dbloke on Maulin Mountain

After a 2 month hiatus (health, car and weather issues) New Year's Day 2009 was time to hit the hills again. So, best to ease into it with Ireland's 1029th highest then. Parked the car next to the old building at the crossroads at C (Q738 313) where there is a signpost to Dahillan's Well. In completely the opposite direction follow the bohereen south and then follow the bog road all the way to the top. Maulin is a featureless mountain with a broad plateau covered in heather and gorse. There's nothing to mark the top but the North Kerry Way passes over the highest point. There's also a geocache up here so killed two birds. On a clear day there would be great views south towards Bana Strand, the Maharees, Slieve Mish and Brandon. North towards Ballybunnion and Clare. Today was hazy. There is a good description of the North Kerry Way at www.askaboutireland.ie under topics|sport. Round trip under two hours. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1030/comment/3496/

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three5four0 on Maulin Mountain

Parked up at Dblokes recommended spot, and then spent some time taking to the house owner in the lane. He told us that he used to climb Maulin mountain every day and in general imparted local knowledge to us, a fine man indeed.

Followed the North Kerry Way to the summit, with the eagle eyed noting that the summit just lies over the wall running along the track (north side). A quick visit and returned back the way we came. Great views towards Brandon, which, was cloud free for the first time in our holiday of 9 days. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1030/comment/4109/

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A walk around Kerry Head

There is room to park a car at D (Q73964 31239). It's possible to follow the Kerry way West and then South to the summit of this hill. The Kerry way runs across the unmarked high point at 217, but I decided to go for the route to the trig point at 215. This involved about 200m of walking over scorched heather. I was happy enough with the trig point so I didn't feel the need to continue along the Kerry way to the unmarked high point of 217. Not a lot to recommend on this hike. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1030/comment/20165/

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North Kerry panorama

Having decided to visit all the summits in the North Kerry area listed in Mountainviews (yes-there are only 2!) on a fine late September day we started with the lower summit of Maulin at 217m. Approaching from the west we left a narrow road at E (Q71739 30063) where the Kerry Way follows a grassy track to the summit, a distance of approx 800m. We were rewarded with clear views of the Brandon ridge, Slieve Mish mountains and Loop Head to the north. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1030/comment/20903/

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