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Down Islands Area
Feature count in area: 18, all in Down, OSI/LPS Maps: 15, 21
Highest Place: Copeland Island 31m

Starting Places (2) in area Down Islands:
Ballyherly Lough West, Castlemahon Mountain South East

Summits & other features in area Down Islands:
Angus Rock 3m, Chapel Island (1) 15m, Chapel Island South 15m, Cockle Island 5m, Copeland Island 31m, Eagle Hill (Islandmore) 25m, Gibbs Island 15m, Green Island Rock 5m, Guns Island 25m, Island Taggart 25m, Jackdaw Island 15m, Lighthouse Island 25m, Mahee Island 15m, Mew Island 5m, North Rocks 1m, Pawle Island 5m, Rainey Island 15m, Salt Island 15m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Mew Island, 5m Island Oileán bhFaoileann A name in Irish,
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, Down County in Ulster province, in Irish Islands Lists
Reachable "On Foot " N
Grid Reference J60200 86100, Mapsheet(s): 15
Place visited by: 1 members, recently by: DavidWalsh , Island visited by 1 members.
I visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member for this.)
, I visited this island: NO
Longitude: -5.515939, Latitude: 54.697436, Easting: 360200, Northing: 386100,
ITM: 760113 886092

Notes on name: faoilean = seagull
  Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: MwIsln, 10 char: Mew Island
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Summit Comment DeirdreM a day ago
ts worth including if doing Masatiompan but it's a bit of a slog through high heather. Extreme care is needed at the top as it can be hard to tell where the heather ends and where the fresh a...

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
Parked at the quay 914730 in mullinasole near the salmon inn. Then headed for the gate at 915728 from here headed to another gate opposite a short distance away and then the short sharp climb...

Forum: General Bunsen7 3 days ago
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Track 5262 DeirdreM 6 days ago
walk, Len: 13.4km, Climb: 516m, Area: Com an tSagairt (mullach thiar theas), We...

Summit Comment hibby 5 days ago
The final steep approach to the summit has changed recently - what was a scree-filled near-scramble has been replaced by a carefully constructed rocky staircase made up of fairly regular, sta...

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
Parked opposite Franciscan Friary at a bakery 868665 and headed round the back of the church to a sign for the way of the cross 867666. Then followed the way of the cross which winds uphill p...

Track 5263 simon3 5 days ago
How's this for a new aphorism? "Couldn't see the the path for the stumps."Some of the trees were down after storm... walk, Len: 8.9km, Climb: 358m, Area: Knocknagun, Dublin (Ireland) Knocknagun,||

Track 5261 Onzy a week ago
Route around Knocknagantee, Knockmeel, Coomura Mountain and Coomnacronia with a side excursion to Knocknagante... walk, Len: 18.3km, Climb: 1021m, Area: Knocknagantee Near West Top, Dunkerron |...

Summit Comment Mountain_Mac a week ago
Photograph taken of a sunrise from inside Diarmuid and Gráinne’s cave, Gleniff Horseshoe, County SligoG72078 47835

Track 5259 Onzy a week ago
Intended out and back to Colly and Meentog turned into a bit of a saga on the descent. Utterly wet and misty d... walk, Len: 13.5km, Climb: 1026m, Area: Knocknagapple, Glenbeigh Horseshoe (Ire|...
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