Donnell's Hill 242.8m hill, Comeragh Mountains E: Portlaw Hills Waterford Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Comeragh Mountains Area , E: Portlaw Hills Subarea

Feature count in area: 24, all in Waterford, OSI/LPS Maps: 74, 75, 81, 82, EW-C, EW-K
Highest Place: Kilclooney Mountain 792m

Starting Places (25) in area Comeragh Mountains:

Aughatriscar Bridge,

Carey's Castle,

Carrickaruppora S,

Carronadavderg Wood,

Colligan Bridge,

Colligan Source,

Coumduala Lough Path,

Croghaun Hill CP,

Douglas River Wood,

Dromona Wood,

Guilcagh Wood,

Kilclooney Wood CP,

Laghtnafrankee Road,

Lough Mohra Rath Beag Loop Walk,

Mahon Falls CP,

Maum Road,

Moanyarha,

Moanyarha Bog,

Monarud,

Mountain View,

New Quay CP,

Nire Valley CP,

Old Bridge Clonmel,

Old Slate Mine CP,

River Ire R676 L96761

Summits & other features in area Comeragh Mountains:
Cen: Comeragh Central: Carrignagower 767m, Coumfea 741.9m, Coumfea North Top 728.3m, Coumfea West Top 711m, Croughaun Hill 391m, Curraghduff 750.1m, Kilclooney Mountain 792m, Knockaunapeebra 724.4m
Cen: Knockanaffrin: Knockanaffrin 755m, Knockanaffrin South Top 628m, Knocksheegowna 675.7m
E: Portlaw Hills: Donnell's Hill 242.8m, Tower Hill 238m
N: Laghtnafrankee: Kilmacomma Hill 211m, Laghtnafrankee 520m, Laghtnafrankee SW Top 425m, Long Hill 404m
S: Monavullagh Mountains: Bleantasour Mountain 402m, Coumaraglin Mountain 614.6m, Crohaun 484m, Milk Hill 451m, Seefin 725.6m
SW: Drum Hills: Carronadavderg 301m, Dromona Hill 156m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Donnell's Hill, 242.8m Hill

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, Waterford County in Munster province, in Binnion Lists, Donnell's Hill is the 1299th highest place in Ireland. Donnell's Hill is the most easterly summit in the Comeragh Mountains area.
Grid Reference S45546 13145, Mapsheet(s): 75
Place visited by: 28 members, recently by: DeirdreM, benjimann9, LorraineG60, MichaelG55, Nailer1967, deirdre007, Taisce, chelman7, TippHiker, Kirsty, deirdrec, Jay9, Wildrover, jasonmc, maike

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Longitude: -7.333578, Latitude: 52.268599, Easting: 245546, Northing: 113145, Prominence: 132m, Isolation: 5.8km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 645485 613198
Bedrock type: Red, brown conglomerate & sandstone, (Carrigmaclea Formation)

Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: DnlsHl, 10 char: Donels Hil
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1215/

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Summary for Donnell's Hill : Tilting at windmills

Summary created by jackill, thomas_g 13 Jan, 2020

MountainViews.ie picture about Donnell's Hill — Picture: *At the summit*

Best access is from the forest gate at A (S464 136) where there is plenty of room to park. Follow the track uphill towards the wind turbines. At B (S454 139) turn left and continue to the comms masts opposite which you'll see a small muddy track to the right. Follow this to the cross which offers wonderful views in all directions. The trig point can be reached by a bit of a slog through the gorse in the direction of the sometimes noisy wind turbines.

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Member Comments for Donnell's Hill

New Great views of the Comeraghs

by DeirdreM 4 May 2025

Nice panoramic views of the Comeraghs from this handy peak. Track to within meters of the top Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1215/comment/24430/

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Great Views

by MichaelG55 13 Aug 2024

Visited 13.08.2024. Followed forestry track up from main road then on narrow track up to cross. Views from here of surrounding area are great especially the Comeraghs and Slievenamon. Well worth a visit, a little with big views. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1215/comment/24259/

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To trig or not to trig

by eamonoc 15 Aug 2024

Climbed Friday 11th July. Followed excellent directions of thomas g. All the way to high point with large cross in attendance. No route finding issues, the trig point is at other end of hill, much lower down above the turbines completely surrounded by in places head high gorse, a bit of a slog through the gorse is a bit of an understatement! I accessed the trig from the wind turbines and it was nightmarish. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1215/comment/17569/

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Videos for vicinity

Hiking & Wild Camping at Coumshingaun Lough (Jan 2022) by miriam Click for player.

Coumshingaun' The Finest Corrie in Ireland (Comeragh Mountains) (Jun 2013) by gerrym Click for player.

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Recent Contributions

Summit Comment rhw 18 hours ago
From WNW, No Parking in front of gate but room beside it or just to NE, other gates to NE have prohibition signs. This gate says Private, but no prohibition, just a No Liability sign higher u...

Summit Comment rhw a day ago
Access to peak from due N via farm gate (no adverse signage), track and cattle paths, via N summit to S summit (hand level says S is c1m higher). We descended this way having reached S peak f...

Track 5289

Colin Murphy 3 days ago
Parked on the road at Rossmacowen Church on the R572, room for multiple cars assuming that mass or a funeral e... walk, Len: 11.5km, Climb: 632m, Area: Knocknagree East Top, Caha Mountains (Ir|...

Summit Summary

Collaborative entry, last edit by: Colin Murphy 3 days ago
Usually done in conjunction with other tops such as Knocknagree itself, but this rather remote top may be done in isolation from, for example, the south. Parking for several cars to be had on...

Track 5290

Colin Murphy 3 days ago
Tooreenbaha is usually done as part of the Cummeengeara horseshoe, but may also be done in isolation. It is a fai... walk, Len: 4.4km, Climb: 437m, Area: Tooreenbaha, Caha Mountains (Ireland) To||

Track 5306

Colin Murphy 3 days ago
Parked in a forest next to an old overgrown gate, room for a couple of cars, and several other spots along the... walk, Len: 4.8km, Climb: 275m, Area: Coomnalack Top, Caha Mountains (Ireland) |...

Summit Comment

Colin Murphy 3 days ago
Can there be an easier summit to bag in Ireland, which also offers such amazing, expansive views? Unlikely. Drove almost to the top, walked 30m to trig pillar atop rocky outcrop, spent ten mi...

Summit Summary

Collaborative entry, last edit by: Colin Murphy 3 days ago
Often done in conjunction with other tops like Coomnadiha, but may also be done in isolation. One approach is possible from the north, parking at Gleninquachin Park at V85686 62266. This is p...

Track 5305 BrianKennan 4 days ago
walk, Len: 18.1km, Climb: 295m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Summit Comment

Fergalh a week ago
Looking down on this from Meilke Bin it looked easy but it was not at all. I went north of Meikle bin and than followed the path which lead between Meile Bin and Little Bin. At the lowest poi...

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