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Donegal SW Area Printable format Maximum height for area: 595 metres Summits in area: 16 OS Map(s): 10 for all tops Set Area Map On     Slieve League Mountain Donegal County Sliabh Liag A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. Sliabh Liag [DUPN], 'mountain of the flagstones') Height: 595 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 10 for top Grid Ref: G54416 78360 Latitude: 54.651303 Longitude: -8.706960 ITM: 554375 878353 Prominence: 470m   Isolation: 1.9km The quartzite on Slieve League splits into flagstones and was used for flooring or roof tiles. The mountain is noted for its spectacular array of cliffs descending straight from the summit to the sea, and for the dramatic One Man's Pass (Casán an Aonair). This narrow arete leading to the summit is not for the faint-hearted, especially on a windy day. All the same, it is a doddle beside the route taken in the 19th century by the botanist H.C. Hart, who traversed the cliffs of Slieve League at half-height, 1,000 ft. above the sea and 1,000 ft. below the summit. The entire journey, ending at Malin Beg, took him three days. At one point he was astonished to see footprints in front of him on this precipitous route. As he rounded the next eminence, he met an old man with his son, both eating samphire flowers. The old man was in a state of consternation to see a stranger there and pleaded with him to turn back, but Hart carried on. He reported that the route is known as Thone-na-Culliagh (prob. Tóin na Caillí). Robert Lloyd Praeger was very enthusiastic about the wide range of alpine plants on the north face above Lough Agh. There was a hermitage on Slieve League connected with St. Assicus of Elphin, Co. Roscommon. The ruins are the piles of stone still to be seen just NE of the One Man's Pass. Slieve League is the highest mountain in the Donegal SW area and the 285th highest in Ireland. Slieve League is the second most westerly summit in the Donegal SW area. Our data has reached 70% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Slieve League Page 1 2 3 4 5 Next page >> Picture: Slieve League from the north Expand pics.   An alternative route to the summit by scapania  21 Jun 2010 I noticed that in 5 pages of comments, all of them suggest climbing Slieve League by the same route, from Bunglass, so I thought I'd suggest an alternative route to the summit, from the north. While the route up from Bunglass has its obvious attractions, the path is very badly eroded from overuse and the alternative suggested by the local authorities, The Pilgrim's Path, is not the most exciting route. To access the north side of the mountain, turn south off the Carrick to Malin More road just over a kilometre after it leaves the R263, along a narrow road across the bog. Park at G5484 8023 (Point A), beside a bridge, where a track heads south into forestry. Follow this track through the forest, head right at an old ruined house and out onto the open mountainside. From here you can either head straight up the north ridge to the summit, or climb gently across the boggy hillside and around to lovely L. Agh, and up the corrie to the south of the lake. The headwall of the corrie is very steep, so you're best off heading up to the right from here, rather than heading directly to the summit. To make a circuit out of the walk, head across the 'One Man's Pass' from the summit and turn north past the ruins of the ancient hermitage along the broad, almost vegetation-free north-eastern ridge. Be sure to stick close to the northern edge of the ridge for the views down to L. Agh. Follow the ridge to about G5622 7842 (Point B), from where you can descend steeply to a broad shoulder at about 350m. From here, head west down across boggy ground, over the stream coming out of L. Agh, and back to the starting point. Maybe not the most spectacular route up, but it avoids the crowds and lets you see a different part of the mountain. Point A: G5484 8023 Point B: G5622 7842 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 4.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: aahhh!!! Expand pics. by gerrym  8 Sep 2007 The approach to Slieve League is quite an experience before even start walking, the road twists and turns, with big unprotected drops down into the Atlantic below. The carpark (557757 (Point C)) gives a fantastic vista of the steep high sea cliffs and the walk to come, with great views out over Donegal Bay. There is a good path from the carpark and its informative information board, along stone steps and easy grass - this soon changes though and the track becomes quite heavily eroded through areas of peat and rock (a testament to the heavy traffic the hill no doubt attracts). There are breath taking views along the lenghth of the sea cliffs to Rathlin O Birne island. Soon come to a series of little jagged tops which contain the rib of rock already mentioned in other comments - I climbed up to its start but the steady breeze told me it was not a good idea to attempt and the easier track below won out. Ever higher vantage points have the hand reaching for the camera - be prepared for numerous stops to take pictures. After 1 hr 10 minutes i reached a large cairn and a level area at the summit. Continue along the cliff edge - looking back over the cliffs to the now distant carpark. There are cracking views to the Sligo Hills, along the Ox mtns to Nephin and then Corribinnia and Glencar in the Nephin Begs and to lands end at Belmullet. There are also good views N to the Derryveaghs and the Bluestacks. There are a number of cairns as travel easily along the cliff top before drop down and cross One Mans Pass - the narrow ridge leading to the true summit area - not really anything too worry about unless the wind was howling. The summit area has a "sawn off" trig pillar and a couple of small cairns, with views over to Leahan Mtn (427 m), Rathlin O Birne island with its lighthouse and N to the signal tower and the jagged top of Sturral Head further around this magnificent coastline. The E breeze was whipping down the cliffs and creating spreading patterns on the ocean below - a solitary fishing boat the only other disturbance. Return back along One Mans Pass to the first large cairn encountered on the climb, i noticed a perfect little igloo shelter built here. Take the E running spur above Lough Agh. there appears to have been some sort of competition here as i counted over 20 sizeable cairns. The going is very good on grass and small stones, with great views down over Lough Agh and across to the slopes which end abruptly at the huge sea cliffs. After reaching a cairn there is a drop down and a small rise to the top of Lergadaghtan Mtn (5666784 (Point D)) - from here it is a steep drop down towards sheep pens and the Old Mans track. Follow the track to the road and turn L uphill, this joins the road to Bunglass, turn R and are back at the carpark after 50 minutes of road walking. Absolutely fantastic days walking and as was during the week there were only a few cars in the carpark. It is worthwhile heading down to the signal tower at 563748 (Point E). Point C: G557 757 Point D: G666 784 Point E: G563 748 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 3.80) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: The Arete which is generally regarded as the One Man's Pass Expand pics.   by murphysw  18 Jul 2005 On the Monday after I had climbed Lavagh More, I decided to tackle Sliabh League. The main reason for this was to experience the famous 'One Man's Pass' (more on this later!). The day was perfect for climbing, clear and not a breath in the air. I parked at Bunglass and started off. It has to be said at the outset that this is an exceptionally busy mountain. I started late in the day, and it was still as busy as the Great Sugar Loaf. It was also very walker damaged. Nonetheless, nothing can take away from the views, which are simply breathtaking. I also found it quite a slog, but then again i'm not the fittest, although the summit is quite a distance from Bunglass to be fair! The summit is unremarkable, simply an extension of the walk with a broken trig pillar. The main attractions are the Eagle's Nest and One Man's Pass. The Eagle's Nest is blatantly obvious and a spectacular sight but there seems to be a bit of ambiguity about One Man's Pass. One candidate is an arete about 300-400m long with very steep but not vertical drops on either side. Its marked by a path which has been gouged into it by wakers feet and is about 5 feet wide on average. I wouldn't try it on a windy day but its not very intimidating. The other candidate is a rib of solid rock which is situated on the ridge. I missed it on the way up because I stayed below the ridge but on the way down it presented me with the fright of my life! Its about 50 feet long and is no wider than a yard. I slid down it on my backside with my heart wedged firmly in my throat. I ran into a group of local hillwakers on the down who didn't seem to perturbed by it. Mike Harding in his 'Footloose in the West of Ireland' (London 1996) says about the pass, " A yard wide at its narrowest point and about forty foot long, I would like suckers on my feet before I crossed it on anything but the stillest day". So he seems to regard the narrow rib of rock as the pass. Joss Lynam in Best Irish Walks (Dublin 2001) notes that most maps regard the wide arete as the Pass but goes on to say that "a short rib of rock north of Crockrower can claim to be the truer 'One Man's Pass'". The O.S. on sheet 10 certainly gives the credit to the arete, as does David Herman in 'Hill Walkers Atlantic Ireland' (Dublin 1999) who calls the arete "a narrow level path with steep grassy slopes on both sides". The Lonely Planet guide to Walking in Ireland (Victoria 2003) says, "the pass is an arete about 1.5m wide, with steep but not vertiginous drops on either side. There is also a rocky knife edge on the way to the first summit from Bunglass, which could be described as a one man's pass". I would love to know which is actually regarded as the real One Man's Pass generally. (Comment Rating 3.70) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. by Clunarra  30 Sep 2003 My favourite mountain. The views are magnificent. But be careful here, mountain rescues are becoming a very regular occurrence on this one. (Comment Rating 3.60) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Cousin John on the way to Silver Strand Expand pics.   by sharkey  4 Jul 2009 We got a load of family and friends together over the June Bank Holiday and did the walk from Sliabh a Liag to Silver Strand. Took the Pilgrims path where the road has recently been improved and parked in one of the lower car parks before we took the direct (and mighty steep) route up the shale and rock strewn incline to the One Mans Pass. Was a hot day and hard going on the way up but a nice breeze was blowing in off the Atlantic when we reached the top and sat down to take in the views of Bunglass and Donegal Bay. There was a fair number of other climbers about but there was no overcrowding as, all fourteen of us ( and Scrappy the dog ) lined up to do the pass. It's pretty intimidating looking so it is and there are a few places where you do have to negotiate a couple of tricky parts where you actualy have to climb, but having done it before a few times I was able to encourage some of the less enthusiastic in our group to give it a go, although a couple of them did take the well-worn path that skirts the bottom of the Arete. Well, someone had to bring the dog I guess! So we'll let them away with it! Those who did tackle the pass got a great kick out of it and a great sense of achievement for their trouble. From there we made our way over the the old monastic ruins above Lough Awe. The monks who made this remote mountain-top their home eventually left the little pier at Teelin, which you can see below, on a hide-covered boat and brought Christianity to Iceland and there is a little memorial to them at the remains of a 6th Century Church beside the fish-factory on the pier. The ruins on the mountain are not that well preserved but you can still get a real sense of what it must have looked like in its heyday. We had our lunch here and marvelled at the views. You can see 7 counties from up here. From north to south, Donegal, Derry, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Sligo and Mayo are all visible and it really is a sight to behold. Errigal and Muckish rise out of the Donegal hills to the north whilst the flat summit of Benbulbin and the volcanic bulk of Nephin rise out of Donegal Bay to the South. (Comment Rating 3.25) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Looking back at "Keeringear" Expand pics. by Alan Lee  7 May 2007 Started this walk on Fri, May 4th, 2007 from "Bunglass" car park and followed the route described by most of the MV members. What can I say that hasn't been said about this mountain, truly amazing, beautiful, breath-taking scenery. Everything went fine over first section covering "Scregeighter"," The Eagles Nest", "Shanbally". Then I came face to face with the notorious "Keeringear" knife edge, "OH MY GOD". After attempting it I bottled it and decided to take the much safer option and follow the eroded path just below the ridge (a good excuse to come back and try again another day). After that a relative stroll brings you to "One Man's Pass" - Although this could be dangerous in bad weather, it was a beautiful sunny day and very enjoyable to pass. After this I spent quite a bit of time taking in the views around the plateaued summit, beautiful. Then I descented back down "One Man's Pass" making a big mistake by not sticking to the ridge, this was the scariest part for me - far more dangerous. After making it over the pass and thanking the Lord for sparing my mortal soul I descented down the "Pilgrims Path" passing some waterfalls. Then I reached the road turned right, walked to the next road turned right again and followed the road back around to "Bunglass" car park. A truly enjoyable walk in a glorious location, I will be back. (Comment Rating 3.14) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average COMMENTS for Slieve League Page 1 2 3 4 5 Next page >> (End of comment section for Slieve League. Recent comments about other mountains below.) RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS Page 1 2 3 4 5 .. 41 Next page >> Summit Comment Sugarloaf Hill: A short sharp shock... exaisle 7 hours ago. I thought this was a short but punishing climb although I'm not as fit as I should be. There is just one short respite but as soon as one leaves the road, it's tough from the word go....well, ...    Forum: General Suggestion for West Cork walk exaisle 7 hours ago. If the hangover is bad, you might consider the spin up Mount Gabriel. There is an access road about a mile or so outside Schull...it's tarmac all the way up and the views are excellent. Of cou... Summit Comment Mount Gabriel: Does driving up count? exaisle 7 hours ago. I'll be honest, it was 25degrees and the sun was beating down. 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