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Feature count in area: 9, by county: Waterford: 1, Cork: 8,
OSI/LPS Maps: 80, 81
Highest Place: Knocknaskagh 426.5m
Starting Places (11) in area Nagles Mountains:
Ballinageehy Wood, Ballyclogh Cross, Butler's Bridge, Castlebalgh Forest, Corran East, Corrin Wood, Garrylaurence Wood, Glenabo Park, Kilbarry Wood, Powers Bridge, Tallow Sweep
Summits & other features in area Nagles Mountains:
E: Tallow: Knockroe 177m
N: Fermoy Hills: Ballydorgan 177m, Corrin 220m
NW: Knocknaskagh: Corran 407.5m, Knocknaskagh 426.5m, Knocknaskagh North Top 406.3m, Seefin 424m
S: Dungourney: Garrylaurence Hill 236m, Knockakeo 238m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Highest Place: Knocknaskagh 426.5m
Starting Places (11) in area Nagles Mountains:
Ballinageehy Wood, Ballyclogh Cross, Butler's Bridge, Castlebalgh Forest, Corran East, Corrin Wood, Garrylaurence Wood, Glenabo Park, Kilbarry Wood, Powers Bridge, Tallow SweepSummits & other features in area Nagles Mountains:
E: Tallow: Knockroe 177m
N: Fermoy Hills: Ballydorgan 177m, Corrin 220m
NW: Knocknaskagh: Corran 407.5m, Knocknaskagh 426.5m, Knocknaskagh North Top 406.3m, Seefin 424m
S: Dungourney: Garrylaurence Hill 236m, Knockakeo 238m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Grid Reference W90836 84063, OS 1:50k mapsheet 81
Place visited by: 21 members, recently by: Taisce, chelman7, John.geary, ciarraioch, Wildrover, Daingean, Fergalh, Juanita, CaminoPat, sbender, PeakPaul, tommccarthy, t.jay, caiomhin, conormcbandon
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Bedrock type: Purple mudstone and sandstone, (Ballytrasna Formation)
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Summary
for Garrylaurence Hill :
No views but worth a visit for its stone circle
Summary created by jackill
2014-02-09 11:23:31
GryLaur Wd
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room for 2 cars. Cross the barrier and walk uphill to a track junction. Head north into the trees and a generally good track will become apparent.At the next track junction go west finally heading uphill at
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(W90835 83943)
along a wide machine access track. The summit area is marked by a large clearing with a well preserved circle of standing stones.
A place of pilgrimage
by jackill
13 Mar 2014
This small summit gave me a surprise. As I fumbled about in the trees looking for the summit I wandered into a large clearing with an impressive stone circle/tomb in a very good state of preservation.
A bit of research has revealed it is marked on old 25 and 6 inch maps but not much else.
The placename Garrylaurence has however unearthed a bit more information.
Just down the road is Clonmult, the site of an IRA ambush which took place during the war of Independence. Near the village is a holy well dedicated to St Laurence in the townland of Garrylaurence/Garraí Labhráis meaning Field/Garden of Laurence. It is located in a small enclosure beside the narrow road that I used to access this hill.
A large statue of St Laurence and a small stone cross bearing the inscription INRI Saint Laurence and the date 1824, sit on top of the roof of the well hut.
St Laurence is Laurence O’ Toole a 12th century Irish saint who was abbot of Glendalough and later Bishop of Dublin. He died in the monastery at Eu, in Normandy and his tomb in Eu became a place of pilgrimage and many miracles were attributed to his intercession. He was canonized in 1225 by Pope Honorius and his remains were moved to a tomb in front of the High Altar on the 10th of May.The nearby church church at Clonmult is also dedicated to the saint.
The saints feast day is the 14th of November , but the 9th of August was the main day for pilgrimage at Garrylaurence.
The Ordnance Survey Letters of O'Donovan written in 1841 state
"A holy well called ‘St Laurence Well’ where paterns were annually held some years since on the 9th of August…"
In 1917 Canon Power records that " rounds were made here chiefly on August the 9th and votive offering of ‘usual character ‘ on the tree branches ‘which are immediately over the sacred fountain". Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1239/comment/15839/
A bit of research has revealed it is marked on old 25 and 6 inch maps but not much else.
The placename Garrylaurence has however unearthed a bit more information.
Just down the road is Clonmult, the site of an IRA ambush which took place during the war of Independence. Near the village is a holy well dedicated to St Laurence in the townland of Garrylaurence/Garraí Labhráis meaning Field/Garden of Laurence. It is located in a small enclosure beside the narrow road that I used to access this hill.
A large statue of St Laurence and a small stone cross bearing the inscription INRI Saint Laurence and the date 1824, sit on top of the roof of the well hut.
St Laurence is Laurence O’ Toole a 12th century Irish saint who was abbot of Glendalough and later Bishop of Dublin. He died in the monastery at Eu, in Normandy and his tomb in Eu became a place of pilgrimage and many miracles were attributed to his intercession. He was canonized in 1225 by Pope Honorius and his remains were moved to a tomb in front of the High Altar on the 10th of May.The nearby church church at Clonmult is also dedicated to the saint.
The saints feast day is the 14th of November , but the 9th of August was the main day for pilgrimage at Garrylaurence.
The Ordnance Survey Letters of O'Donovan written in 1841 state
"A holy well called ‘St Laurence Well’ where paterns were annually held some years since on the 9th of August…"
In 1917 Canon Power records that " rounds were made here chiefly on August the 9th and votive offering of ‘usual character ‘ on the tree branches ‘which are immediately over the sacred fountain". Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1239/comment/15839/
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The Giant's Grave
by sandman
27 Apr 2015
I can not tell for certain if a giant is buried on this hill but the locals believe so and have duly sign posted the way to the grave from the forest entrance previously mentioned by jackill. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1239/comment/17954/
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