Trusklieve 175m hill, Donegal NW S: Trawenagh Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Donegal NW Area S: Trawenagh Subarea

Place count in area: 8, OSI/LPS Maps: 1, 10, 11
Highest place:

Tievealehid, 429m
Maximum height for area: 429 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 304 metres,

Places in area Donegal NW:
N: Gweedore:

Moylemore (Owey Island) 102m

Carntreena 425m

Bloody Foreland 314m

Crocknaneeve 155.9m

Tievealehid 429m
S: Trawenagh:

Croaghegly 245m

Trusklieve 175m
W: Arranmore:

Cluidaniller West Top (Aranmore) 227m

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

Trusklieve Hill Troscshliabh A name in Irish Ir. Troiscshliabh [logainm.ie], poss. 'barren/rocky mountain’ [PDT] Donegal County in Ulster Province, in Binnion List, Biotite granite, medium-coarse Bedrock

Height: 175m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 10 Grid Reference: B78900 01800
Place visited by 9 members. Recently by: eamonoc, dregish, markmjcampion, Fergalh, hgboyle, Harry Goodman, Aidy, chalky, Garmin
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Longitude: -8.329374, Latitude: 54.863476 , Easting: 178900, Northing: 401800 Prominence: 138m, Isolation: 5km
ITM: 578854 901788, GPS IDs, 6 char: Trsklv, 10 char: Trusklieve
Bedrock type: Biotite granite, medium-coarse, (Trawenagh Bay Biotite Granite)

There is a small but widespread group of place-names containing the element trosc in the counties along the western and northern coasts of Ireland. Truskmore in Co. Sligo is probably the best-known example. P.W. Joyce explained these with the word trosc meaning ‘cod’ (fish), either from a fancied resemblance of the hill’s profile to the shape of a cod, or from the prevalence of cod in the nearby seas. However, neither of these explanations stand up to scrutiny. The fifteen different hills and townlands involved present a variety of quite different shapes, such as cones or flattened piles, which seems to rule out a resemblance to a fish. Some examples are 15km or more inland, making an illusion to rich fishing grounds unlikely. It seems more likely that trosc is simply an ancient Irish word for a hill which is steep and/or rocky, a word which now only survives in this group of place-names. It is also possible that the word denotes unproductive land which is poor, even for sheep grazing. It may well consist of tor, ‘rock’, metathesised to tro- and combined with the suffix -sc.Troiscshliabh / Trusklieve is quite rocky in parts and the land is rough pasture. This specific name is also unusual for its structure. It is a compound of noun + noun, a structure which is rare and ancient. Dónall Mac Giolla Easpaig has argued that it fell out of use by 400 AD (Études Celtiques 18, 1981). If so, this name is over 1,500 years old. It can be compared with another Trusklieve / Troiscshliabh in par. Kilballyowen, Co. Clare. Troscshliabh is the 1437th highest place in Ireland. Troscshliabh is the most southerly summit in the Donegal NW area.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Trusklieve (<i>Troscshliabh</i>) in area Donegal NW, Ireland

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by Aidy 17 Mar 2015

Climbed after turning off the N56, shortly after crossing the Gweebarra River bridge, heading north. Parked on a minor road, which doesn't seem to be named, on the east side of the hill between Toome Lough and the smaller Lough Achush. From there, it was a short walk up the gentle slope to the summit, marked by a trig pillar. Great views on the way up over the two loughs, and at the top, more views opened up to the west and the north. The hill itself, though small, has a rocky character, and I found it a pleasure to walk. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1322/comment/17885/

Thanks for the trig pillar .. by cnocadoir (Show all for Trusklieve (Troscshliabh))

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