The Twelve Bens: Connemara's Iconic Mountain Range

The Twelve Bens (Na Beanna Beola) — "peaks with rounded heads" — dominate Connemara, County Galway.

The 12 Peaks (Highest → Lowest)

1. Benbaun — 729 m (2,392 ft)
2. Bencollaghduff — 695 m
3. Bengower — 668 m
4. Benbrack — 659 m
5. Bencullagh — 648 m
6. Bencorr — 638 m
7. Benlettery — 589 m
8. Benfree — 532 m
9. Bencorrbeg — 527 m
10. Muckanaght — 492 m
11. Benbaunmore — 469 m
12. Benbreen — 467 m

Character

• Quartzite ridges — pale, bare, dramatic
• Glacial corries, moraines, loughs
• No technical climbing — but navigation skills essential (fog, bogs)
• Glencoaghan Horseshoe — classic 16 km ridge walk (6+ Bens)

Access

Base: Letterfrack, Clifden, or Recess. Parking at Gleninagh / Benbaun trailhead. No facilities on range.

Nearby Ranges

Maumturks (north), Partry Mtns (east), Errisbeg (coast).