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Mauherslieve Mountain Motharshliabh A name in Irish
(Ir. Motharshliabh [OSI], 'wilderness mountain') Tipperary County In Arderin List

Height: 543m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 59 Grid Reference: R87323 61938 This summit has been logged as climbed by 26 members
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Longitude: -8.188285, Latitude: 52.708791 Prominence: 268m,   Isolation: 1.6km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 587276 661980,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Mhrslv, 10 char: Mhrslv

Also referred to as Mother Mountain in some sources, though this seems to have no basis. Locally also called Moherclea or simply Moher. A pile of stones at the summit is called the Terrot. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 214-15)   Mauherslieve is the second highest mountain in the Shannon area and the 370th highest in Ireland.
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Mother, this is hard work.
Short Summary created by jackill  27 Oct 2010 Access from the forestry entrance at R858 652 (Point A) (Point A), room for 2-3 cars. Walk on an access road for about 2.5 kms to R86178 63100 (Point B) where you can make a short diversion to Foilduff.
Continue on the road, where much of the forest has now been felled,right at the first junction, after 7-800 meters you will see a rough ride going downhill to your right then continuing on up to Mauherslieve. It is boggy, but perfectly walkable. You will join a rough path rising uphill, at the highest point of this path head east for 200 meters to the summit cairn and trig.
Point A: R858 652 Point B: R86178 63100

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mauherslieve in area Shannon, Ireland
Picture: Summit cairn/trig pillar and the view east.		  
by csd  25 Mar 2007 Poor neglected Mauherslieve! Its out-of-the-way nature is part of its charm, the dog and I spent the afternoon without seeing another human soul, though we did spot a rabbit and two deer. We parked by a livestock pen at R880 638 (Point C) (there's room for a couple of cars), and then followed the track marked in sheet 59 through the forest as far as R869 626 (Point D). Here the clear felling starts, so we turned left and made our way up to the summit without having to push through the dense pine.
The summit trig pillar appears to have been constructed on the ruins of an ancient cairn, a collapsed part of which forms a shelter from the wind. Nice views over to Keeper Hill and surrounding hills.
Point C: R880 638 Point D: R869 626
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by oldsoldier  5 Oct 2009 John Keats wrote an ode to autumn which started "seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness" and these lines continued to invade my thoughts as I walked onto the summit of Mauherslieve last Fri 2nd of October 2009. On my trip out from Thurles through the country of my ancestors, the roads and lanes were weighted down by fruits of all kinds. the haw, crab apples, nuts, sloes and chestnuts. my way was shrouded in mist as I followed the paths up from the sheep pen as described by csd in an earlier article. I followed his directions and broke out onto the mountain from the forests at R87460 62394 (Point E), there is a small indent in the forest on the map. From here there is a fence all the way to the summit. There is a small hole in the summit cairn that provides protection from the wind. A lovely three hour walk on a windy and wet morning. excellent
Point E: R87460 62394
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mauherslieve in area Shannon, Ireland
Picture: Mauherslieve's trig pillar, with Keeper Hill in the background.
by csd  25 Mar 2007 The final push up to Slievemauher is a wee bit tiring if you're out of shape: you have to lift your legs up high to get through the deep heather. That said, you can easily make the summit in about an hour if you park by the livestock pen noted in my other comment.
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by walker_hollick  13 Feb 2005 A view of Keeper Hill from Mother Mountain. Mother Mountain is not a very interesting or challenging climb, being mainly covered in forestry. However there are very good views of
the surrounding hills from the summit.
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by aidand  18 Jun 2003 Mother Mountain seems to be rarely climbed. It is tucked away behind Keeper Hill and many Tipperary people have never heard of it. The climb is straightforward if a little steep. It's rather short for a days outing and there doesn't seem to be any obvious other routes to link to it.
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