# Talk:MacGillycuddy's Reeks

Per Irish academic Paul Tempan, the author of Hills and Mountain Names in Ireland (and an expert in Irish placenames), the spelling is MacGillycuddy's Reeks. See also the Bibliography section of this article for the correct spelling which all authors on the range have used.  For future editors and administrators, please don't REDIRECT this page to Macgillycuddy's Reeks, which is the WRONG spelling. Britishfinance (talk) 15:15, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Is the range called "MacGillycuddy's Reeks" or "the MacGillycuddy's Reeks"? (I prefer the latter. The man was know as "the MacGillycuddy".)
Should its name be treated as a singular or a plural? (Again, I prefer the latter. "Reeks" is a recognisably plural form of a more-or-less English word.)
The article is inconsistent on both issues. Maproom (talk) 07:54, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

The statement that the rocks MacGillycuddy's Reeks "date from the Upper Devonian period (310–450 million years ago)" is incorrect. The upper Devonian period was from 419 to 393 Ma. This presented 140 Myr rime interval (450-310 Ma) would stretch across four geological periods: Late Ordovician 458-444 Ma, Silurian (444-419) Devonian 419-358 Ma and Early Carboniferous (359-347 Ma). Moreover, there is a contradiction between giving a 140 Myr time interval and stating: “During this 60 million year period …” Also note that the Upper Devonian period only spanned 26 Myr. Testatorsilens (talk) 12:13, 29 September 2023 (UTC)