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Letterettrin - a perspective on the N Connemara peaks

Track 5286 glencree 2 days ago
Park at L81005 61429, where there was space for 2 cars. The road leads in to Killary Harbour where there is a lar... walk, Len: 9.2km, Climb: 325m, Area: Leitir Eitreann, Twelve Bens (Ireland) L||

Carrigroe: Twin tops

Summit Comment Colin Murphy a week ago
A view of Carrigalachan and Carrigroe taken from the southern slopes of Blackstairs mountain.

Kilbrony Park Ramble

Track 5285 Onzy 5 days ago
Walk from Kilbrony Park loosely based on their Fallow Looped Trail.... walk, Len: 18.1km, Climb: 798m, Area: Slievemartin, Mourne Mountains (Ireland) ...

Grieve Hill: Summit position recently revised.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a week ago
The position of the highest point of this general area was reassessed in Nov 2014 and replaced by Bunnanimma. The former summit was called Carrickatee in MV with position H72704 14804. The ne...

Knocknakilton & Cummeen, Dingle Penninsula

Track 5284 Deise-Man 5 days ago
walk, Len: 9.1km, Climb: 477m, Area: Knocknakilton, Central Dingle (Ireland) Kn...

Leean Mountain: Ireland's Best Small Hill?

Summit Comment Geo 2 weeks ago
The title of this comment says it all about my experience. I won't labour the practicalities of how to get to it, it's well laid out by others, and straightforward to follow. Getting back to ...

Scarr North-West Top: Popular spot in the heart of the mountains

Summit Comment hibby 2 weeks ago
A gloriously sunny April morning with clear blue skies made this area a surprisingly popular spot with walkers and cyclists. The short relatively steep climb up from the car park brings you t...

Croaghnageer and Croghanirwore

Track 5283 Peter Walker 6 days ago
An underrated component of the hillwalker's skillset is resilience. You can be navigationally competent (after... walk, Len: 13.4km, Climb: 660m, Area: Croaghnageer East Top, Bluestack Mountai|...

Silvermines Hydro Project

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Blackstairs Mountain: Good access and a great viewpoint above a patchwork quilt

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
Just S of Mt. Leinster, Blackstairs Mt. is a prominent hill on the main ridge separating Carlow & Wexford. Views are good in all directions, mostly over flatlands, but dominated by the peak o...

Brown Mountain: Granite - mica schist boundary

Summit Comment hibby 2 weeks ago
Bright sunshine, blue skies, mainly dry underfoot - not typical conditions for a Sunday morning in April. We were surprised to find the Glenmacnass car park already full at 10 a.m. and someth...

9 km walk around Mullaghmeen Woods April 2025

Track 5282 ceadeile a week ago
Storm Éowyn, January 2025, caused enormous destruction to the beech woods at Mullaghmeen, especially on the so... walk, Len: 9.4km, Climb: 245m, Area: Mullaghmeen, North East Midlands (Ireland|...
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Mizen/Sheeps Head Area   SW: Mizen SW Subarea
Place count in area: 19, OSI/LPS Maps: 84, 85, 88, 89 
Highest place: Mount Gabriel, 407m
Maximum height for area: 407 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 312 metres,

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Mizen Peak Hill Cork County in Munster Province, in Binnion List, Cross-bedded sandstone & minor mudstone Bedrock

Height: 232m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 88 Grid Reference: V74547 24710
Place visited by 33 members. Recently by: Helgabee, Oscar-mckinney, Carolyn105, daitho9, chelman7, Wilderness, nickywood, roops, thomas_g, Fergalh, Deise-Man, ciarraioch, Lauranna, markmjcampion, KowaiBaz
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Longitude: -9.80583, Latitude: 51.461789 , Easting: 74547, Northing: 24710 Prominence: 177m,  Isolation: 2.8km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 474524 524782,   GPS IDs, 6 char: MznPk, 10 char: Mizen Peak
Bedrock type: Cross-bedded sandstone & minor mudstone, (Toe Head Formation)

Mizen Head is Carn Uí Néid in Irish.   Mizen Peak is the 1335th highest place in Ireland. Mizen Peak is the second most westerly summit in the Mizen/Sheeps Head area. It's also the 4th most southerly summit in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mizen Peak in area Mizen/Sheeps Head, Ireland
Picture: Looking across to Brow Head		  
Mizen has been Brow beaten
by jackill  3 Jun 2010
Contrary to popular belief, Mizen Head is not the most southerly point on the mainland of Ireland. Nearby Brow Head holds that title.
Located on the promontory are an old signalling station, a weather station, and a lighthouse. The signalling station, now a museum, is open to visitors. The "99 steps" are a long series of steps on the pathway across to the rocky outcrop upon which the station was built.
Access here could be tricky, I parked at the far end of the visitors centre carpark and made a quick uphill dash when no-one was looking, crossing farmed fields first then open bog. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1020/comment/5846/
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Stunning views
by garrettd  12 Aug 2014
Park in the public carpark and walk back the road to the first gate on the left hand side. Go through another gate on the immediate left and walk up the field to a gap in the top left corner. Get over the wall to the left of this beside a gate with metal spikes designed to impale anything that comes near it and head to the right, uphill towards a wall/rampart that is becoming overgrown with heather and gorse.From here, it is a straightforward push to the NE, through a wooden framed gap in the fence/wall near the skyline ridge and an easy climb onto the peak. The views over Dunlough Bay and the rest of the Mizen peninsula are extensive and beautiful. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1020/comment/17608/
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Picture: My wife and I on Mizen Peak
Lovely Peak
by paddyhillsbagger  9 Oct 2010
The visitors centre was closed for bridge works( as it was at the end of my Malin2Mizen cycle a couple of months earlier) so following jackill's route, made my way to the old Signal Tower at V740239 starA. A path heads NW from here to a wall running NE which meets another wall NW running up the ridge of Mizen Peak which comes approved by the wife (who doesn't normally accompany me and had me "grounded" for a period) as there is a path to a relatively short climb with no steep inclines with spectacular views on the sunny day we walked it. Lovely little peak. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1020/comment/6130/
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