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Knockmealdown Mountains Area Printable format Maximum height for area: 794 metres Summits in area: 14 OS Map(s): 74, 82 for all tops Set Area Map On     Knockmealdown Mountain Tipperary/ Waterford County Cnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. Cnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh [OSI], 'hill of Maoldomhnach') Height: 794 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 74 for top Grid Ref: S05797 08410 Latitude: 52.227894 Longitude: -7.915901 ITM: 605745 608464 Prominence: 682m   Isolation: 0.9km Knockmealdown gives its name to the range as a whole, but the earlier name for these hills is Sliabh gCua. There is a traditional air entitled "Sliabh Geal gCua na Féile", meaning 'bright Sliabh gCua of the festival'. The name Maoldomhnach means ‘devotee of the church’. The surnames derived from this are Ó Maoldomhnaigh (anglicised Muldowney) and its variant Ó Maoldhomhnaigh (anglicised Moloney). Moloney is still a common surname in the vicinity. Some sources translate the name as Cnoc Maol Donn, 'bare round hill', but this is a poor attempt to interpret the name only on the basis of the modern anglicised form. The form Knockmealdowny, recorded in the Civil Survey in 1654, shows that was clearly an additional syllable. Knockmealdown is the highest mountain in the Knockmealdown Mountains area and the 45th highest in Ireland. Knockmealdown is the highest point in county Waterford. Our data has reached 100% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Knockmealdown Page 1 2 3 4 5 Next page >> I could see my first Mountain from my bedroom window. Short Summary created by jackill  17 Jun 2010 The most travelled routes to this summit are from the direction of the Sugarloaf. Starting at the Vee, where there is lots of room to park safely by the roadside, and heading up the rough, often boggy track past the Grubb monument (large stone cairn by the roadside), join the stone wall just after the Sugarloaf summit cairn and follow the wall to Knockmealdown. You can also park in Bay lough carpark S031 101 (Point A)(watch out for the Ghost of Pettycoat Loose!), cross the main road and follow the steep rocky track, keeping the stone wall to your left to the top of the Sugarloaf, turn east then to follow the wall on to Knockmealdown. You can make the ascent somewhat easier by parking at the Vee, walk to the sharp apex of the Vee itself and follow the Munster way( signposted as St Declans way here) down into Glenmoylan. Do not cross the stream instead follow the path to the right going up the glen almost as far as where the non-existant Lough Moylan is shown on the OS maps , look for a rocky zig-zag path going up to the col between the Sugarloaf and Knockmealdown and follow it up. Cross the col to find the wall as mentioned and follow it east to Knockmealdown. A longer walk can be had by starting at S112 083 (Point B) on the road between Mellary and Newcastle. Point A: S031 101 Point B: S112 083 (turn area map On) Comment Rating (4.00) Picture: View of Glengalla Valley Expand pics.   Sharing the mountains with half of Israel by kernowclimber  10 Aug 2010 The growing popularity of the Knockmealdowns was evident as a swarm of cyclists buzzed by us at the cark park at the first hairpin bend at the Vee. We headed downhill along the East Munster Way towards the stream looking for a track running up Glenmoylan on the opposite (east) side of the river, marked on the OS Map. Crossing a rustic wooden bridge we headed up forestry track showing signs of recent usage, the air heavy with the aromatic smell of pine resin from newly felled trees. A kindly local man with a dog directed us on to an upper pathway informing us to ignore the sign on the gateway that said ‘NO DOGS, NO WALKERS, NO ATVS’. The track led onto the sparsely wooded lower slopes of Knockshane dotted with gnarled and stunted conifers, towards Lough Moylan, a boggy depression partially overplanted with pines. With hindsight we would have been better to ignore the OS map track and taken an unmarked route up the other (west) side of the valley that was visible from Lough Moylan, thus avoiding the controversial gateway. From the lough we crossed a small stream misty with crowfoot and climbed a path/gully to the broad ridge between Sugarloaf and Knockmealdown, the county wall undulating along its spine. From here we followed the wall SE towards the trig point on the latter, clearly visible in the fine weather. The hills around were covered with a faint purple blush from the heather that contrasted with the emerald of the conifers spread out in the valleys below. This is indeed fine country. The Galtees to the NW and the Comeraghs to the SE, a colourful late summer patchwork quilt of fields filling the broad fertile valleys between; the Blackwater River running languidly towards Cork to the west; the faint outline of the Waterford coast visible in the haze. Just as we were congratulating ourselves on attaining the heights of Waterford, the peace was shattered by several quad bikes and scramblers approaching the trig point, engines droning like angry hornets, scattering the sheep in all directions. We beat a hasty retreat, casting them black looks and lamenting the scars they had cut deep into the heath. It was particularly galling to see them nonchalantly dismount their machines without having even broken into a sweat to stand on a county top! From here we crossed to Knockmoylan and thence back to the county wall which we followed up the Sugarloaf, a steep and very rocky climb. Our moment of solitude at the cairn here was also shattered, not by quad bikers, but by a large group of very noisy Hassidic Jews arriving from the Gap! No longer wishing to share the mountains with half of Israel and their quad bikes, we headed back towards the Vee down the steep and much eroded pathway from the top of the Sugarloaf. These mountains are very underrated and beautiful, but sadly appear to lack protective legislation to prevent them from becoming a playground for some of those who would destroy what they have come to see. (Comment Rating 4.33) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Jeep on Knocklealdown Expand pics. Jeeps on the hills by deswalk  17 Jun 2010 On my approach to the summit of Knockmealdown last Monday, 14 June, I was horrified to see a Jeep type car just getting to the trig point ahead of me. I waited for ten minutes in the heather until it departed before moving up to the top. I've been climbing these hills since the 1970's and apart from a bulldozer doing some work about thirty years ago this is the first time I've seen a vehicle on the top. Should I have been outraged or angry? Perhaps some would say that the hills should be available to those of all persuasions. I have observed a massive increase in erosion since I first climbed the hill all those years ago. Incidentally, I watched the car retracing its path and it appeared to be travelling towards the easier slopes adjacent to Sugarloaf Hill. The photo shows the offending vehicle but taken from a distance on my phone so may not be very clear. (Comment Rating 4.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics.   by simon3  17 May 2003 Knockmealdown boasts two interpretations of the Irish origins of its name, either Cnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh Muldowneys' Hill or Cnoc Maol Donn bald brown hill. Leaving aside such literary argument, it is the tallest mountain in Waterford. Our view from beside the trig pillar is towards the north west. Just left of centre on the skyline is Sugarloaf Hill, while nearer and at the right is the ridge leading to Knockmoylan (768m and unnamed on the OS). Reputedly, buried at the summit in a place he himself chose is Mr. Henry Eeles, an author, with his dog and gun. We didn’t see any signs of interment on our visit. However, as you can see, there might well be a funeral if anyone ventured over the steep NE facing side of Knockmealdown. There is a drop of over 300m to two tiny lakes at about 480m (Comment Rating 3.82) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. by simon3  17 May 2003 Robert Lloyd Praeger [The Way That I Went 1969] wasn’t wholly impressed by the Knockmealdowns. He said “.. forms a fine upstanding row of peaks, rising to 2609 feet: but this is merely clever window dressing. There is nothing except this single row of summits – no lakes or corries or deep glens or cliffs; very little bare rock: and so, while they furnish fine walking, the zoologist or botanist will find these hills somewhat monotonous.” We can certainly agree about the walking which gives great views and a succession of relatively unfrequented hills. This view of Knockmealdown was taken one fine day in February en-route to Knockmoylan. (Comment Rating 3.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: View of Knockmealdown (on left) from Knocknafallia Expand pics.   by wicklore  6 Aug 2008 I traversed from Sugarloaf Hill to Knockmeal on Monday last. I will post a report but I wanted to add in this picture of Knockmealdown and Knockmoylan as taken from Knocknafallia. Knockmealdown is on the left. I wanted to add it here so that those searching for Knockmealdown on MV would see this alternative view. Having come from Sugarloaf Hill this steep drop on the other side of Knockmealdown comes as a bit of a surprise (even using a map!) (Comment Rating 3.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average COMMENTS for Knockmealdown Page 1 2 3 4 5 Next page >> (End of comment section for Knockmealdown. 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. 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