It includes the lesser summits of Slieve Main, Crocknamaddy and Damph.

[2] In Cath Maige Tuired ("The Battle of Moytura"), a tale from Irish mythology, Slieve Snaght is called one of the "twelve chief mountains" of Ireland.

[3] There is a tradition of pilgrimage to the top of Slieve Snaght at Lughnasa, and a holy well near the summit, called Tobar na Súl ("well of the eyes"), is said to cure blindness.

[2] In 1825, the summit was one of those used as a base for mapping Ireland as part of the Ordnance Survey's Principal Triangulation.

The surveyors, which included Thomas Drummond, camped on the summit and built a wall to shield themselves from the weather.