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North Mayo Area

Maximum height for area: 806 metres, Summits in area: 38, Maximum prominence for area: 778 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 23, 24, 30, 31 For all tops Highest summit:

Nephin, 806m

Glinsk Hill Glinsce A name in Irish
(Ir. Glinsce [logainm.ie], poss. 'valley difficult of access') Mayo County In Binnion List

Height: 304m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 23 Grid Reference: F94800 42100 This summit has been logged as climbed by 5 members
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Longitude: -9.617322, Latitude: 54.316794 Prominence: 179m, Isolation: 2.9km
ITM: 494773 842101, GPS IDs, 6 char: Glinsk, 10 char: Glinsk

There are several townlands named Glinsce in the west of Ireland (anglicised as Glinsk, Gleensk or Gleesk). Several, though not all, are in rather remote valleys or ravines, of which the ravine N of this peak is a fine example. The name is obscure b Glinsk is the 961st highest summit in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Glinsk in area North Mayo, Ireland

Picture: Looking West across the coast from Glinsk top

Cliffside

by Geansai 3 Jul 2011 I went over a gate and a little way up the track off the road marked on the os map to the east of Glinsk before turning left onto the hill. Don't know about parking at that gate. I had walked down to the road from Tawnaghmore, having parked I was to discover a fifty minute walk down the road from this track which you only go up a little way. Its a rough but short climb over the heather. There is a little ridge between two high points. The unmarked summit area is on the southern side further away from the sea. No cairn. On the northern high point you can walk down towards the cliffs before being confronted by a barbed wire fence. I didn't bother trying to get over it. I could see a sailing boat heading east close to the coast below. On the way up Tawnaghmore I could make out the faint shape of cliffs on the Donegal coast, but they were no longer visible despite the clear weather. Good views across the North Mayo coast though. Then it was back down the hill and a pleasant but long walk back to the car.

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