[1][2] The range of hills known as Stack's Mountains - which includes the eponymous peak (323m) - extend over a larger area).

Its northern edge is bounded by the River Shannow from the Waterfall, and is just clipped by the N69 Tralee-Listowel road.

Because the family supported the Irish Rebellion of 1641, and the Catholic Confederation of Kilkenny, their land was taken by Cromwell's forces following the Act for the Settlement of Ireland in 1652.

[3][4][5][6] Stack's Mountain is in the Roman Catholic parish of Abbeydorney, whose priest is the Very Reverend Denis O’Mahony.

[7] The local parliamentary constituency (since 2016) is Kerry, returning five Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to Dáil Éireann.