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Cark Mountain: Spoiled by Windmills

Summit Comment dino a day ago
I followed Track 2065 by Peter Walker to keep me right as I followed the many windfarm tracks and didn't want to get lost. I found this a dreadfully dull approach as the track often dips belo...

Culliagh SE Top: Short but Rewarding.

Summit Comment dino a day ago
Really enjoyed this walk and followed Track 2094 by Garmin. Plenty of parking at the start, easy navigation along a farm track and then grazed grass and heather with good ground underfoot. Th...

Spire of Lloyd: My most proximate MV location.

Summit Comment Geo a week ago
When in the heritage town of Kells, take the R163 road for Oldcastle about 2km out from the town centre. A sign (easily missed) for the People's Park points the way to the right up the cul-de...

Ballinastoe, Djouce, Maulin

Track 4565 JohnA 3 weeks ago
This walk starts from Ballinastoe Wood (Bl'Stoe Wd) which has MTB routes and some car parking.Unlike many a walk... walk, Len: 17.4km, Climb: 878m, Area: Djouce, Wicklow (Ireland) Djouce, Mauli||

Cromaglan Mountain: Bridge restored.

Summit Comment hivisibility a week ago
Just to leave everyone know that the bridge over the river Crinnagh mentioned earlier by markmjcampion has been repaired. So anybody wanting to head to Cromaglan and beyond on the Kerry Way f...

Annatoran: Anna(Tora! Tora! Tora!)n

Summit Comment Geo a week ago
A summit which probably won't feature in any poetry, but it has it's charms.You may struggle to name them after the trudge there and back from whichever direction you do it.

Bolaght Mountain Loop (Includes Roads)

Track 4563 dino 4 weeks ago
This route combines the approaches of a number of members who have commented on the Bolaght Mountain listing. Ple... walk, Len: 15.4km, Climb: 283m, Area: Bolaght Mountain, South Donegal & West T|...

Knockalongy South-West Top: There's energy around this summit

Summit Comment Geo a week ago
Third summit of my round of track no 3323.Nothing to report as the top is a "pays ya money, and takes ya choice" type of peat hag festooned lump that needs a GPS to find.Great fun on the west...

Knockalongy: Geo on Knockalonga 2021

Summit Comment Geo a week ago
Continuing the route of track 3323 having already done the North East Top.This is another hill adorned like everywhere else on this part of the Ox mountains, with peat hags of all sizes and s...

Knockalongy North-East Top: Not a footprint!

Summit Comment Geo a week ago
Done as the first summit in a round of 4, using as a route Onzy's track 3323.From the base of the turbine T7 which is at the end of a track at G485 283 follow the fence east. When you reach a...

Reviewer wanted. Book about JB Malone

Forum: General simon3 6 days ago
MV is looking for a reviewer for a new book about JB Malone, written by Michael Fewer.please contact admin@mountainviews.ie if interested.

Oval route turned into a cracked egg shape by circumstance.

Track 4560 simon3 a month ago
The plan had been to reach Slievenashaska S (SS) from the Kerry Way to the south just west of Sneem. The Kerry Wa... walk, Len: 17.2km, Climb: 869m, Area: Coomnahorna, Dunkerron Mountains (Irelan|...
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Mweelrea Area   E: Ben Gorm Mountains Subarea
Place count in area: 12, OSI/LPS Maps: 37, MSW 
Highest place: Mweelrea, 814m
Maximum height for area: 814 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 779 metres,

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Ben Gorm Mountain An Bhinn Ghorm A name in Irish (Ir. An Bhinn Ghorm [MNIMA*], 'the blue peak') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Sandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite Bedrock

Height: 700m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L86227 65242
Place visited by 298 members. Recently by: Djouce, Daingean, Joshua3, Seamus-hills, deirdremaryann, breathp, morgan_os, ConMack23, Juanita, CaminoPat, SeanPurcell, valerieh, annem, greidy1, nupat
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Longitude: -9.721075, Latitude: 53.624709 , Easting: 86227, Northing: 265242 Prominence: 670m,  Isolation: 1km
ITM: 486152 765254,   GPS IDs, 6 char: BnGrm, 10 char: Ben Gorm
Bedrock type: Sandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite, (Mweelrea Formation)

An Bhinn Ghorm is a mountain name which occurs 3 times in Co. Mayo. Ir. gorm is usually translated 'blue', but Breandán S. Mac Aodha suggests that 'iron-grey' is closer to the true meaning in such mountain names (MNIMA, 149). Walks: for a route taking in Ben Gorm and Ben Creggan, see Whilde & Simms, New Irish Walk Guide - West and North, 60-61.   Ben Gorm is the 114th highest place in Ireland. Ben Gorm is the most easterly summit and also the second most southerly in the Mweelrea area.
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Approaching from the south east
by ColinCallanan  20 Jun 2015
Incredible views all the way as you approach from the south-east. I used the track from Onzy and found it very helpful. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/110/comment/18145/
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