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Knockfune Hill An Cnoc Fionn A name in Irish (Ir. An Cnoc Fionn [OSI], 'the white hill') Tipperary County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Greywacke, siltstone & grit Bedrock

Height: 452m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 59 Grid Reference: R84510 64439
Place visited by 33 members. Recently by: Alatar78, Arcticaurora, chelman7, Colin Murphy, Krzysztof_K, garrettd, LiamG1951, maryblewitt, mlmoroneybb, sarahryanowen, JohnRea, MichaelG55, LorraineG60, FrankMc1964, wicklore
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Longitude: -8.230508, Latitude: 52.730885 , Easting: 184510, Northing: 164439 Prominence: 68m,  Isolation: 2.2km
ITM: 584431 664446,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knckfn, 10 char: Knockfune
Bedrock type: Greywacke, siltstone & grit, (Hollyford Formation)

Previously Knockfune E Top in MV.   Knockfune is the 727th highest place in Ireland.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockfune (<i>An Cnoc Fionn</i>) in area Midlands SW, Ireland
Picture: Summit area.
 
Long walk to so-so summit.
Short Summary created by Colin Murphy  9 Nov 2023
One approach is from R85381 65206 starA, where there is room for several cars to park. Continue up the west to R84533 65108 starB and then continue along the trail to the NNW until R83585 65836 starC. Take the sharp turn to the south and continue along this for 2km, ignoring all turns on right. At R84380 64523 starD you will be within 50m of the summit. A short walk though the mature trees (no real obstacles) will lead to a clearing with a fallen tree, although the precise the high point is difficult to determine. Allow 2.5 hours up and down. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/616/comment/5375/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockfune (<i>An Cnoc Fionn</i>) in area Midlands SW, Ireland
Picture: Slight track near the summit.
simon3 on Knockfune, 2009
by simon3  8 Mar 2009
One way, not necessarily the best, of reaching this summit is to park at R82340 63991 starE where there is space for a few cars. Walk into the forest following the tracks (marked reasonably accurately on the 1:50k at this point) until you get to 836641 starF. Go east across the stream and reach the track. Follow the track towards the summit. There are two possible tops. One which probably is the higher is in the trees and can be reached by going to a foresters path cut through the trees starting at R84547 64474 starG which is at the NE edge of the forest. The summit is about 70m SW of this point along the forester's track.

The other candidate summit is at R8448 6470 starH and has the advantage of being in the open with some sort of view.

Perhaps it would be easier to reach this summit from somewhere else such as what appears as a forest entrance at R854652 starI

It is possible to go from the summit to Knockane some 2.1km north however the route we found was difficult and circuitous taking us through briars, young forest, wet felled areas etc until we found the track marked on the map which skirts the summit to the south and turns for the top at R8440 6633 starJ. Perhaps someone else knows a better way. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/616/comment/3623/
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For peak baggers only?
by aidand  4 Jul 2011
There is a new forest road running across the top of Knockfune. Coillte seems to be preparing for both harvesting and replanting. There is also a large aerial perhaps 300 meters from the very top. This was erected some years ago, probably to assess windspeeds for a windfarm that was never developed. It is hard to pinpoint the exact summit of Knockfune. A much better view is available just to the north outside the forest. It is now easy to link up both Knockfune and nearby Knockane using the forest roads and the Slieve Felim Way.

Overall Knockfune is not too exciting, and as it is close to much higher hills is easy to ignore. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/616/comment/6398/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockfune (<i>An Cnoc Fionn</i>) in area Midlands SW, Ireland
Picture: View of Keeper Hill from near summit of Knockfune
 
tricky trees section
by Fergalh  10 Jan 2023
I parked at (R85368 65210 starK) and i walked up track to where it turned right at this point there is a rough track that runs uphill......follow this and after 50 metres turn left (R84696 65189 starL) and struggle through trees uphill for 200 metres or so than you will reach fence cross this to rough ground and proceed to the top. There is wonderful view of Keeper Hill from near the summit Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/616/comment/15898/
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