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Dunkerron Mountains Area Printable format
Maximum height for area: 784 metres Summits in area: 48
OS Map(s): 70, 78, 83, 84, 85 for all tops Set Area Map On
   

Coomcathcun Mountain Kerry County
Com Cait Con A name in Irish (Language)
(Ir. Com Cait Con [logainm.ie‡], 'hollow of the cat and the hound')
Height: 578 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 78&83 for top
Grid Ref: V64266 70818 Latitude: 51.873570 Longitude: -9.971573
ITM: 464245 570880 Prominence: 123m   Isolation: 1.4km
Rating graphic. The name Com Cait Con, which applies properly to the coom to the N of this peak, is understood locally as the 'hollow of the cat and the greyhound'. Thanks to An Brainse Logainmneacha for providing this information. The anglicised form Coomeathcun o
Coomcathcun is the 314th highest summit in Ireland. Our data has reached 45% of the goal for this summit. (Details)
   
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Coomcathcun in area Dunkerron Mountains, County Kerry, Ireland
Picture: View east from Coomcathcun. Expand pics.		  
by simon3  13 Sep 2006 Richard Mersey who has written about this general area, known as the Dunkerrons said between Coomcallee and Knocknagantee "is an area wild and rocky with many lake on the summit ridge, and deep coums cutting from both sides." That about sums it up! There's lakes, coums, rough ground everywhere.

Brian Ringland [Interview in MountainViews] further talked it up. In answer to the question "Best experience on a 500 m walk?" he said "Coumcallee and east of that towards Knocknagantee. Lots of little lakes and wild, interesting country. Very tricky navigation in bad weather."

For a small party (up to5 say), one way of getting onto it is to leave the road at V671698 (Point A). Ask permission at the last house and walk NW on the track shown on the map that goes round the north end of Dromtine Lough. Then onto the ridge leading west and up.
With a larger party I would recommend starting around 600m north (near the "Standing Stones") or south perhaps at the forestry accessed from the main road at V673686 (Point B). Ask permission if you go anywhere near houses or cultivated fields.

As you ascend the ridge on a good day, longer and longer views appear on both sides. To the left Coomnahorna and the southern cliffs of Coomcathcun, to the right a view along a series of jutting ridges of the Dunkerrons. This includes Knocknagantee, the less well known Coomnacronia and Finnararagh (aka An Corrán). All wild spots.

The summit is on a slight rise above a broad and rough plateau with several lakes. There's a cairn.
Point A: V671 698 Point B: V673 686 (turn area map On)
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Coomcathcun in area Dunkerron Mountains, County Kerry, Ireland
Picture: View from SW. Expand pics.
Rough, remote and bizarre.
by simon3  29 May 2012 The land south and south-west of this summit above Lough Coumcurrane is quite astonishing for roughness.

Take a look at this section which looks more like goitre than rock.

Towards the bottom right are a few specks of white. These are sheep.
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by ahendroff  12 Feb 2009 On the summit of Coomcathcun, in snow and misty conditions that are ideal for ML style micro-navigation drills. View from the summit on this particular day were virtually non-existent except for a brief hopeful interlude when a patch of blue sky was seen.
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