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Birreencorragh West Top Mountain For origin of name, see Birreencorragh. Mayo County In Arderin List

Height: 551m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 23&31 Grid Reference: G01457 04985 This summit has been logged as climbed by 39 members
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Longitude: -9.502912, Latitude: 53.984763 Prominence: 36m,   Isolation: 1km
ITM: 501430 804990,   GPS IDs, 6 char: BrncWs, 10 char: BrncrgWstT

Birreencorragh West Top is the 359th highest summit in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Birreencorragh West Top in area North Mayo, Ireland
Picture: NW ridge		  
by gerrym  24 Sep 2005 The NW ridge is only a short detour off the route around the Glenlar - Birreencorragh - Knockaffertagh horse shoe. It took me 10 mins to reach the top but it was definitely worth it to get another perspective on Birreencorragh, with its impressively long and scree covered N ridge sweeping down into the dividing river valley. The NW ridge continues down towards Letterkeen Wood and I suppose could be used as a different access point for the climb - it did look impressive from the valley to the W the next day when I was climbing Buckoogh. The view from here is also captivating - from the big hills of Connemara across a sun dappled Clew Bay to the rugged peaks of the rest of the Nephin Begs and N across the lowlands to the N Mayo coast.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Birreencorragh West Top in area North Mayo, Ireland
Picture: View north from Birreencorragh West Top
by eflanaga  5 Oct 2007 From Birreencorragh South Top (see for first part of Horseshoe walk) it is a relatively easy walk to its sister summit. Dropping down from the South-Top onto Spot Ht 539 IG02398 03694 (Point A) you proceed onwards to the col dividing the main summit from the West Top (now a short distance directly North) and the spur dropping down to Mount Eagle to the west. The West top is (as gerrym suggests) just a short distance away necessitating a short drop to a narrow saddle IG01651 04811 (Point B) and then an equally short climb to a featureless grassy domed top. The views, however, into the main Nephin Beg range to the west/north-west, north towards the Ox Mountains and across a beautiful narrow secluded valley to the main summit are anything but plain. Picture shows view north over Bullaunmore towards the Ox Mountains in the distance, from Bireencorragh West Top. Having taken the mandatory GPS reading and a few photographs I retraced my steps to the narrow saddle with a view to making my way onwards to Birreencorragh's main top.
Point A: G02398 03694 Point B: G01651 04811
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Birreencorragh West Top in area North Mayo, Ireland
 
by csd  18 Oct 2004 A view of Birreencorragh's West Top from the Glenlara - Birreencorragh ridge, showing the long shoulder down from Birreencorragh proper on the right.
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