You can’t just go around asking mountains if they are volcanos!
It’s rude.
Not my absolute favourite mountain in Mayo..
But it’s up there..
I was watching a video of Ireland and noticed Nephin looks like the side was blown out much like Mt. St. Helen’s during the last major eruption . Couldn’t find any info online. If not a volcano what caused the side to collapse and slide down the mountain? Natural erosion?
Looks more like a corrie or some other form of glacial erosion.
I think it was, that part of Ireland sat on top of a constructive plate boundary like Iceland is today. We had our own type of “ring of fire” there before. It would have made it self extinct since then and capped over I imagine.
There’s more chance of Nephin erupting than Mayo winning an All Ireland.
Think it identifies as a volcano
Boring fart alert. There are no volcanoes extinct or otherwise on ireland. That’s how quartzite erodes. Same as croagh Patrick
When my daughter was 3 she used to think it was a volcano but she pronounced it “Bolcano”. Very cute.
maybe we could make it a volcanoe? bring in a few tourists?
It is now
I live near it and it’s been such a long debate lmao. I remember the fights we used to have at school. I also remember being freaked out cause I had such a weird fear of lava. I had genuine nightmares of lava coming into my front garden 😅
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But it’s absolutely stunning, it’s even more beautiful when the suns setting. It’s one perk of living here
seems like a mountain with a hole or something
Youllfind out eventually
Looks very pre Mordor Mt Doom
Maybe but I don’t care enough to google it
Nah, it just has notions and delusions of grandeur.
It’s not a volcano it’s n effin’ mountain
I’m not sure about this one, but in Galway I think there are 2 former or extinct volcanos. Doon hill back near the Ballyconneely golf course is one, although I think that might be classified as a volcanic plug (?), and a lake near Leenane, can’t remember the name offhand, but I think some sort of mythological water horse is supposed to live in it?
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You can’t just go around asking mountains if they are volcanos!
It’s rude.
Not my absolute favourite mountain in Mayo..
But it’s up there..
I was watching a video of Ireland and noticed Nephin looks like the side was blown out much like Mt. St. Helen’s during the last major eruption . Couldn’t find any info online. If not a volcano what caused the side to collapse and slide down the mountain? Natural erosion?
Looks more like a corrie or some other form of glacial erosion.
Edit: Seems as if it’s [mostly mica slate](https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/M/Mayo-Geology.php) which I think isn’t volcanic but is formed slowly over time.
No joke, mica slate.
The government will have to rebuild it at some point.
Context: https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/1008/1252595-mica-at-a-glance/
I hope for the Mayo peoples sake it isn’t 😆
I think it was, that part of Ireland sat on top of a constructive plate boundary like Iceland is today. We had our own type of “ring of fire” there before. It would have made it self extinct since then and capped over I imagine.
There’s more chance of Nephin erupting than Mayo winning an All Ireland.
Think it identifies as a volcano
Boring fart alert. There are no volcanoes extinct or otherwise on ireland. That’s how quartzite erodes. Same as croagh Patrick
Looks more like a hill.
Yes, yes it is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland
When my daughter was 3 she used to think it was a volcano but she pronounced it “Bolcano”. Very cute.
maybe we could make it a volcanoe? bring in a few tourists?
It is now
I live near it and it’s been such a long debate lmao. I remember the fights we used to have at school. I also remember being freaked out cause I had such a weird fear of lava. I had genuine nightmares of lava coming into my front garden 😅
​
But it’s absolutely stunning, it’s even more beautiful when the suns setting. It’s one perk of living here
seems like a mountain with a hole or something
Youllfind out eventually
Looks very pre Mordor Mt Doom
Maybe but I don’t care enough to google it
Nah, it just has notions and delusions of grandeur.
It’s not a volcano it’s n effin’ mountain
I’m not sure about this one, but in Galway I think there are 2 former or extinct volcanos. Doon hill back near the Ballyconneely golf course is one, although I think that might be classified as a volcanic plug (?), and a lake near Leenane, can’t remember the name offhand, but I think some sort of mythological water horse is supposed to live in it?