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wwwwalker - both your points are well made. In our consultation held at the beginning of last year the forum issue was mentioned and your further suggestion about being able to get a copy of your...

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Summit Comment Geansai 12 hours ago
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The Calf: Howgill Fells, Yorkshire Dales

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Cnoc na dTarbh: Heathery boulder topped peak at the SE corner of the Reeks.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a day ago
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Forum: General simon3 a day ago
On the Saturday of Bunclody’s Gathering Week (July27), some walks are being organised in the Blackstairs Mountains, which act as a beautiful backdrop to the town. From these hills on a clear day...

Access to the Countryside Bill

Forum: General CaptainVertigo 4 days ago
Take a look at the Bill (or at least the Explanatory Memorandum) at http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2013/6013/b6013d.pdf

Lugnabrick NE Top: Fine views

Summit Comment paddyhillsbagger 2 days ago
Ended a circular walk on this top which started on Ben Beg leaving car near L963 569 after asking local farmer. There are great views all around the 5 tops taken in on this circuit and Lugnabrick ...

Birreencorragh South Top: Ascent from near Loughanawillan Loughs

Summit Comment bsheils 2 days ago
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The Shay Elliott Memorial Walk

Track 2214 amadain17 3 days ago
Walk details on my site: http://rathdrumwalkers.wordpress.co walk, Length:8.1km, Climb: 132m, Area: Kirikee Mountain, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) Kirike

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The Irish Times has a report on Robert Dowds Access to the Countryside Bill, 2013. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/d%C3%A1il-to-debate-plan-to-give-walkers-guaranteed-access-to-land-1.1...

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Track 2215 amadain17 3 days ago
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Conigar: The other side

Summit Comment thomas_g 2 days ago
Parked at W05344 63922 (one car - just). Walked back to the gate and straight up the hill for the peak. It's less than 1.5 hours up and back. Views from the top ok, but the nicest view is over the...
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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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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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