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Twelve Bens Area

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Maximum height for area: 729 metres

Summits in area: 30

OS Map(s): 37, 44 for all tops

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Garraun Mountain	Galway County
Maolchnoc A name in Irish	(Language)
(Ir. Maolchnoc [TR], 'bald hill')
Height: 598 metres	OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 37 for top
Grid Ref: L76713 61036	Latitude: 53.584862 Longitude: -9.862374
ITM: 476690 761056	Prominence: 553m Isolation: 0.6km
Locally only the name Maolchnoc is used according to Tim Robinson, while the anglicised name Garraun marked on OS maps is no longer in use. There are several other hills in the area where the same discrepancy can be observed: Binn Fraoigh/Altnagaighera Garraun is the 281st highest summit in Ireland. Our data has reached 70% of the goal for this summit. (Details)

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by Brendan777 24 Sep 2007 I climbed Garraun on 8th September 2007 using the ridge leading up from Lough Fee. It was a gloriously sunny day and the views in all directions were outstanding. There are a couple of false summits on this ascent which can be a bit disheartening if you aren't expecting them. As has been said before, the actual summit is a bit featureless but the beauty and solitude make this part of the Northern Bens well worth a visit. See the attached photo, taken from the southern side of the Lecknavarna valley which shows the ridge, with majestic Mweelrea in the top left background.

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by simon3 26 Dec 2003 Garraun is roughly as exciting as Lemnaheltia. Which is to say that it is flattish and featureless. The photo shows the two small cairns on the summit. An easy way to get to Garraun is via a distinctive spur that stretches from the summit to the east.

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by gerrym 2 Mar 2008 Approached from L Fee, first climbing up the steep grassy ridge to the summit of Benchoona. This is a varied and sizable top with a number of small loughs and cairns - in stark contrast with the top of Garraun which is non descript. There is a drop down to the SE to the col containing another small lough. There is a short climb to the summit of Garraun with its two small cairns a short distance apart. The only saving grace in the contrast with Benchoona are the views which open up even further. There are endless swathes of nothingness in the low ground beween the high mountains in every direction. The vista takes in the Bens, Partrys, Bengorm, Sheffreys and Mweelra with the Bens having the strongest magnetism.
Descent was by the E ridge which drops down steeply. I dropped off onto the steep grassy ground heading down to L Fee, heading for an isolated house on the shore and followed a wall skirting around to the track leading to the car.

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by CaptainVertigo 6 Dec 2006 The so-called Northern Bens offer excellent returns for relatively little effort. In August 2006 my teenage sons and I followed the route suggested in WWI No.72 which involved parking near Creeragh Church on the Letterfrack to Leenane road (L802594 (Point A)), and walking along a boreen which runs roughly parallel to the south western shore of Lough Fee. Circa L795605 (Point B), almost in front of a lonely but very much inhabited cottage turn left (westerly) and ascend the long spur that narrows as it heads for Garraun (598 m). It was a short hop across to Ben Choona and then back across Garraun to Binn Fhraoigh (of which more anon). Perhaps the most rewarding viewpoint was at the spot height marked 556 on Harvey's Map. During our time on the summits we saw the Renvyle peninsula with Tully Mountain to the west (and on to Inisbofin); Mweelrea and Killary to the north; to the east Lough Fee and the stately Turks; to the south Kylemore lake and the Twelve Bens. We descended another long spur (to the south of Lecknavarna river): the photo shows the great canvas of the northern Inagh Valley , bounded by the Turks and the Twelve Bens. When the Navan Trekkers arrived in Tully Cross for our October Weekend it was decided to repeat the route with all grades participating. Although the morning was wet the day cleared in time for the descent, and I was once again treated to the view in the photo.

Point A: L802 594

Point B: L795 605

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by padodes 27 Jun 2007 Looking northwards from the top of Garraun (or Corraun, or Maolchnoc, as it seems to be variously called), with its ESE spur beginning to drop down sharply to Lough Fee, this is certainly a mountain with a view, whatever about its identity problem and its featureless summit. On the horizon, behind, is the great horseshoe of Mweelrea. To the E, not visible in the photo, the Maumturks, the mouth of the Inagh valley, and several of the Twelve Bens; to the SW, Doughruagh... it's worth every step of the climb. I followed the classic route from Creeragh Church (L799 593 (Point C)) to Lemnaheltia and then on to what is really a small plateau with three spurs branching off in different directions: Binn Fraoigh, Benchoona and Garraun. The ESE ridge from Garraun took me back to Creeragh. It's hardly surprising that Fionn Mac Cumhail found his delight in these parts!

Point C: L799 593

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by csd 29 Dec 2003 Garraun itself isn't that exciting, but the views from the top certainly are! The picture shows the summit cairn and the view west. We approached via Benchoona from the 46 metre spot height on the road, between Lough Fee and Lough Muck, as marked on the Harvey map.

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