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| Maximum height for area: 729 metres |
Summits in area: 30 |
| OS Map(s): 37, 44 for all tops |
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| Doughruagh Mountain |
Galway County |
| Dúchruach
A name in Irish |
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| (Ir. Dúchruach [TR], 'black stack') |
| Height: 526 metres |
OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 37 for top |
| Grid Ref: L75059 59430 |
Latitude: 53.570049 Longitude: -9.886692 |
| ITM: 475036 759450 |
Prominence: 211m Isolation: 1.7km |
Half-way up Doughruagh on very steep ground is a statue of the Sacred Heart, erected in 1932 by the Benedictine nuns of Kylemore Abbey in thanks for their safe delivery to Kylemore. They had been forced to abandon their convent near Ypres in Belgium during hostilities in World War I. Walks: for a route on the S face of Doughruagh , see Kevin Corcoran, West of Ireland Walks, 93-101 or Paddy Dillon, Connemara, 38-44.
Doughruagh is the 402nd highest summit in Ireland. Our data has reached 70% of the goal for this summit. (Details) |
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Re: Paul Henry Sell Off |
lennyantonelli less than an hour ago.
Ah c'mon CV, Paul Henry wasn't bad at all at all. Have to say I'm a fan. Sure his paintings are a bit dull in colour, but there's a certain sense of mystery and beauty to those purples and greys, ... |
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Paul Henry Sell Off |
CaptainVertigo 12 hours ago.
Regular readers will be familiar with my denunciations of the entire mountain oeuvre of Paul Henry deceased, late of Achill Island. Predictably enough nervous collectors have been shedding their H... |
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A Dam good walk! |
gerrym 14 hours ago.
A grand walk through sweeping forest, open hillside, streams walk, Length:11.7km, Climb: 383m, Area: Slieveanorra, Antrim Hills (Ireland) Slieveanorr |
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Eskatariff horseshoe walk |
Pazapas 15 hours ago.
This walk is "demanding" as it is written in the second edition of "Walking in Ireland" from Lonely Planet. With a good weather you can do it in 4.5 hours without stop. But with fog, the first 90 ... |
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Summit Comment
An Cnapán Mór: Justified Hyperbole |
ciarraioch 16 hours ago.
Only the glorious Corca Dhuibhne could hide an undiscovered gem such as this. Views to die for in all directions. On one side, across the surprisingly green and fertile plain of Lios Póil, and be... |
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Knockaterriff a direct ascent |
jackill 3 days ago.
up and down the quickest way walk, Length:10.8km, Climb: 700m, Area: Knockaterriff, Galty Mountains (Ireland) Knockaterriff, Knockaterriff Beg |
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Access Issue to Beenbo (Dingle Peninsula) |
ciarraioch 17 hours ago.
Lads,
Just to let ye know of an access problem on the approach to Beenbo/Slievegower/Slievenalecka from Baile Dubh/Ballyduff graveyard near Cloghane. Followed Adrian Hendroff's excellent route la... |
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An Starraicín: Diminutive yet shapely |
ciarraioch 16 hours ago.
A surprisingly tedious trudge west from the saddle with Sliabh na nGabhar brings you to the diminutive but shapely peak of An Starraicín/Slievenalecka. Great views onto Loch a' Dúin to the right a... |
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Carrolls Hill from the west |
jackill 3 days ago.
Starting at a good coillte carpark, this ascent gets you to walk, Length:9.2km, Climb: 259m, Area: Carroll's Hill, Slieve Bloom (Ireland) Carroll's |
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Sorrel and Black, a direct ascent |
jackill 3 days ago.
starting from a good carpark next to the road an easy ascent walk, Length:6.8km, Climb: 526m, Area: Sorrel Hill, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) Sorrel Hill |
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Dogs on Carrauntoohil... |
Conor74 4 days ago.
...not sure, but it is private property and not in the National Park, it's a commonage owned by 6 families and some are farmers and have sheep around the Reeks. Though mainly around Knockbrinnea ... |
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