Picture from group : Keeper Hill from Silvermine Mountains E Top
Picture: Keeper Hill from Silvermine Mountains E Top
Keeper
Short Summary created by Peter Walker, aidand 6 Apr 2013
Keeper Hill is the highest point in North Tipperary and one of the countrys highest 'inland' mountains. There is a large telecommunications mast on top and hence a well maintained, but untarred, roadway to the top. The easiest route is from Ballyhourigan Wood, near the small village of Killoscully. Follow the main roadway upwards for about 3 km until it levels out. Turn left and walk on for another 3 km until you reach a fork in the track. Keep left here and follow the track up to the summit. Allow 3 - 4 hours for the return trip.Comment Rating (3.00)
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Picture from beckett : Eagle's Nest on Keeper Hill
Picture: Eagle's Nest on Keeper Hill
by beckett 14 Sep 2006
At noon on September 4th, I kissed the dog and bade good-bye to the wife and kids. From Limerick, I took the road to Newport, from Newport I travelled around 7km until I saw a sign for Ballyhourigan woods. It was while travelling along this road that I passed what appeared to be a couple in the throes of something, quite possibly passion, in the back seat of a car. I may be wronging the pair, they could quiet simply have been in the midst of changing their clothes for a long trek through the hills. I was doing 40 mph and the condensation of their back window made any possibility of confirmation remote. As their car disappeared in my rear view mirror, It made think that there may be better things to do on a Sunday afternoon than trek up the side of a bog. If my camera had not been in the boot I would have had a much more interesting picture to accompany this comment.R782 667 (Point A) ) which had a road-closed sign preventing further access by car. I parked a little further up the road to the right in a forest opening. From the start of the track, I walked to a point shown on the map as the intersection of four paths (R805 664 (Point B) ). When I got to that point one of the paths, the eastern one, had been maliciously been removed. I headed up the western path, at first trying to reach the open ground through some rough open with fallen trees. Driven back I went instead into the woods, these were quite dense, but I persisted and found a stream, which I followed back to the open mountain. There is an earth wall running up alongside the older forest edge, this offered the best ground for walking. When I had climbed about 540 metres in height I turned in the direction of the Eagle's nest.
Point A: R782 667
Point B: R805 664
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Picture from Bleck Cra : Top Team
Picture: Top Team
Finders Keepers in the Silvermines
by Bleck Cra 9 May 2010
Sandwiches ‘til they were coming out of your ears; clever and witty commentary; hospitality akin to a bear hug; and attention to detail that belied the easy-going saunter that was the day. Author of same? The wonderful Aonach ar Siuil Walking Club and their first and fabulous festival this weekend. Alas the Cra could only make a flying visit (“flying" – geddit ?) for the A walk on Saturday – so no Blister Balls (oosps) or lingering farewells: just a demented clatter from the North and back same day. A seven hour walk which is tough to make a true Grade A with such gentle hills, but not impossible; at least as advised by the lolloping, kick-boxing, lightning-foot daughter of Medb that lit out with me for the summit of Keeper Hill. It seems you can launch from the valley floor and ascend into the corrie through foot-high heather until you beg for mercy. Anyhoo …… Aonach ar Siuil, very well done – clever tricks like staggered start times for the different grades, grub and water at strategic points on the walk, the Mountain Rescue and Civil Defence throughout the hill and my favourite, the Start’n’Stop point, Ryan’s Pub. Keeper Hill is not a huge challenge but does her own thing with location, views and greenery, which are all stunning. “Pretty”, I think is a good description – round, warm and welcoming; and what she has in particular is that characteristic unique to Irish inland hills: whereas in Scotland, Wales and England, the view from a summit tends to be a landscape of more devil peaks, from Keeper Hill at virtually every point is countryside as pretty if as flat at Katie Melua. As a must-do, probably a 6; as a worth-doing, a resounding 10 and so in equal place with the Nenagh festival.(Comment Rating 4.00)
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Picture from beckett : View From Keeper Hill
Picture: View From Keeper Hill
by beckett 29 Jun 2006
At R781 652 (Point C) on the road from Toor to Newport you will meet a road running up into Ballyhourigan wood. On your right, you will find a car park hollowed out from the sloping forest. Proceed in a Northerly direction up to the first intersection of tracks at a barrier; here you will turn right following a westerly direction passing the sweat house (used in times of old for medicinal purposes), pass the sign for the mass rock, then pass a rather precarious and ugly looking gravel pit. After this, the track turns north and then briefly eastward as you climb gradually out of the woods. The eastern face of keeper hill will present itself to you with numerous small streams cascading down gulleys hewn into the side of the hill. The track eventually comes to a t-junction and you take the west going path, winding through some mature woods. Fast flowing streams run under the forest tracks before precipitating impressively down into the woods. At one or two of these points, you can stop to refresh yourself; the water is crystal clear and sufficiently cold to wash away any weariness at this point. The track continues west across the slope of keeper hill where you come across another junction that branches northerly in one direction and southwest down into the woods in the other direction. Taking the north-easterly route, you start the climb to keeper hill. The track is full of broken rock and is heavy going on the feet. As you approach the summit, you see the rather unsightly TV mast on your left. There is a cairn and some crags to the right. Take your refreshments there and enjoy the view of the Silvermines. Overall, this is a pleasant walk; a nice walk for a novice with tracks and paths through out. It takes around 180 minutes at a brisk pace to the summit and considerably less than that on the downward journey.
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Picture from Colin Murphy : Spoonful of ice
Picture: Spoonful of ice
Fast track to the top
by Colin Murphy 29 Nov 2010
Pressed for time and with just a few hours light left, I ignored the parking area opposite the handball alley to the east of Toor, which is a popular starting point for Keeper Hill, and chanced driving up the narrow road at R810 643 (Point D) to see how far I could get. After about 1km it deteriorated to a track and I came to a sort of muddy T-junction at R815 650 (Point E) and I found my path blocked by two tractors! Luckily the elderly, toothless farmer looked kindly on my plight and moved the tractors, then directed me about twenty metres to the right of the junction where there was room for a car or two. Having parked I continued up this lane to the right about 100 metres where a gate warned me to 'beware of the bull'. The farmer's son told me 'not to worry about that' and even opened the gate for me! A few yards past the gate a short narrow track heads northwards directly towards Keeper, which opens out into a nice, steep grassy slope. From there on it was straightforward climb to the NW, very steep in parts but the terrain not too uneven, a mixture of grass and short heather. It was a beautiful, clear frosty day and the trig pillar at the top had been decorated with a spoon (!) (see pic) which the wintry conditions had adorned with some wind-blown ice crystals. I suppose at least its better than graffiti. Parking where I did had probably saved me a good hour and I was up and down in 2.5 hours, so it's a good place to start if you're short of time.
Point D: R810 643
Point E: R815 650
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by deirdre.obrien 28 Apr 2004
We parked at the old ball alleys just outside Toor Village. We followed the Slieve Felim Way in the direction of Keeper Hill to the forest and then followed a track left up towards Keeper Hill. We followed the tracks up Keeper Hill to the summit. Lovely views from the top. The route was pretty straight forward but found the hard ground though going on the feet. A local farm dog followed us up and down. She was harmless and appeared to enjoy the company!! (Comment Rating 3.12)
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