Qualla: An Triúr Deirféar https://qualla.com/an-triur-deirfear en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/2/8/an-triur-deirfear-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: An Triúr Deirféar https://qualla.com/an-triur-deirfear An Triúr Deirféar: Introduction https://qualla.com/an-triur-deirfear/ Photo credit Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0. On the northwestern shoulder of the Dingle Peninsula, three hills line up against the Atlantic like a row of standing stones. Their Irish name is An Triur Deirfear - The Three Sisters - and at sunset, when the sea silvers behind them and the green of the slopes goes purple, the family resemblance is unmistakable. Look at any tourist photograph of Smerwick Harbour and the Three Sisters are the silhouettes on the western horizon. Look at any map of Corca Dhuibhne, the Kerry Gaeltacht, and they are the lacy fringe at the peninsula's edge. They are not the highest hills in the area. They are not even particularly difficult to climb. What they have, and what has kept their name in local mouths for centuries, is shape.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/2/8/an-triur-deirfear-wp/gc28-an-tri-r-deirf-ar-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full An Triúr Deirféar: Three Brothers Named Sisters https://qualla.com/an-triur-deirfear/ Photo credit Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0. There is a small irregularity in the naming that even Irish-language scholars have noted with amusement: although the peaks are called the Three Sisters, the individual hills carry distinctly masculine names. Binn Hanrai - sometimes anglicised as Henry's Peak - sits on the wester...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/2/8/an-triur-deirfear-wp/gc28-an-tri-r-deirf-ar-three-brothers-named-sisters.mp3 0:06 2 full An Triúr Deirféar: The Geography of the Edge https://qualla.com/an-triur-deirfear/ Photo credit Cargoking, CC BY 3.0. The peaks sit just north of the village of Baile an Fheirtearaigh - Ballyferriter in English - one of the heartland villages of the West Kerry Gaeltacht. To the south rises Mount Brandon, the second-highest peak in Ireland and a major pilgrimage site associated with Saint Brendan...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/2/8/an-triur-deirfear-wp/gc28-an-tri-r-deirf-ar-the-geography-of-the-edge.mp3 0:06 3 full An Triúr Deirféar: Walking the Ridge https://qualla.com/an-triur-deirfear/ Photo credit Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0. The walk along the Three Sisters is one of the modest pleasures of Kerry hiking. You start near Sybil Point - Pointe an tSiabhail in Irish - and follow a grassy ridgeline that rises gently across the three peaks before falling away above the cliffs. Underfoot is short-cropped she...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/2/8/an-triur-deirfear-wp/gc28-an-tri-r-deirf-ar-walking-the-ridge.mp3 0:06 4 full An Triúr Deirféar: Seen from Brandon https://qualla.com/an-triur-deirfear/ Photo credit Ridiculopathy, CC0. There is a classic photograph, taken from the upper slopes of Mount Brandon looking west, in which the entire northwestern tip of the Dingle Peninsula is laid out like a relief map. The Three Sisters occupy the middle distance, three small bumps against the blue of the harbour. T...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/2/8/an-triur-deirfear-wp/gc28-an-tri-r-deirf-ar-seen-from-brandon.mp3 0:06 5 full An Triúr Deirféar: Why a Hill Has a Name https://qualla.com/an-triur-deirfear/ Photo credit rob Stoeltje from loenen, netherlands, CC BY 2.0. A hill 153 metres tall does not, in most parts of the world, need a name. It is not high enough to obstruct anything important. It is not isolated enough to function as a sea-mark. But in a small landscape, every feature matters. The Three Sisters are named because they are visib...

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