Bencorr
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| Bencorr | |||
| County Galway | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Bencorr from across Lough Inagh | |||
| Range: | Twelve Bens | ||
| Summit: | 2,333 feet L81175220 53°30’0"N, 9°48’0"W | ||
Bencorr is a mountain amongst the Twelve Bens in Connemara, County Galway.
Bencorr reaches a height of 2,333 feet. It is the second-highest mountain in the Twelve Bens and of all County Galway, overtopped only by Benbaun.
The name is form the Irish language: Binn Chorr means "Pointed Peak".
The writer and cartographer Tim Robinson gave this mountain the alternative name of Binn an Choire Mhóir or peak of the big corrie.