Picture from group : Disorientating inversion over the Blessington Lakes
Picture: Disorientating inversion over the Blessington Lakes
One Part of a Double Act
Short Summary created by wicklore 12 Aug 2010
Moanbane is rarely mentioned, or climbed, without reference to its almost twin summit Silsean. The two tops are the highest points of the area of mountain overlooking the hamlet of Ballyknockan to the east of the Blessington Lakes and Phoulaphuca Reservoir. If you catch an inversion over the lakes it can be disorientating as it looks like there is sky above and below the cloud, and land floating in the air! Moanbane also offers great views over to MullaghcleevaunO04387 10862 (Point A) , which would involve a 6km or so hike via Black Hill. A quick approach can be made from the car park and picnic site in Ballyknockan at O01141 07290 (Point B) . Alternatively it could be reached after Silsean by starting at O00415 06643 (Point C) .
Point A: O04387 10862
Point B: O01141 07290
Point C: O00415 06643
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Picture from padodes : The head on a frothy pint?
Picture: The head on a frothy pint?
by padodes 23 Feb 2009
On a recent visit to Moanbane, I found the little pond on top had frozen over and the lingering snow that had fallen on it had risen into a puffy meringue or soufflé, or a bowl of whipped cream, or the head of a frothy pint – wherever your taste buds take you (see photo, with snow-ribbed Mullaghcleevaun in the left background). O 0336 0689 (Point D) .
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by darrenf 18 Mar 2010
From Silsean its a short hop accross to Moanbane. There is evidence of quadbike/scrambler activity in the area. The going can be very soft in places and in particular in the saddle between Silsean and Moanbane where there is a virtual marsh to cross. The reascent to Moanbane from Silsean is not taxing in the slightest and along the way great views accross Blessington and the reservoirs are on offer. O045053 (Point E) . I came upon two seperate large herds of deer (perhaps 13-16 deer in each) as I approached the fork in the river, and judging by their reactions they are not used to seeing people pass this way. The valley below Billy Byrnes Gap is in itself a fine palce to be, and I decided to take lunch at the river side. O038043 (Point F) . From here the road can be followed back to the car with views over the Ballinagee river valley on your left hand side. All in all a nice little loop albeit very short. 10.1Km in total over 3.5hours. For me the day was not over yet as I headed for Sorrel Hill and Lugnagun.
Point E: O045 053
Point F: O038 043
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Picture from simon3 : Moanbane pond.
Picture: Moanbane pond.
by simon3 17 Mar 2009
There's no distinct top but, as csd says, it seems to be somewhere near this pond.(Comment Rating 2.75)
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by csd 1 Jun 2003
Poor visibility today made finding the actual summit of Moanbane quite tricky. There's nothing obvious in the vicinity of the grid ref in the database, so I've entered the small pool at O 03366 06884 (Point G) , 705 m elevation as the summit on my GPS. The pool isn't marked on the Harvey map, but it appears to be just where the summit is marked. Nice views over to the Barnacullian ridge on the way up, but alas all was obscured by low clouds long before I reached the summit.
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Picture from kaybee : Pool on Moanbane summit, Mullaghcleevaun in the background.
Picture: Pool on Moanbane summit, Mullaghcleevaun in the background.
by kaybee 11 May 2008
Climbed Moanbane from Black Hill on a lovely summer afternoon, cloudy but very warm. Met nobody else walking, but the tranquility of the hills was interrupted by a group of 6 or 8 scrambler bikers who were buzzing about all over Moanbane, Mullaghcleevaun and Black Hill. As previously proposed, I am in agreement that the pool at the summit is good to mark the high point and here's how it looked on this fine summer's day....(Comment Rating 2.50)
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