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Comeragh Mountains Area Drum Hills Subarea Printable format
Maximum height for area: 792 metres Summits in area: 17
OS Map(s): 74, 75, 82 for all tops Set Area Map On
   

Carronadavderg Hill Waterford County
Carn an Daimh Dheirg A name in Irish (Language)
(Ir. Carn an Daimh Dheirg [LL], 'cairn of the red ox')
Height: 301 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 82 for top
Grid Ref: X17417 87012 Latitude: 52.035353 Longitude: -7.746941
ITM: 617362 587070 Prominence: 290m   Isolation: 16.9km
Rating graphic. Carronadavderg is the highest point in the Drum Hills (Ir. Drom Fhinín [LL]). Canon Power says of this height: This carn is erroneously marked as Sliabh Grainn on old maps. A remarkable eminence visible for many miles in three directions. A wild legend
Carronadavderg is the 963rd highest summit in Ireland. Carronadavderg is the most southerly summit and also the most westerly in the Comeragh Mountains area. Our data has reached 54% of the goal for this summit. (Details)
   
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carronadavderg in area Comeragh Mountains, County Waterford, Ireland
Picture: Lacklustre summit Expand pics.		  
Little to excite the walker
Short Summary created by wicklore  4 Jun 2010 Start at X17015 87610 (Point A) and follow the access road up to the summit area about 1km away.
The summit consists of several masts and a little wooden hut.
The summit Trig Pillar sits on top of the remains of a cairn. There are cows in the fields on each side of the access road, so keep dogs under control.
There is forestry near the summit, but the summit area has been cleared to accommodate the masts.
Point A: X17015 87610 (turn area map On)

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carronadavderg in area Comeragh Mountains, County Waterford, Ireland
Picture: Southwest to Ardmore Expand pics.
by jackill  20 Nov 2008 The highest point in the Drum Hills isn't exactly hard going. After hopping the gate at X17015 87610 (Point A) a 15 minute trot on a tarred lumpy bumpy track will bring you to the summit area marked
with a trig pillar. That is if you can find it in the maze of telephone masts! To the north this area is cut off from the Comeraghs conglomorates by the vast Lismore Limestone syncline, the bedrocks in this area are in fact purple mudstone with quartz and some sandstone which is more closly related to the sandstones of the Knockmealdowns laid down at the same time in the upper Devonian period.

Drum hill/hills (Drum Fhinin as geailge), are in the Barony of Decies within Drum and seperate it from the Barony of Decies without Drum .
They are referred to in the Annals of the Four Masters at the date AM 3502 as one of the three most excellent hills in Ireland.
Heremon, the first Milesian King, fought with his brother Heber for possession of the hills.

The Canon Power in his 1952 book "The placenames of the Decies" also states that a part of the Drum hills is "commonly known as Sliabh Grainn".

Carronadavderg is also mentioned in this book. " Carn an Daimh Deirg - Cairn of the Red Ox, this carn is erroneously marked as Sliabh Grainn on old maps. A remarkable eminence visible for many miles in three directions. A wild legend accounts for the name. Fionn and a contemporary giant had a difference as to the ownership of a certain red bull.In the heat of the dispute the rival proprietors seized each a horn of the beast and pulled the creature in twain."

The Canon also adds, "Sliabh Grainn is a district on the south side of Drom Fhinin extending from Walsh's cross to Keanneally's cross.This would also indicate its proper nomenclature is Sliabh go Rinn."

Rinn, I think, is Irish for Headland or Point.
Droim means Back or Ridge.
Is it therefore too much of a stretch to say Droim Fhinin means Fionns Ridge?
Point A: X17015 87610 (turn area map On)
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