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Slieve Snaght Mountain Sliabh Sneachta A name in Irish
(Ir. Sliabh Sneachta [DUPN], 'mountain of snow') Donegal County In Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists

Height: 615m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 3 Grid Reference: C42400 39000 This summit has been logged as climbed by 94 members
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Longitude: -7.335, Latitude: 55.196255 Prominence: 600m,   Isolation: 1.6km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 642340 938980,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Slv615, 10 char: SlvSngh615

There is a tradition of pilgrimage to Slieve Snaght and a well near the summit is associated with a cure for blindness (Tobar na Súl) [Colhoun]. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 145-46) for details of the festive assembly on Slieve   Slieve Snaght is the highest mountain in the Inishowen area and the 251st highest in Ireland.
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by tyfan  6 Jun 2008 Climbed Slieve Snaght (Inishowen) on Saturday 31st May 2008 a beautiful clear sunny morning. We started our climb from a point on the Turk / Glentogher road 445378 (Point A) at a point where there is parking for a car to the side of a tractor track heading to the hill. We walked this track to where it disappears and skirted round the side of Damph, until we reached the col at the bottom of Slieve Snaght. We summited snaght from the col and enjoyed a magnifient view with our lunch at the cairn 1Hr 25min from start. We desended Snaght on the western side of the col and continued to the top of Slieve Main ,and then on to cairns at the top of Crocknamaddy.
We virtually retraced our steps keeping to the higher ground to the top of Slieve Main again and then descended SE across rough ground ,summited Damph and took a leisurely stroll back to the car.
Total climb time 1045 - 1445 ( 4 hrs ) , with time for a cooling pint in the drift inn before heading home.
Point A: C445 378
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slieve Snaght in area Inishowen, Ireland
Picture: S Snaght with S Snaght Beg to left		  
by gerrym  10 Oct 2008 Having climbed from the west i tackled the "shortest, boggiest and least inspiring route" from the east. There is some truth in this description from Paddy Dillon but i found plenty to keep my attention over the six miles and 3.5 hours of walking.

Started at approx. 444373 (Point B) at a small quarry which provides a couple of parking spaces. I was initially thrown as a large lough now occupies the surrounding valley - not on my map and seemingly recently created perhaps for hydro power to compliment the adjacent wind turbines? Climb back of quarry and parallel a rough track, heading over grassland to the top of Damp. From the top follow fence downhill towards col of S Main and S Snaght - there is a very steep drop at the end of this descent before a gentle walk across the valley. From the col the top of S Main is reached crossing wet ground with peat hags (1.5 hours). The view from the summit further wets the appetite for what must be even further reaching sights to come. A quick descent brings the col and a steady climb on short heather.

With height the ground becomes stonier, with areas of scree flowing down the hillside. The summit area is a feast of cairns of all shapes and sizes, easily sculpted from the many stones. A walk through this brings a large circular cairn enclosing the trig pillar. Great views abound - N to the coast and beaches W to the line of impressive hills starting at Raghtin More, S over S Main and the meanderings of Lough Swilly, E over the newly formed lough and the low line of hills to the somewhat older Lough Foyle (haze unfortunately hiding the cliffs of Beneivenagh). I dropped down a little to the NE to shelter in one of the many enclosures from the brisk wind on what was a glorious day. From here the cairn on Slive Snaght Beg was visible, altough too the evidence of motorbikes making thier way up from below. This is a truely amazing top and yes i did add to the collection of cairns - another type of sheep?

Dropped off the E side to follow a fence downhill into the valley before a tramp across wet ground to skirt the side of Damph and back to the little quarry and the car. Whatever way you do it - do it.
Point B: C444 373
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by vcavanagh  9 Nov 2002 big, round, boring,heavy going but v. good view from summit.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slieve Snaght in area Inishowen, Ireland
Picture: Trig surrounded by stone circle
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by volsung  18 Apr 2012 Visited Slieve Snaght on my 50th birthday just to see if I was still fit for a nice hard boggy vertical slog. I was and it was well worth it. Left Carndonagh on the R242 in the direction of Quigley's Point. Take a right at L1381 road which leads to a stony mountain road. Follow up to a T junction. You can park the car and easily turn it back down the mountain path. Then follow the path to the left which will lead you to a gate thus avoiding the need to climb over a sheep fence. From here I just took a beeline for the summit. The lower reaches can be boggy. All terrain vehicles used by the farmers and turf-cutters have ripped the place up. However as you move higher there is pleasant moss and heather underfoot. I met a second sheep fence further up but it is easily crossed. It took about 1 and a half hours to get to the summit. I was rewarded with fine views of Benevenagh, Inishtrahull, Lough Swilly and as far away as possibly Islay. The top is a fascinating wasteland of cairns and stone. I noticed a rather intrusive stone memorial has been put up right next to the trig point area commemorating a local man. I have mixed feelings about this. From the wording he will be a much missed person but I can't help thinking if everyone wanted a memorial that size on their favourite hill would they not just become rather high cemetaries?
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Question about this Mountain
by Wilderness  8 Jun 2012 Im wanting to climb this mountain sometime in the Summer.
I was wanting to bring my dog along does anyone know if dogs are allowed up their?
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