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Ravens Glen Loop

Track 2194 thomas_g a month ago
A Sunday morning quickie. Start at Crone, up one side of the walk, Length:9.0km, Climb: 562m, Area: Tonduff, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) Tonduff

Lugduff: Circuit includes top.

Summit Comment pplsgod 2 weeks ago
Did Lugduff on Sunday 28th Feb 2010 as part of a circuit around Glendalough (see walks list "Glendalough - Camade - Lgh Firrib - Lugduff" for more info on route) Starting at the visitor centre hea...

Mullaghnarakill NE

Forum: General simon3 2 weeks ago
Some years ago when doing the Glenbeigh Horseshoe I took this pic from around Keamconneragh (aka Teermoyle Tooth). I am about 90% sure it is the NE ridge of Mullaghnarakill. Hope this helps.

Camaderry: Great panorama for little effort

Summit Comment march-fixer 2 weeks ago
We picked up the track to Camaderry on the E side of Turlough Hill and followed it all the way SE to the top of Camaderry. While an enjoyable summit, it does not give the same enjoyment as the mor...

3 for 2

Track 2193 thomas_g a month ago
Park in the farmyard with permission from the farmer, back u walk, Length:5.8km, Climb: 295m, Area: Knockbrack, Shehy/Knockboy (Ireland) Knockbrack,

Camaderry: Valley views, pumped water and steep ascents.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 2 weeks ago
Camaderry is a useful summit for starting or ending a walk around either the Glendalough or Glendasan valley, two of the five valleys radiating from Laragh. It has a boulder strewn summit from wh...

OFF OFF

Forum: General BleckCra 2 weeks ago
On Roberto and show-offs ..., last time I saw him hate show-offs was in the Tatras in Slovakia when he chased one across Chopok Mountain 'til the show-off's heart near burst. The moral - be a sho...

Brandon from West

Track 2189 Onzy a month ago
Circular route over Masatiompan, Piaras Mor, Brandon North a walk, Length:17.3km, Climb: 1162m, Area: Masatiompan, Brandon Group (Ireland) Masatiompa

Mullacor: Boggy rounded and much visited.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 2 weeks ago
Broad topped and boggy, Mullacor sits on a ridge south of Glendalough and parallel to the long Glenmalure valley. Inevitably it has a lot of walking traffic. Its NW flank is crossed by The Wickl...

Blessington Lakeside Walk 1

Walk Guide march-fixer a month ago
Overview This walking track is just perfect for any family outing. The track is well over a metre wide at all points and the surface is good quality compacted hardcore. On the few soggy areas...

A slightly random request...

Forum: General Peter Walker 3 weeks ago
While flicking idly around the site it occurred to me...I have never seen a decent picture taken of and from the NE ridge of Mullaghnarakill in Kerry. This ridge has intrigued a lot of folk who ha...

Divis: The primary triangulation point for the OS survey of Ireland 1825

Summit Comment Harry Goodman 3 weeks ago
A little piece of history was recalled on Divis on 15 May 2013 with the placing of a ground level plaque to mark the point from which the primary triangulation point for the Ordinance Survey of Ir...
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Knockmealdown Mountains Area
Maximum height for area: 794 metres,   Summits in area: 14,   Maximum prominence for area: 682 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 74 For all tops   Highest summit: Knockmealdown, 794m
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Knockmealdown Mountain Cnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh A name in Irish
(Ir. Cnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh [OSI], 'hill of Maoldomhnach') County Highpoint of Waterford In County Highpoint, Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists

Height: 794m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 74 Grid Reference: S05797 08410 This summit has been logged as climbed by 390 members
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Longitude: -7.915872, Latitude: 52.227885 Prominence: 682m,   Isolation: 0.9km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 605747 608463,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knckml, 10 char: Knckmldwn

Knockmealdown gives its name to the range as a whole, but the earlier name for these hills, along with the lower hill country to the east, is Sliabh gCua. There is a traditional air entitled Sliabh Geal gCua na Féile, meaning 'bright Sliabh gCua   Knockmealdown is the highest mountain in the Knockmealdown Mountains area and the 45th highest in Ireland. Knockmealdown is the highest point in county Waterford.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockmealdown in area Knockmealdown Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Summit trig looking north west to the Sugarloaf, Galtys in the distance		  
A tough ascent from all sides
Short Summary created by jackill, CaptainVertigo  11 Dec 2012 The most travelled routes to this summit are from the direction of the Sugarloaf.
Starting at the Vee, where there is lots of room to park safely by the roadside, and heading up the rough, often boggy track past the Grubb monument (large stone cairn by the roadside), join the stone wall just after the Sugarloaf summit cairn and follow the wall to Knockmealdown.
You can also park in Bay lough carpark S031 101 (Point A)(watch out for the Ghost of Pettycoat Loose!), cross the main road and follow the steep rocky track, keeping the stone wall to your left to the top of the Sugarloaf, turn east then to follow the wall on to Knockmealdown.
You can make the ascent somewhat easier by parking at the Vee, walk to the sharp apex of the Vee itself and follow the Munster way( signposted as St Declans way here) down into Glenmoylan. Do not cross the stream instead follow the path to the right going up the glen almost as far as where the non-existant Lough Moylan is shown on the OS maps , look for a rocky zig-zag path going up to the col between the Sugarloaf and Knockmealdown and follow it up. Cross the col to find the wall as mentioned and follow it east to Knockmealdown. A longer walk can be had by starting at S112 083 (Point B) on the road between Mellary and Newcastle. (See YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=bTAhVAjj4Kc&NR=1 )
Point A: S031 101 Point B: S112 083

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockmealdown in area Knockmealdown Mountains, Ireland
by simon3  17 May 2003 Knockmealdown boasts two interpretations of the Irish origins of its name, either Cnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh Muldowneys' Hill or Cnoc Maol Donn bald brown hill. Leaving aside such literary argument, it is the tallest mountain in Waterford.

Our view from beside the trig pillar is towards the north west. Just left of centre on the skyline is Sugarloaf Hill, while nearer and at the right is the ridge leading to Knockmoylan (768m and unnamed on the OS).

Reputedly, buried at the summit in a place he himself chose is Mr. Henry Eeles, an author, with his dog and gun. We didn’t see any signs of interment on our visit. However, as you can see, there might well be a funeral if anyone ventured over the steep NE facing side of Knockmealdown. There is a drop of over 300m to two tiny lakes at about 480m
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockmealdown in area Knockmealdown Mountains, Ireland
 
by simon3  17 May 2003 Robert Lloyd Praeger [The Way That I Went 1969] wasn’t wholly impressed by the Knockmealdowns. He said “.. forms a fine upstanding row of peaks, rising to 2609 feet: but this is merely clever window dressing. There is nothing except this single row of summits – no lakes or corries or deep glens or cliffs; very little bare rock: and so, while they furnish fine walking, the zoologist or botanist will find these hills somewhat monotonous.” We can certainly agree about the walking which gives great views and a succession of relatively unfrequented hills.

This view of Knockmealdown was taken one fine day in February en-route to Knockmoylan.
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Picture: Jeep on Knocklealdown
Jeeps on the hills
by deswalk  17 Jun 2010 On my approach to the summit of Knockmealdown last Monday, 14 June, I was horrified to see a Jeep type car just getting to the trig point ahead of me. I waited for ten minutes in the heather until it departed before moving up to the top.

I've been climbing these hills since the 1970's and apart from a bulldozer doing some work about thirty years ago this is the first time I've seen a vehicle on the top.

Should I have been outraged or angry? Perhaps some would say that the hills should be available to those of all persuasions. I have observed a massive increase in erosion since I first climbed the hill all those years ago.

Incidentally, I watched the car retracing its path and it appeared to be travelling towards the easier slopes adjacent to Sugarloaf Hill.

The photo shows the offending vehicle but taken from a distance on my phone so may not be very clear.
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Another county top!
by paulocon  28 Sep 2011 1st top of a short horseshoe walk on the Knockmealdowns on 14/09/2011. Started at the Glennandaree Bridge from which the going is relatively easy. Some heather needs to be encountered on the lower stretches of the mountain but this gives way as you gain height to rockier ground. The summit is marked by a trig pillar from which the ground to the North falls dramatically so care is needed in low visibility. Superb views encompassing the Knockmealdown Range as well as the Comeraghs, Galtees and solitary Slievenamon. Further away is the South coast and the Celtic Sea. A handy walk to gain the top of Waterford. Continued onto Knockmoylan and then Sugarloaf Hill. Done a write-up of the walk at: http://climbingirelandsmountains.blogspot.com/2011/09/evening-in-knocmealdowns.html
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by David Bell  16 Jun 2003 Climbed the Sugarloaf mountain-Knockmoylan-Knockmealdown we took our time 5 hrs in all , beautiful day .
Re Simon3 about grave of Mr Henry Eeles , we found a possible grave on the SE slope of Knockmealdown. A large unmarked slab about 200 metres from the summit.
The mountains offered a challenging walk for a beginner and provided fantastic views south and north. Walk along the ridge to Knockmealdown from Sugarloaf was rugged to start but the boundary wall provides a good walk way to make the journey slightly easier.
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