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Maximum height for area: 795 metres Summits in area: 11
OS Map(s): 68 for all tops Set Area Map On
   

Croaghaun Hill Wexford County
An Cruachán A name in Irish (Language)
(prob. Ir. An Cruachán [PDT], 'the little stack')
Height: 455 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 68 for top
Grid Ref: S83432 57610 Latitude: 52.663642 Longitude: -6.767627
ITM: 683362 657653 Prominence: 120m   Isolation: 2.9km
Rating graphic. Croaghaun is at the northern end of the Blackstairs Mountain. It has the conical profile of peaks with this name.

Croaghaun is the 605th highest summit in Ireland. Croaghaun is the most northerly summit in the Blackstairs Mountains area. Our data has reached 71% of the goal for this summit. (Details)
   
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghaun in area Blackstairs Mountains, County Wexford, Ireland
Picture: Croughan from the East. Expand pics.		  
Easy walk with good views of the Blackstairs.
Short Summary created by simon3  7 Jun 2010 As of 2010 the forestry to the south of the summit has been harvested leaving good views of the broad northern end of the Blackstairs.
An easy way to start is from the SE at Kilbrannish Forest Recreation Area car park at around S842568 (Point A). Follow a marked track which goes generally NW towards the summit which is around 1 km away.
It is also possible to start from the less formal car park at Corrbut Gap S832568 (Point B), walk uphill (north) with the forest edge on your left. Continue in the same direction after crossing a forest track to reach the top.
It is possible to use forest tracks as shown on OSI Mapsheet 68 to reach Greenoge to the east.
Point A: S842 568 Point B: S832 568 (turn area map On)

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghaun in area Blackstairs Mountains, County Wexford, Ireland
Picture: Summit area of Croaghaun. Expand pics.
by csd  29 Sep 2007 We tackled Croaghaun after completing Greenoge -- see that comment for parking info. Sheet 68 appears to be accurate in its depiction of the tracks. The summit of Croaghaun is a bend in a forest track, with recently-felled ground to the left and forest on the other sides. It's not particularly inspiring, and the fog made it even less so. Ah well, another one in the bag, and as consolation, a small herd of deer did put in an appearance.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghaun in area Blackstairs Mountains, County Wexford, Ireland
Picture: Towards Greenoge from Croaghaun Expand pics.		  
by madfrankie  30 Mar 2010 At the Corrbut Gap to the south of Croaghaun there's a large litter-strewn car park at point S832568 (Point B). Loads of TV sets have been abandoned here, which is rather pointless - the miscreants could have saved themselves the bother of driving up here by dropping them off at any Powercity or D.I.D.
Having jumped the gate across the road, we walked uphill (north) with the forest edge on our left. After a short while we crossed a forest track but kept going uphill to the underwhelming summit marked by an old wall at a right-angled turn in a forest track. It took about 15 minutes from the car park to the top.
Point B: S832 568 (turn area map On)
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