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Caha Mountains Area Printable format Maximum height for area: 685 metres Summits in area: 39 OS Map(s): 57, 63, 71, 78, 84, 85, 88 for all tops Set Area Map On     Sugarloaf Mountain Mountain Cork County Gabhal Mhór A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. Gabhal Mhór [OSI], 'big fork') Height: 574 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 85 for top Grid Ref: V87377 52951 Latitude: 51.718203 Longitude: -9.630367 ITM: 487351 553017 Prominence: 126m   Isolation: 1.4km The Irish name Gabhal Mhór may seem odd as a name for a mountain, but it appears to have developed from Sliabh na Gaibhle, 'mountain of the fork'. This accounts for the anglicised form Slieve Goul found in several 19th century sources. It is unclear what exactly the fork is, but it may be a confluence of streams referred to in the name of the nearby townland, Kealagowlane (Ir. Caol an Ghabhláin, 'marsh/narrowing of the little fork'). Gabhal Mhór stands in contrast to Gabhal Bheag, Gowlbeg Mountain, its lower neighbour. For the origin of the English name, see Sugarloaf Hill in Wicklow for an explanation of hills called Sugarloaf. Sugarloaf Mountain is the 321st highest summit in Ireland. Our data has reached 52% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Sugarloaf Mountain Page 1 of 1 Picture: Loooking over Bantry bay, Whiddy island in the centre Expand pics.   Shipwrecks and the French by jackill  15 Aug 2011 The Sugarloaf with its whitewashed pillar stands sentry over Bantry bay. The bay itself has seen the devils own share of history and tragedy. The town of Bantry was the place where an attempt to land and launch a rebellion was made by a French fleet, with Wolfe Tone, in December 1796. The French fleet consisting of 43 ships carrying 15,000 troops had divided mid-Atlantic into smaller groups to avoid interception by the Royal Navy with orders to reform at Bantry Bay. The bulk of the fleet arrived successfully, but several ships, including the flagship Fraternité carrying General Hoche were delayed. While awaiting their arrival, bad weather intervened and the lack of leadership, together with uneasiness at the prospect of being trapped, forced the decision to return to France. Tone wrote of the expedition in his diary, saying that "We were close enough to toss a biscuit ashore." The square in Bantry is today named after Wolfe Tone. On January 8, 1979, 50 people were killed when the French oil tanker Betelgeuse, offloading at Whiddy Island caught fire, exploded, and broke into three pieces. The bay has had numerous shipwrecks over the years. In 1981, while clean up efforts using sonar sweeps for the Betelgeuse were under way, the wreck of the French frigate La Surveillante, which had been scuttled during a storm north of Whiddy Island on 2 January 1797, was found (Comment Rating 4.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. by simon3  27 May 2003 When you finally reach Sugarloaf's top you find that it has this unusual brightly painted white trig pillar shown in the picture. The mountain in the background is Toberavanaha, almost as high as Sugarloaf, but not nearly as well known. (Comment Rating 3.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics.   by simon3  27 May 2003 Claude Wall [Mountaineering in Ireland] said of this mountain: ‘Slieve na Goill (1,887), “the misty hill”, popularly known as Sugarloaf Mountain, is an isolated cone a few miles from Glengariff noteworthy as the best viewpoint of Bantry Bay’. I can certainly agree that it has great views over Bantry Bay but “isolated cone”, no not so. It looks like a cone from the east, such as the Glengarriff area but not from north or south. It isn’t all that isolated either. The east top of Toberavanaha is only about 750m away. The photo is a view to the north east, towards an unnamed hill of around 375m. Fading into the heat-haze on the extreme right is Shrone Hill, another place very prominent from Glengarriff. (Comment Rating 2.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. by milo  29 Apr 2003 Eat your heart out Enniskerry! Glad to say no access problems climbing it from the Beara Way on Bank Holiday Monday '03 (Comment Rating 2.22) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average by DA  1 May 2003 damien about Sugarloaf Mountain A special climb for every season! (Comment Rating 1.73) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average (End of comment section for Sugarloaf Mountain. Recent comments about other mountains below.) RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS Page 1 2 3 4 5 .. 30 Next page >> Forum: General Tomaneena summit Dessie1 16 hours ago. 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