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Comeragh Mountains Area Printable format Maximum height for area: 792 metres Summits in area: 17 OS Map(s): 74, 75, 82 for all tops Set Area Map On     Fauscoum Mountain Waterford County Fáschom A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. Fáschom, 'empty hollow') Height: 792 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 75 for top Grid Ref: S31689 10508 Latitude: 52.245869 Longitude: -7.536796 ITM: 631631 610561 Prominence: 626m   Isolation: 1.6km Fauscoum is a rather unremarkable summit above the spectacular valley of Coumshingaun. The circuit of Coumshingaun comprises the ascent and descent of two dramatic ridges. The cliffs at the back of the valley offer some of the finest rock-climbs in Ireland. The name Fáschom probably referred originally to one of the valleys that cut into the Comeragh plateau. Knockaunapeebra / Cnocán an Phíopaire is the name of a a lower peak to the SW. Fauscoum is the highest mountain in the Comeragh Mountains area and the 48th highest in Ireland. Fauscoum is the most easterly summit in the Comeragh Mountains area. Fauscoum is the second highest point in county Waterford. Our data has reached 80% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Fauscoum Page 1 2 3 Next page >> Picture: The descent from the Comeragh Plateau Expand pics.   by jackill  23 Sep 2005 After a week of chianti swilling and pasta gobbling in Aosta , Italy , I hauled my nicely rounded belly to the Comeraghs for a circuit of Coumshingaun lough. I started at Kilclooney wood S342 102 (Point A) and headed for the lake and the climbed to reach the Plateau up the right hand side of the lake. The track going up picks its way through many large boulders and lots of large ferns . These ferns can hide a multitude of ankle twisting opportunities so sticking to the track is the best option.All the way up you have wonderful views of the lake and out to the sea with Slievenamon becoming slowly visible as you rise.Its an easy trot around the edge of the corry to the point where the photo was taken. This is the only way down on this side of the lake. A rough , steep track winds its way down for about 50 meters until you get to the ridge below. This short descent (to the right of the photo)looks tougher than it is but care must be taken. Point A: S342 102 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 4.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. Coumshingaun seen through a rock by Colin Murphy  26 Apr 2010 Peering through one of the wonderful rock formations that dot both the south and north sides of the Coumshingaun Lough circuit. Fascoum top itself was a disappointment after the spectacle of the approach, which offers views as good as any in Ireland. (Comment Rating 4.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Coumshingaun south face Expand pics.   by Al  25 Jul 2008 Having had a scary experience on a gully scramble in W Cork described in the book "Munster's Mountains" i was keen to find out how the coumshingaun gullies would fair as described in the same book so i headed out with the father figure saturday 19/07/08. The car was parked at a layby where the Ira river flowing down from the coum crossed the clonmel-dungarvan road, S350115 (Point B). 45 minutes had us at the lakeside, a gradual track leading up. The fun then started as we skirted around the south side of the lake on a track leading up to the start of the first gully (arrows on map). Out came the rope and the slings and we negotiated the first small obstacle without much bother (although the rock was wet). Moving out of the gully to the right a little further up we traversed under the cliffs to the start of the second gully. A slightly harder move got us over the wet block at the entrance and from there it was a slog up through knee high "comeragh weed" to the top. We finished off the coumshingaun circuit from there, having the lunch and taking the picture from the north ridge before descending back along the track to the road. Route 2 i think in the book, 5 hours, description was on the money! Point B: S350 115 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 3.71) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Rocky area on ridge south of lake Expand pics. by Alaskan  5 Aug 2007 My wife and I scrambled Coushingaun loop starting from the Kilclooney Wood parking area. We followed the trail to the road, walked passed the fake tree to the end of the road, hopped over the fence and followed the trail to its end, from which we hiked up the meadows to the ridge. The ridge proved to be more interesting than my wife had expected with some rocky scrambles. The rocky section had many short side bits that seemed to end at scenic view points overlooking drop-offs. It took some poking about to find the best way up but was fun. My wife was quite glad that it was a sunny, dry day when we climbed up the last steep bit at the headwall to the top. She spent most of that part testing the relative merits of the various types of heather for use as hand holds. Once on the summit plateau, we wandered through the bogs to Fauscoum. Had lunch overlooking the lake then descended the north side ridge. It was a pleasant walk except for the part through the rocky section where my wife's bifocals made the scramble down through the boulders most interesting. When our descending trail met the normal trail to the lake, we continued straight across and followed sheep trails until we merged with our ascent route at the bottom of the south ridge. It was much more interesting than most Irish mountains with a few moderate challenges to give it merit. And there were the beautiful views over the lake. (Comment Rating 3.67) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average by denisdeasy  17 Mar 2003 I had an amazing experience once on Fauscoum when doing a traverse of the Comeragh / Monavullaghs from Clonmel to Dungarvan. It was a sunny humid August day, & I was coming to the summit area. The terrrain was eroded peat hags, with the sandy gravel exposed in places making the going good between the peat hag 'islands'. I came to an open expanse with a large number of shallow pools. The heat was evaporating the water & there was a foot or so of wispy vapour hanging above ground level - it was like walking through dry ice. This was eery enough on its own, but then suddenly a flock of swifts appeared at full tilt, singing/whistling as they dipped & scooped water from the pools on the wing - I stood stock still as the flock flew close & low around my feet, some disappearing into the vapour to catch some water. In a few seconds they were gone & I was left in stunned amazement. So for me, Fauscoum is not a featureless top, but a special place where I witnessed a magic conjunction of landscape, weather conditions & fauna. (Comment Rating 3.55) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics.   by jackill  9 Aug 2004 From the summit of Fauscoum follow a bearing of 64 degrees for about 400 m and you'll see possibly one of the best views in the Comeraghs - Lough Coumshingaun. It can be reached from Kilclooney wood S342 102 (Point A) . Follow the track through the wood to a forestry road, turn right and walk past the mobile phone transmitter (cunningly disguised as a tree)through the trees until you get to open mountain. Take a sharp left and follow the rough track towards the ridge rising on the right of the photo.From here you can just walk to the lake or decide to follow the ridge upwards. Following the track up the ridge eventually brings you to a very rocky area where you will have to scramble your way over large boulders and rocky outcrops before coming to a long grassy ridge that leads eventually to the Comeragh plateau.At the end of the ridge there is a short steep climb of approx. 50 mtrs which looks more daunting than it actually is - but be careful it can be "slippery when wet".At the end of the climb you are on the main Comeragh plateau about 400 mtrs from where this photo was taken. You can then walk around the edge to point 704 mtrs S325 115 (Point C)(right of photo) and descend from there to meet the track from the lake back to the wood. This is a very enjoyable walk on a clear day - one of my favourite areas in the Comeraghs. Point A: S342 102 Point C: S325 115 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 3.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average COMMENTS for Fauscoum Page 1 2 3 Next page >> (End of comment section for Fauscoum. 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