Maumtrasna (Maumtrasna / Maamtrasna)

Maumtrasna (historically Formnamore; also rendered Maamtrasna) is described in geographic references as the highest peak of the Partry Mountains with an elevation given as 682 metres (2,238 ft). Named ridges radiating from the summit include Skeltia, Benwee, Buckaun and Binnaw; the ridge between Maumtrasna and the Devilsmother contains the peak of Knocklaur. The supplied sources identify the feature as a natural mountain summit in south County Mayo and provide no construction, ownership, or access-history details. In the historical record excerpts provided, the placename Maamtrasna appears in relation to a notable nineteenth-century controversy labelled "The Maamtrasna massacre": an archival pamphlet titled "The Maamtrasna massacre : impeachment of the trials" and a newspaper listing from the Hong Kong Daily Press (1884-10-13) reference that subject. The supplied materials do not include particulars of the event, victims, dates, or legal outcomes; they only demonstrate that the placename figures in historical and legal/political discourse. No paranormal reports, named spirits, apparitions, hauntings, or folkloric traditions linking Maumtrasna to a "Well of the Spirits" or other supernatural phenomena are documented in the sources provided. The user-supplied label "The Well of the Spirits" is not substantiated by the research material and is therefore treated as unverified/uncertain. Because the documentation focuses on geographic and historical references and lacks eyewitness accounts or folkloric descriptions of supernatural activity, this entry records no reported phenomena.