What is "letterbreckaun"

Letterbreckaun is a mountain in County Galway, Ireland. It the second highest peak in the Maumturks range, which lie within the Connemara region.

The name Letterbreckaun comes from Leitir Bhriocáin, 'Brecan’s wet hillside', and is the name of a townland on the slope of the hill. Saint Brecan is a saint associated particularly with Co. Galway, who is said to have been the successor to St. Enda in Cill Éinne, the Aran Islands.