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Reek, n.3 Ireland.|riːk|
[Var. of rick n.1: cf. reek v.3]
A mountain, used spec. in pl. in Macgillicuddy's Reeks (also, the Reeks), county Kerry. Also in sing., as pop. name for Croaghpatrick, county Mayo. Reek Sunday, the last Sunday in July, on which pilgrimages are made to Croaghpatrick.
1780A. Young Tour in Ireland i. 381 Nothing stops the eye till Mangerton and Macgilly Cuddy's Reeks point out the spot where Killarney's lake calls for a farther excursion. Ibid. ii. 3 Mangerton, and the Reeks, in Kerry; the Galbies in Corke..these are the principal in Ireland. 1808J. Milner Let. 22 Sept. in Inquiry concerning Ireland (ed. 2, c 1810) 326 The forked, cloud-capped Reeks, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. 1870P. W. Joyce Irish Local Names 36 Croagh; Cruach, a rick or stacked up hill... Croaghpatrick; St. Patrick's rick or hill. 1871T. C. Pope Council of Vatican 236 He required a period of nearly six weeks to complete the remaining portion of the journey to Rome. He commenced the ascent of the Alpine reeks on a Friday. 1922Joyce Ulysses 290 From the streamy vales of Thomond, from M'Gillicuddy's reeks the inaccessible and lordly Shannon the unfathomable. 1930Irish Rosary May 321 From our drawing-room windows one had a perfect view of the Reek. 1959D. D. C. P. Mould Peter's Boat iii. 31 Carrauntual, the 3414 foot height at the western end of the great ridgeway of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks. Ibid. 32 The ridge of the Reeks springs up suddenly, a wall of rock, from the plains of Kerry. 1960[see garland n. 9]. 1964B. Whelpton Unknown Ireland vii. 98 The Gap of Dunloe between the Reeks and the Purple Mountains. |