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Forum: General BleckCra 3 hours ago
Thank you kevin carroll. If I can put a smile on that contrary face, the Matterhorn should be a cakewalk.

Re Main Area Display, logging

Forum: Suggestions simon3 13 hours ago
The suggestion is that the list of summits for a mountain area obtained by asking for More Detail for the mountain area show whether or not the summit has been climbed. This has now been implement...

Varied, strenuous wild Bluestacks walk.

Track 2209 simon3 a day ago
This varied route explores the two Ardnageers, Croaghbane, C walk, Length:21.0km, Climb: 999m, Area: Ardnageer SW Top, Bluestack Mountains (Ireland)

Meenanea: Bump on ridge with good views.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a day ago
Meenanea is a summit of low prominence on the ridge from Cronamuck to Croaghbarnes. It is most likely that it will be reached as part of a traverse along this ridge. It has excellent views towa...

Cronamuck: Granite knob at the end of a ridge.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a day ago
This summit can be reached using the ridge extending NE from Croaghbarnes and there are suggestions it could be reached from Commeen to the north on the R253. Cronamuck has views over towards Gau...

A circuit of the eastern Knockmeal hills

Track 2206 mcrtchly 2 days 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

A Cloon Horseshoe "mini Scavvy"?

Forum: General Conor74 7 hours ago
Think none of the Scavvies so far have tackled the Dunkerrons, and the Cloon Horseshoe at its heart - Mullaghanattin, Beann, Finnararagh and then moving all the way on to Knocknagantee and swingin...

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

Summit Comment thomas_g 2 days 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...

Walks Around Port 2

Track 2197 gerrym 3 days ago
http://youtu.be/jq7O1tarPuQ A second walk starting and fini walk, Length:17.0km, Climb: 578m, Area: Donegal SW (Ireland)

Agnew's Hill: Shapely scarply Sallagh Braes

Summit Comment simon3 a week 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...

Circuit of the Three Aghlas

Track 2204 Onzy 4 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

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Forum: General kevin carroll a day ago
Welcome back Bleck Craw, this forum has'nt been the same without you. While we sometimes differed on certain subjects( which I wont mention), your contributions were always entertaining if sometim...
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W Limerick / N Kerry Area
Maximum height for area: 451 metres,   Summits in area: 9,   Maximum prominence for area: 299 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 64, 65, 72, 73 For all tops   Highest summit: Baraveha, 451m
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Knockfeerina Hill Cnoc Fírinne A name in Irish
(Ir. Cnoc Fírinne [LL], poss. 'hill of truth') Limerick County In Binnion List

Height: 288m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 65 Grid Reference: R45130 36141 This summit has been logged as climbed by 23 members
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Longitude: -8.808222, Latitude: 52.474366 Prominence: 173m,   Isolation: 23.5km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 545091 636188,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knc288, 10 char: Knckfrn

Cnoc Fírinne is strongly associated with fairies. Mentioned in Aodhagán Ó Rathaille's poems and in the Fionn tales, it was regarded as the seat of a deity or fairy-king called Donn Fírinne. It was also the focus of a Lughnasa gathering. It seems that   Knockfeerina is the 972nd highest summit in Ireland. Knockfeerina is the most northerly summit and also the most easterly in the W Limerick / N Kerry area.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockfeerina in area W Limerick / N Kerry, Ireland
Picture: From the south		  
Variations on a one way system
Short Summary created by paddyhillsbagger, simon3, jackill  23 Jun 2012 You'll need to be careful where you park your car as there is very little room at the start of the track at R42615 35025 (Point A). I parked on the grass verge just up the road towards Ballingarry but its not the best.
Walk along the track passing a house entrance on your right going uphill. At R42861 35447 (Point B)(164 mtrs) you'll pass a track junction on your left coming up from the roadside stone stile at R4194 3567 (Point C), another possible start point . It is also possible to park further up the road, at around R4306 3564 (Point D). Pass by a famine memorial stone and then through a gate just before the summit.
The limestone summit has an aerial, a cross and a trig pillar.

Alternative access point at R45200 35600 (Point E). Car space beside house with red roof. Ask farm owner for permission. Was very helpful on day I went up.
Point A: R42615 35025 Point B: R42861 35447 Point C: R4194 3567
Point D: R4306 3564 Point E: R45200 35600

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockfeerina in area W Limerick / N Kerry, Ireland
Picture: View to the Galtees and Ballyhouras across Co. Limerick
a nice little diversion
by scapania  21 Apr 2010 Knockfierna is a lovely little hill, easily accessible and with great views, as well as plenty of historical and folklore interest. Its well located in the centre of county Limerick and is close to both the N20 Limerick-Cork road and the N21 Limerick-Kerry road, so a good diversion if you happen to be passing nearby with a couple of hours to spare. I randomly found a description of a route up from the village of Ballingarry online (http://www.barnalick.com/PDF/Knockfierna.pdf), so I decided to investigate on the way home from a couple of days spent on Mweelrae and the Twelve Bens.

There's plenty of parking around Ballingarry, such as by the town park at R4140 3626 (Point F). Head up through the town and along the R518 Kilmallock road. Turn left off this road soon after leaving the town, at R4194 3567, opposite a right turn and a 'welcome to Ballingarry' sign, over a stone stile, up a gated track. When you come to a new cowshed in front of you, take the track to the right and follow this up past a few gates until you join up with a track, known as 'The Red Road' coming up from the right. You could also follow this track up from the main road, but it would require an extra bit of unnecessary road walking. This track will take you all the way to the summit, along a broad, gorse covered ridge, passing a number of thatched cottages, mostly in ruins, and a famine memorial stone along the way. When you pass through a gate just before the summit 'pinnacle', take a right turn and you're on the summit in no time.

The summit is capped with limestone and has an aerial, trig point, large cross and the remains of a large ancient cairn. The main attraction though is the views, which are brilliant considering the height of the hill - most of county Limerick is spread out before you and views further afield stretch from Mangerton in the west (the rest of Kerry is blocked out by the Mullagherierks), across the Derrynasaggart, Boggeraghs, Nagles, Ballyhouras, Knockmealdowns and Galtees, all the way to Slievenamon faint on the eastern horizon. To the northeast, Keeper Hill and the Slieve Felim rise up, while Tountinna and the Slieve Bearnagh stand beyond Limerick city. The Burren Hills are visible to the northwest, stretching across to the solitary peak of Slievecallan in SW Clare, above the Shannon Estuary. All in all, well worth the modest climb. Once you've soaked up the views, retrace your steps the 4km back to Ballingarry. If you're short on time, it should also be possible to park around R4520 3560 and follow a track up, joining up with the route from Ballingarry near the summit.
Point F: R4140 3626
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockfeerina in area W Limerick / N Kerry, Ireland
Picture: Looking west from Knockfeerina down the ridge.		  
Green farms and a historical red road.
by simon3  6 Feb 2012 The walk up Knockfeerina shows you greater and greater views as you slowly ascend. And it also shows you an area with abandoned houses speaking of the famine and the ensuing rebellion of 1848 in nearby Ballingarry. There is a large famine memorial at one point.

The track, known as the Red Road, seems to be well supported in modern times with a lack of rubbish and polite requests to shut gates on what was described as "this amenity". The surrounding green fields speak of prosperous well kept farms.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockfeerina in area W Limerick / N Kerry, Ireland
Picture: Mountainview top 300!
A wet 300.
by paddyhillsbagger  23 Jun 2012 Decided to bag my 300th top on way down to Cork. Climbed hill from R452 356 after asking friendly farmer. Was short walk to top which was enclosed in a wet and windy shower so saw nothing but got soaked! Would be lovely walk on summers day using pdf as suggested by scapania.
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