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Forum: General roberto 7 hours ago
Walking along the Wicklow Way today at the section that leads down to the Dargle River, steep enough section. I met a hill runner running up this part and at the same time he was having a conversa...

A circuit of the eastern Knockmeal hills

Track 2206 mcrtchly 9 hours ago
Park at S112081 and walk north along the road for about 170m walk, Length:11.7km, Climb: 620m, Area: Crohan West, Knockmealdown Mountains (Ireland) C

Carrigawaddra: The Loo valley: yes you can!, but don't...

Summit Comment thomas_g 10 hours ago
Parked at the gravel area at the road junction at Loo Bridge, walked towards Kenmare on the R569 to a gate, then followed the muddy track to a green field (savour it, it will be the last you'll se...

Agnew's Hill: Shapely scarply Sallagh Braes

Summit Comment simon3 5 days ago
North of the summit and over a road is the 2km long arc of Sallagh Braes, a spectacular semicircle of a valley where the higher ground to the west (left) falls away towards the sea. This pictur...

Walks Around Port 2

Track 2197 gerrym a day ago
http://youtu.be/jq7O1tarPuQ A second walk starting and fini walk, Length:17.0km, Climb: 578m, Area: Donegal SW (Ireland)

Good Sun coming. Bluestacks anyone?

Forum: General simon3 2 days ago
Anyone interested in walking in the Bluestacks (Ardnageers and nearby) on Sun or early Mon? Contact group@mountainviews.ie

Tully Mountain: Mwelrea from the Sea

Summit Comment Geansai 6 days ago
Good view of the highest summit in Connaught on the way up Tully Mountain.

Lugnagun: Superb Blessington Lake Views

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: march-fixer 6 days ago
Though not a summit to write home about, it still provides a wonderful grandstand view south out over Blessington Lakes and west to the Hill of Allen. Until recently (2013) pine trees obscure thes...

Circuit of the Three Aghlas

Track 2204 Onzy 2 days ago
Route takes in Aghla More, Aghla Beg South and Aghla Beg, be walk, Length:9.1km, Climb: 669m, Area: Aghla More, Donegal NW (Ireland) Aghla More, Aghl

SEX ROCKS AND ROLLS

Forum: General BleckCra 4 days ago
"It's like sex," she said. We looked at her. "Hillwalking. It's like sex." Her big scrubbed North Antrim face - and I imagined she didn't know much about either - not her fault mind, given the...

Slieve Carr: Possible with Nephin Beg in a day

Summit Comment jimgraham a week ago
Just to note that I found it possible to combine Slieve Carr with Nephin Beg. Working from the southern end of the Bangor trail (point F) it took me four hours to gain the top of Carr; about two ...

Shankill River - Cloghleagh Circuit

Track 2200 march-fixer 4 days ago
This is a nice scenic route in a mixed coniferous and decidu walk, Length:4.0km, Climb: 45m, Area: Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland)
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Breifne Area   Iron Mountains Subarea
Maximum height for area: 665 metres,   Summits in area: 12,   Maximum prominence for area: 570 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 26, 27, 27A For all tops   Highest summit: Cuilcagh, 665m
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Benbrack Mountain An Bhinn Bhreac A name in Irish
(Ir. An Bhinn Bhreac [logainm.ie], 'the speckled peak') Cavan County In Arderin List

Height: 502m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 26&27A Grid Reference: H10117 21600 This summit has been logged as climbed by 29 members
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Longitude: -7.845966, Latitude: 54.143373 Prominence: 147m,   Isolation: 2.2km
ITM: 610064 821606,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Bnb502, 10 char: Benbrac502

A large group of rocks on the east side of Bellavally Gap are known as the Black Rocks or Maguire's Chair. This was the site of an assembly on 'Donagh Sunday', the last Sunday in July (MacNeill, 175-77). According to Dalton, the name has led to an   Benbrack is the 455th highest summit in Ireland. Benbrack is the third highest point in county Cavan.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Benbrack in area Breifne, Ireland
Picture: Benbrack seen from Bencroy to the SW		  
by gerrym  3 Jun 2006 I reached Benbrack following the directions posted by Absalon (surely highlighting what this site is all about - giving walkers the heads up about an area they have possibly never visited before and allowing a better degree of planning). I followed the lane steeply uphill on broken tarmac and then over varied (usually wet) terrain towards the top of altnadarragh (496 m), annoyingly followed for a good part by a posse of bleating sheep and lambs.
Drop down SW and then climb to the summit of Benbrack over some pretty poor ground. There is a small cairn perched atop a large boulder above the steep E flank. The good weather i enjoyed earlier in the day on Benbeg and Cuilcaigh had gave way to a biting wind and lowering cloud base as i managed to find a semi dry spot to camp for the night. Next morning i headed W over the featureless summmit area and dropped down to the edge of extensive forest at 090213 (Point A). There is a waymarked trail crossing the open moorland here which can be followed towrads Bencroy. Views here of the cliffs on the W flank. On the return from exploring Bencroy et al I went around the S side of Benbrack dropping down to through the forest to the road (again as described by Absalon) - this would also make an excellent entry point onto the hill. Met an old farmer in an even older tractor who started a conversation about fishing, mistaking my walking poles for a fishing rod. Great craic!
Point A: H090 213
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by pmaguire  5 Apr 2007 Greetings from the USA,


Please visit http://www.maguiresworld.com/mvie.asp for a GPS track and images of this adventure.



Please note I am not certain about the access to the lands we were on.


I had the pleasure to be in the Benbrack area last summer for a family get together. After some convincing that it would only take 2 hours, I persuaded my brothers to join my wife, some cousins and myself on a small traipse across Benbrack (My cousins call it Black Ben). The 2 hour hike turned into a 5 hour experience that after completion we all felt was worth it. I apologize now if my naming of the roads or terms is not correct. In case they are I have generated a Virtual Earth mashup that details the trip with the GPS and pictures taken on the journey. They can be seen at http://www.maguiresworld.com/mvie.asp, please let me know what you think of the mashup.



We parked one car on my cousin's farm land, took a GPS location and then drove the other car to the "Bellavalley" gap, we found a forestry turnoff on the left side of R200 about 3 miles north west of the junction of N87 and R200. We drove up to where they had just cut some trees for the forestry and began our hike from there. On second thought it would have been easier to take the cutoff about 1/2 mile back the road - we would have been able to walk around the just cut section and would have been easier. Once we got out of the forestry cut we were for the remainder of the journey in heather. We kept following the GPS location to our first car. We traversed many "summits" always thinking that over the next one would be able to see the location of our car. We passed Derrynanta lough and also Doon lough, or so my cousin told me those names. At one point we came to a cliff of ~200 feet that we could not go down. The view from the top of that towards Ballinamore was incredible and well worth the trip. After ~5 hours we returned to the car and then on into town. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed myself although we were a bit rushed and did not bring the proper supplies (we brought very little to snack on). The next time I am over there perhaps I will take a full day and some sandwiches and redo this hike. It was truly one of the most beautiful hikes I have ever taken.



Please visit http://www.maguiresworld.com/mvie.asp for a GPS track and images of this adventure
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by glanman  10 Jan 2004 A chara,
can you tell me why Cuilcagh Benbeg Benbrack and Bencroy are referred to as Sligo mountains while they are seperated from that range and are known locally as forming the Cuilcagh range.
Glanman
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