Ireland is often described as a bowl, with its large central plain surrounded by mountains, a quick look at a contour map will confirm this. Ireland's mountains are on an insignificant scale compared to others in the world, in fact some mountain ranges cover a larger area than the whole of Ireland.

Choose a mountain range from the jump menu at the top of this page to read about some of Ireland's mountain ranges, this section of the site is under construction so unfortunately the information is rather sparse.