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Figure of eight from Shay Elliott.

Track 4945 simon3 2 weeks ago
This route starts from the Shay Elliott memorial car park, just north of Drumgoff and visits most of the nearby s... walk, Len: 16.7km, Climb: 616m, Area: Carriglineen Mountain, Wicklow (Ireland)|...

Craig Stwlan: Short steep climb after road walk

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 weeks ago
Leave the A496 just south west of Blaenau Ffestinog at the village of Tan-Y Grisiau and head up under very narrow road under a railway bridge Parked to the east just below the waterfalls in s...

Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran [Y Blaen Llym]: Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 weeks ago
Leave the A496 just south west of Blaenau Ffestinog at the village of Tan-Y Grisiau and head up under very narrow road under a railway bridge Parked to the south just below the waterfalls in ...

Hawkstone Hill: It would be pure folly not to visit..

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 weeks ago
Due to an inclement weather forecast for the Wales area .We decided to visit Hawkstone Park follies Park near the eastern Welsh border just north of Shrewsbury which contained a binnion. The ...

A precarious loop

Track 4943 Colin Murphy 2 weeks ago
This was my final Antrim mountain or hill – I saved one of the best for last.The impressive bulk of SlemishWhile it d... walk, Len: 2.1km, Climb: 199m, Area: Slemish, Antrim Hills (Ireland) Slemish||

Spire of Lloyd: 18th century curiosity.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 2 weeks ago
An 18th century folly, The Spire of Lloyd is a 30-metre high lighthouse atop a 131m rise. It is located 1.5km west of Kells just off the R163. There is a carpark, after which it is a short wa...

Church Mountain: One of my preferred wicklow summits

Summit Comment Bunsen7 2 weeks ago
A very straightforward out and back walk via forest tracks from the carpark at Hollywood Glen. It loops around and when the forest roadends at its northern terminus, head eastwards up the tra...

Straightforward approach via track to the SW

Track 4942 Colin Murphy 2 weeks ago
Previous commenters have mostly approached this hill either via Mid Hill or the Quolie Reservoirs to the SE, all rem... walk, Len: 5.0km, Climb: 203m, Area: Carncormick, Antrim Hills (Ireland) Carn||

Slievemore: Achill's conical, stand-alone coastal peak with stunning vistas.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: markmjcampion 2 weeks ago
Slievemore is a v distinctive, almost conical peak in the N of Achill Island. It's a steep-sided mix of grass and rock with no major difficulties although parts of the sharp ridge overlook pl...

Slieve Snaght: Rugged highpoint on a gnarly, rocky SW-NE ridge

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: markmjcampion 2 weeks ago
Slieve Snaght, just S of Erigal, is a steep-sided sentinel mountain in an area of interesting but dangerous terrain. Much care is needed esp if parking to the S. Views are stunning including ...

Hungry Hill: Commanding rocky Beara highpoint on N-S ridge with eastern cliffs a

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: markmjcampion 2 weeks ago
Hungry Hill in the Caha Mts is the highest peak in the Beara peninsula with commanding views of much of W Cork and S Kerry as well as Cape Clear and the Skelligs. It's topped by a boggy plate...

A rough, tough 6-hour slog.

Track 4936 Colin Murphy 2 weeks ago
This was rewarding only in the sense that I bagged 3 Carns and there was some pleasant scenery. Other than that, to ... walk, Len: 12.4km, Climb: 472m, Area: Collin Top, Antrim Hills (Ireland) Coll||
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Nephin Begs Area   E: Birreencorragh Subarea
Place count in area: 28, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 23, 30, 31, CBW, EW-ACC, EW-WNN, EW-WNS 
Highest place: Slieve Carr, 721m
Maximum height for area: 721 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 646 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Birreencorragh Mountain Birín Corrach A name in Irish, also Birrin Corrough an extra EastWest name in English (Ir. Birín Corrach [logainm.ie], 'rocky little spike') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Quartzites and psammitic schists. Bedrock

Height: 698m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 23/31 Grid Reference: G02455 05007
Place visited by 168 members. Recently by: ochils_trekker, Krzysztof_K, NualaB, abcd, Timmy.Mullen, mrfleetfoot, Oscar-mckinney, Carolyn105, Wes, SeanPurcell, ryanguinness10, elizauna, Pear, adgrenna, nupat
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Longitude: -9.487758, Latitude: 53.985185 , Easting: 102455, Northing: 305007 Prominence: 583m,  Isolation: 1km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 502425 805016,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Brncrg, 10 char: Brncrgh
Bedrock type: Quartzites and psammitic schists., (Nephin Formation)

The element birín is rare in Irish names, but also occurs unqualified in Birreen, an outlier of Croaghmoyle. Walks: for a route to the summit from the N, see Whilde & Simms, New Irish Walk Guide - West and North, 70.   Birreencorragh is the third highest mountain in the Nephin Begs area and the 118th highest in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/112/
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Once we got below the cloud ceiling, there were s .. by csd   (Show all for Birreencorragh (Birín Corrach))
 
Did the Birrencorragh horseshoe on May 10th 2009 .. by Brendan_Quinn   (Show all for Birreencorragh (Birín Corrach))
 
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Birreencorragh (<i>Birín Corrach</i>) in area Nephin Begs, Ireland
Picture: view from top of grassy strip left south top, right Birrencorragh itself		  
Lung busting start to a very pleasant walk
by Fergal Meath  9 Jan 2019
Finally got to climb this beautiful remote peak. Thanks to MV contributors and Google satellite I found a great way up by driving to point B and parking at a turning point with a closed gate straight aheaad. (note: my ford focus managed the rough track sub 20km/hour). A steep grassy strip to the right of a new wire fence gets you up through the trees to th open mountainside. A lung busting start to a very pleasant hill walk.
Unfortunately I did not have enough daylight to take on the horseshoe back via Knockaffertagh. There and back was a comfortable 3 hours. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/112/comment/20326/
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