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Caha Mountains Area   Cen: Knockowen Subarea
Place count in area: 57, OSI/LPS Maps: 83, 84, 85, 88 
Highest place:
Hungry Hill, 682m
Maximum height for area: 682 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 400 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Knockeirky Mountain Cnoc Adhairce A name in Irish Ir. Cnoc Adhairce [logainm.ie], 'hill of the horn’ Cork/Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin List, Green-grey sandstone & purple siltstone Bedrock

Height: 577m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 84 Grid Reference: V83215 55730
Place visited by 70 members. Recently by: maoris, Oscar-mckinney, Carolyn105, Kirsty, Jai-mckinney, NualaB, nupat, Sweeney, miriam, jackos, srr45, Geo, John.geary, jimmytherabbit, chelman7
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Longitude: -9.691494, Latitude: 51.742317 , Easting: 83215, Northing: 55730 Prominence: 30m,  Isolation: 1km
ITM: 483190 555795,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knckrk, 10 char: Knockeirky
Bedrock type: Green-grey sandstone & purple siltstone, (Gun Point Formation)

Knockeirky is the 346th highest place in Ireland.

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1056/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockeirky (<i>Cnoc Adhairce</i>) in area Caha Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Looking back at Knockeirky from the East
 
The one that nearly got away
Short Summary created by jackill  9 Mar 2011
Park at V78640 53567 starA, room for 3 cars. If the shop is closed parking is also possible at V78656 5346. There is a rough track leading east from the highest point of the pass.Pick your way upwards around easy, rock shelfs onto a level rocky ridge. As you leave this ridge look for a grassy slope on the side of Knockowen to ascend to the summit cairn on a low rock shelf.
Carry on from Knockowen to Cushnaficulla.
Drop down then over rocky ground to a broad grassy col before the final easy walk to the rocky summit marked by a small cairn. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1056/comment/6079/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockeirky (<i>Cnoc Adhairce</i>) in area Caha Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Knockeirky cairn
New summit, new comment!
by three5four0  5 Sep 2010
A fine traverse over Knockowen & Cushnafulla leads to Knockeirky from the Healy pass road. We took in Stockeenalackareha on the way back, but why not take in Cummeenbaun as well. To make a horse shoe walk above the fine and wild Glenrastel? Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1056/comment/6083/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockeirky (<i>Cnoc Adhairce</i>) in area Caha Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Conor74 on his mountain.
 
Crossing from Healy to Caha
by jackill  31 Oct 2010
Its not often we get to add a new summit to Mountainviews, but not so long ago it happened.
The initial suggestion was made by Mountainviews member Conor74.
And what a location, high in the Cahas glowering over Glenrastel to the north, the glistening , soggy isolation of Glenlough Mountains lake laden plateau stretching to the south.
Knockeirky doesn't look so distinctive from Knockowen, but its eastern approaches are the most impressive. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1056/comment/6154/
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