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Letterettrin - a perspective on the N Connemara peaks

Track 5286 glencree 14 hours ago
Park at L81005 61429, where there was space for 2 cars. The road leads in to Killary Harbour where there is a lar... walk, Len: 9.2km, Climb: 325m, Area: Leitir Eitreann, Twelve Bens (Ireland) L||

Carrigroe: Twin tops

Summit Comment Colin Murphy a week ago
A view of Carrigalachan and Carrigroe taken from the southern slopes of Blackstairs mountain.

Kilbrony Park Ramble

Track 5285 Onzy 3 days ago
Walk from Kilbrony Park loosely based on their Fallow Looped Trail.... walk, Len: 18.1km, Climb: 798m, Area: Slievemartin, Mourne Mountains (Ireland) ...

Grieve Hill: Summit position recently revised.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a week ago
The position of the highest point of this general area was reassessed in Nov 2014 and replaced by Bunnanimma. The former summit was called Carrickatee in MV with position H72704 14804. The ne...

Knocknakilton & Cummeen, Dingle Penninsula

Track 5284 Deise-Man 4 days ago
walk, Len: 9.1km, Climb: 477m, Area: Knocknakilton, Central Dingle (Ireland) Kn...

Leean Mountain: Ireland's Best Small Hill?

Summit Comment Geo a week ago
The title of this comment says it all about my experience. I won't labour the practicalities of how to get to it, it's well laid out by others, and straightforward to follow. Getting back to ...

Scarr North-West Top: Popular spot in the heart of the mountains

Summit Comment hibby 2 weeks ago
A gloriously sunny April morning with clear blue skies made this area a surprisingly popular spot with walkers and cyclists. The short relatively steep climb up from the car park brings you t...

Croaghnageer and Croghanirwore

Track 5283 Peter Walker 4 days ago
An underrated component of the hillwalker's skillset is resilience. You can be navigationally competent (after... walk, Len: 13.4km, Climb: 660m, Area: Croaghnageer East Top, Bluestack Mountai|...

Silvermines Hydro Project

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Blackstairs Mountain: Good access and a great viewpoint above a patchwork quilt

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
Just S of Mt. Leinster, Blackstairs Mt. is a prominent hill on the main ridge separating Carlow & Wexford. Views are good in all directions, mostly over flatlands, but dominated by the peak o...

Brown Mountain: Granite - mica schist boundary

Summit Comment hibby 2 weeks ago
Bright sunshine, blue skies, mainly dry underfoot - not typical conditions for a Sunday morning in April. We were surprised to find the Glenmacnass car park already full at 10 a.m. and someth...

9 km walk around Mullaghmeen Woods April 2025

Track 5282 ceadeile 5 days ago
Storm Éowyn, January 2025, caused enormous destruction to the beech woods at Mullaghmeen, especially on the so... walk, Len: 9.4km, Climb: 245m, Area: Mullaghmeen, North East Midlands (Ireland|...
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West Clare Area   S: Ennis Hills Subarea
Place count in area: 14, OSI/LPS Maps: 51, 52, 57, 58 
Highest place: Slievecallan, 391m
Maximum height for area: 391 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 365 metres,

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Cloontohil Hill Clare County in Munster Province, in Binnion List, Grey siltstone & sandstone Bedrock

Height: 190m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 57 Grid Reference: R27283 82888
Place visited by 14 members. Recently by: chelman7, Krzysztof_K, JohnRea, paddyhillsbagger, FrankMc1964, conormcbandon, Jamessheerin, wicklore, chalky, TommyV, sandman, eamonoc, Fergalh, peter1
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Longitude: -9.08147, Latitude: 52.892323 , Easting: 127283, Northing: 182888 Prominence: 118m,  Isolation: 6.9km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 527226 682931,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Clnthl, 10 char: Cloontohil
Bedrock type: Grey siltstone & sandstone, (Gull Island Formation)

Cloontohil is the 1418th highest place in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1305/
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Small but wonderful vista
by Fergalh  15 Jun 2014
There is boreen at R27257 82003 starA follow this up at least half the hill than proceed north east towards telecommunications tower. High point is slightly to the east of it Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1305/comment/17500/
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Out of the mist and into the mast. .. by eamonoc   (Show all for Cloontohil )
 
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My nearest MV hill .. by TommyV   (Show all for Cloontohil )
 
Short walk to the hidden trig point. .. by JohnRea   (Show all for Cloontohil )
 
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