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Midlands SW Area   W: Keeper Hill Subarea
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Keeper Hill Mountain Sliabh Coimeálta A name in Irish, also Slievekimalta an extra name in Irish (Ir. Sliabh Coimeálta [GE], 'mountain of guarding') Tipperary County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Pale & red sandstone, grit & claystone Bedrock

Height: 691.6m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 59 Grid Reference: R82394 66704
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Longitude: -8.261477, Latitude: 52.751483 , Easting: 182394, Northing: 166704 Prominence: 627m,  Isolation: 2.1km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 582347 666745,   GPS IDs, 6 char: KprHl, 10 char: Keper Hil
Bedrock type: Pale & red sandstone, grit & claystone, (Keeper Hill Formation)

Keeper Hill, also known as Slievekimalta, gets its name from a little-known story about Sadb, daughter of Conn Cétcathach, raising her children Eogan and Indderb on this mountain after they had been rejected by their father Ailill Ólom, king of Munster. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 215-16) for details of the festive assembly which took place on Keeper Hill in mid-August. A stone circle in Bauraglanna townland on the NE slopes is known as Firbrega ('false men'). It consists of eleven orthostats of varying heights, with several prostrate stones around the perimeter. There is a large, flat recumbent stone in the centre [Archaeological Inventory of North Tipperary].   Keeper Hill is the highest mountain in the Midlands SW area and the 124th highest in Ireland.

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WHITE kEEPER .. by Buny Clare   (Show all for Keeper Hill (Sliabh Coimeálta))
 
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A surprisinghly easy climb rewarded by stunning views
by ianmb  27 Apr 2018
Walked this today (26/04/2018) with my wife. Traveled from Clare via Limerick and Newport, parked in a lay-by just inside Ballyhourigan Woods at the foot of the track that services the transmission masts at the summit. Followed this track all the way to the summit. The lower half of the walk is a typical forestry access route, views are largely obscured by trees and there is nothing much else to say about this section.

The route passes to the north of a smaller summit Boolatin Top, before climbing south to a saddle between this and the main summit of Keeper Hill. At the mid point of this saddle you take a left turn and follow the track uphill, the track zigzags a few times before gaining the summit. My map showed two paths short cutting these long zig zag sweeps however we saw no sign of the first one on the ground, we missed the second one on the ascent, but took it on the way down.

From the saddle onwards the route is very rewarding, you quickly break clear of the forestry and the views in every direction are simply stunning. If you are looking for the kind of challenge that sees you scrambling on your hands and knees this is not for you, but even if only to get a fantastic vista of the surrounding mountain ranges it is well worth it. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/117/comment/19908/
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KEEPER HILL 14thJan2010 .. by Buny Clare   (Show all for Keeper Hill (Sliabh Coimeálta))
 
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