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Bloody Foreland: Easy going walk.

Summit Comment Wilderness 14 hours ago
I parked in the view point car park at Point E. From here the best way to access this hill is to walk down the main road a bit , and then turn right up a lane that leads to a small transmitte...

Tonduff: Some nice views, but unexciting summit

Summit Comment michaelseaver a day ago
Climbed Tonduff as part of circuit that included War Hill and Djouce. Parked in Crone Woods and followed the forest paths towards Maulin, then cut across a boggy path to Tonduff East Top and ...

Slieve Carn: Working Bog and Wind Farm

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
Having read the comments about the approach from the East side, I followed a warren of roads on the West side of the hill and ended up parking at M29230 89101. From here I followed the approa...

Windfarm eases access

Track 4886 Colin Murphy a day ago
Approaching from Belhavel Lough, Google Maps directed me up a badly deteriorated road – only drivable with care t... walk, Len: 9.2km, Climb: 532m, Area: Lackagh Mountain, Dartry Mountains (Irela|...

Access via rocky trail

Track 4887 Colin Murphy a day ago
Parking for a couple of cars at start point. Continue N up tarred road, and around a bend, watching for a stony track... walk, Len: 5.7km, Climb: 401m, Area: Benbo, Dartry Mountains (Ireland) Benbo||

Carranarah: Electric Dreams

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
Followed the route mentioned by three5four0. The lane appears to be quite overgrown in parts now, but it's actually easy enough to push through. There is an extensive network of electric fenc...

Bockagh Hill: Short but Hard Bag.

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
Took the approach mentioned by Fergalh. There is room to squeeze a car at the mast. Then head North up the road for a few hundred metres looking for the summit cross on the left. Once you see...

Mullaghanoe: Forest harvesting and mast compound

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
The route already mentioned seems to be the only logical way to approach this very bland hill. I drove as far as far as a forest barrier and even though it was open I still decided to walk fr...

Minneapolis: Minnihaha creek walk

Track 4885 Onzy 2 days ago
Urban park in Minneapolis... walk, Len: 3.1km, Climb: 61m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Benbo: A small but interesting Hill

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a day ago
Park at G860366, forestry entrance gate. Walk NE for about 200 metres and as the road swings left look for an entrance on to a muddy lane bounded on each side by a corrugated iron sheet. As o...

Lackagh Mountain: Access via windfarm

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a day ago
One approach - and probably the easiest - is via Tullynamoyle Windfarm. There is parking for multiple cars at G90716 30170, although the road up to here is just barely driveable and care is n...

Inishbofin: Wonderful island worth a visit

Island Comment Fergalh 2 days ago
Wonderful island to visit but it has a curious highpoint a soccer pitch ! Two impressive beaches consisting of one beautiful sandy material and one impressive stony material .Combined with a ...
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MacGillycuddy's Reeks Area   Cen: Reeks West Subarea
Place count in area: 29, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, EW-KNP, EW-R 
Highest place: Carrauntoohil, 1038.6m
Maximum height for area: 1038.6 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 1038.6 metres,

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Carrauntoohil Mountain Corrán Tuathail A name in Irish (Ir. Corrán Tuathail [GE], 'Tuathal's sickle' [OSNB]) County Highpoint of Kerry in Munster Province, in County Highpoint, Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred, Irish 900s Lists, Purple sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 1,038.6m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78 Grid Reference: V80363 84421
Place visited by 1966 members. Recently by: amacsweeney, helenw7, markv, Scottyoneil, Enda66, agakilbride, CusackCharlie, JohnHoare, Causticblonde, Alanjm, garyh, Mort1969, Arcticaurora, liame, Tomomara
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Longitude: -9.742693, Latitude: 51.99945 , Easting: 80363, Northing: 84421 Prominence: 1038.59m,  Isolation: 0.4km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 480339 584480,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crnthl, 10 char: Crnthl
Bedrock type: Purple sandstone & siltstone, (Ballinskelligs Sandstone Formation)

Just as the summit of Ireland's highest mountain is often covered in mist, its name is shrouded in uncertainty. Unlike some lesser peaks, such as Mangerton or Croagh Patrick, it is not mentioned in any surviving early Irish texts. P.W. Joyce suggests that meaning of this name is 'inverted reaping hook' and that this sense can be appreciated from the middle of the Hag's Glen. He proposes that the reaping hook is inverted in the sense that it is convex rather than concave [Irish Names of Places, vol. i, p. 6]. The serrated ridges which run up the north face of Carrauntoohil are certainly amongst its most distinctive features and are therefore likely to have given name to the mountain. However, the image of a 'convex reaping-hook' is a very odd and complex one on which to base a place-name, and the use of tuathal to mean inverted, while found in dictionaries, seems to be without parallel in other Irish place-names. It seems more likely that the second element is simply the personal name 'Tuathal' as John O'Donovan believed. This forename was common in Medieval Ireland and is the basis of the surname Ó Tuathail (O'Toole). It also occurs in Lios Tuathail (Listowel, Co. Kerry) and Carraig Thuathail (Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork), which the Flanagans interpret in both cases as a personal name (Irish Place Names). Intriguigingly, one of the earliest accounts to mention Ireland's highest mountain, written by Isaac Weld in 1812, refers to it as 'Gheraun-tuel', which suggests that the first element was not corrán, but rather géarán, 'fang', which is found in the name of several other Kerry mountains. On the basis of this one reference, it is difficult to say whether this represents an earlier form of the name or whether it was a corruption. For further information on the name, see Paul Tempan, Some Notes on the Names of Six Kerry Mountains, JKAHS, ser. 2, vol. v (2005), 5-19.   Carrauntoohil is the highest mountain in Ireland. Carrauntoohil is the highest point in county Kerry.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carrauntoohil (<i>Corrán Tuathail</i>) in area MacGillycuddy
Picture: Unnamed lake at the bottom of Brother O'Shea's Gully.		  
Ireland's highest
by TommyV  30 Oct 2018
Irelands's highest mountain is always going to be extensively documented on Mountain Views. I won't clog the map up with more marker points. Took a challenging route from Cronins Yard going along Hags Glen before veering right at Lough Gouragh to head for the steep climb up Brother O'Shea's gully to a little col at the end of the Beenkeeragh ridge. From here head in a South East direction for the last 100m climb to the summit. To descend, continue South East down the mountain to the top of the Devils ladder. From here the Heavenily Gates are to the left and lead back to the start of Brother O'Shea's gully. From here climb back down to the Hags Glen and follow the track back to Cronins Yard. The day started out with blue skies but the cloud rolled in as we neared the top of Brother O'Shea's Gully so my wait for a view at the top continues. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1/comment/20117/
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