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Forum: General roberto 6 hours ago
Walking along the Wicklow Way today at the section that leads down to the Dargle River, steep enough section. I met a hill runner running up this part and at the same time he was having a conversa...

A circuit of the eastern Knockmeal hills

Track 2206 mcrtchly 8 hours ago
Park at S112081 and walk north along the road for about 170m walk, Length:11.7km, Climb: 620m, Area: Crohan West, Knockmealdown Mountains (Ireland) C

Carrigawaddra: The Loo valley: yes you can!, but don't...

Summit Comment thomas_g 9 hours ago
Parked at the gravel area at the road junction at Loo Bridge, walked towards Kenmare on the R569 to a gate, then followed the muddy track to a green field (savour it, it will be the last you'll se...

Agnew's Hill: Shapely scarply Sallagh Braes

Summit Comment simon3 5 days ago
North of the summit and over a road is the 2km long arc of Sallagh Braes, a spectacular semicircle of a valley where the higher ground to the west (left) falls away towards the sea. This pictur...

Walks Around Port 2

Track 2197 gerrym a day ago
http://youtu.be/jq7O1tarPuQ A second walk starting and fini walk, Length:17.0km, Climb: 578m, Area: Donegal SW (Ireland)

Good Sun coming. Bluestacks anyone?

Forum: General simon3 2 days ago
Anyone interested in walking in the Bluestacks (Ardnageers and nearby) on Sun or early Mon? Contact group@mountainviews.ie

Tully Mountain: Mwelrea from the Sea

Summit Comment Geansai 6 days ago
Good view of the highest summit in Connaught on the way up Tully Mountain.

Lugnagun: Superb Blessington Lake Views

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: march-fixer 6 days ago
Though not a summit to write home about, it still provides a wonderful grandstand view south out over Blessington Lakes and west to the Hill of Allen. Until recently (2013) pine trees obscure thes...

Circuit of the Three Aghlas

Track 2204 Onzy 2 days ago
Route takes in Aghla More, Aghla Beg South and Aghla Beg, be walk, Length:9.1km, Climb: 669m, Area: Aghla More, Donegal NW (Ireland) Aghla More, Aghl

SEX ROCKS AND ROLLS

Forum: General BleckCra 4 days ago
"It's like sex," she said. We looked at her. "Hillwalking. It's like sex." Her big scrubbed North Antrim face - and I imagined she didn't know much about either - not her fault mind, given the...

Slieve Carr: Possible with Nephin Beg in a day

Summit Comment jimgraham a week ago
Just to note that I found it possible to combine Slieve Carr with Nephin Beg. Working from the southern end of the Bangor trail (point F) it took me four hours to gain the top of Carr; about two ...

Shankill River - Cloghleagh Circuit

Track 2200 march-fixer 4 days ago
This is a nice scenic route in a mixed coniferous and decidu walk, Length:4.0km, Climb: 45m, Area: Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland)
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Lackabane Mountain Leaca Bhán A name in Irish
(Ir. An Leaca Bhán [T6000], 'the white hillside') Kerry County In Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists

Height: 602m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 84 Grid Reference: V75148 53695 This summit has been logged as climbed by 51 members
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Longitude: -9.807452, Latitude: 51.722326 Prominence: 287m,   Isolation: 1km
ITM: 475128 553764,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Lckbn, 10 char: Lackabane

Lackabane is the 270th highest summit in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Lackabane in area Caha Mountains, Ireland
 
by eoin  23 Apr 2004 The first or last major summit (depending on your route) on the Cummeengeera Horseshoe walk above Rabach's Glen near Lauragh. The ascent/descent on the east side is a steep grassy ridge which can be wet, steep sides on the north face afford amazing views of the whole glen below and the hanging valley, lake and Tooth Mountain opposite to the north.

The photo of the twin summits of Lackabane is taken from Coomacloghane.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Lackabane in area Caha Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Tooth Mountain and Knocvnaveacal
by weedavie  27 May 2008 There was a murderer and robber lived in Cummenageera: now there's just an entrepreneur..

The round of this glen is great. Start at the right hand one of two gates at 765575 (Point A). Follow the track up and around the left side of the house. Vague paths lead on among bushes. When we emerged we went left to avoid a big rock step, crossed a wall and broken fence then turned SW up the hillside. This brought us at around 300 metres to the summit of Cummeenahillion.

From here a slight drop then a 170 metres climb goes due W Knocknaveacal. It crosses lines of diagonal crags which could probably be scrambled. Instead we diverted slightly north, passed through two bands and followed the third to the top. There's a couple of summits behind but they don't have even 30 metres of relative height. Seán'Ó Súilleabháin suggests bypassing Tooth Mountain but it's hard to think why. A marginal gain and you lose some fun ascending among outcrops then a pleasant walk along the edge of the corrie. From the trig at Coomacloghane there're good views north across the Kenmare River. Then we descended SW through more rock steps and from the pass (how do you guys live without bealach in your vocabulary?) climbed to point 584 on Esktariff. From here we had peat hags underfoot but great views to our left as we circled SE then E to its highest point..

We dropped SE to the hummock of Bireca (point 531 on the OS). From the side you see the impressive 200 metre drop on its north face. It's not so noticeable from its rounded top so it'd be worth paying attention in mist. We descended E then climbed NE to Lackabane. Great summit, great views then a dog leg ESE then NE to its twin top. There are two obvious ridges, N and ESE, from here but the real exit is down the broad NE slope. It quickly becomes well-defined, steep and quite narrow with a developing path. From the bealach below we dropped N to the end of the road. Here we met the entrepreneur, the local farmer charging 4 euro a throw to go up the glen and hitting us up for getting out. You'd miss this if you carried on over Deelis and descended to the bog road.

I've two guesses about this route. From what I've read it'd be worse in summer , the grass gets long on the ascent and gorse and bracken clog the way down. Don't know, it was great in April. The other is that it'd be better done in the opposite direction. You'd get the hard ascent over at the start and end with an easy descent with a great sea and mountain view ahead of you.
Point A: V765 575
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