg|Letterbreckaun behind Knocknahillion, viewed from Binn idir an dá Log File:Letterbreckaun (in cloud).jpg|Letterbreckaun (right, in cloud) with the v-shaped pass of Maam Turk (left) ==Bibliography==