Cush serves as a backdrop for this perching stone near the summit. The rocks in this and nearby are visibly quite a mixture. Small, rounded whitish stones (quartzite pebbbles?) embedded in gray layers in some places. Where there was weathering the whitish stones can litter the ground. In other places more uniform gray rocks.

Perhaps those with geological training can explain the mixture and the odd shapes it leaves when weathered. The Geological Survey of Ireland map viewer lists the following for the summit area. Visean limestone & calcareous shale. Up. Devonian - Lr Carb ORS, sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone. (Viséan is a period within the Carboniferous, reckoned to be 328 to 345 million years old, ORS is Old Red Sandstone) Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/14/comment/14730/

We parked at the Clydagh bridge carpark and walked along the Glencush boreen and through a farmyard, approaching the Galtees from the North, with a view to climb Galtybeg first and then tackle Galtymore. There had a lot of rain in the last few days and the crossing from the farmyard to the Cush side of Galtybeg was very taxing due to the boggy ground. We climbed Galtybeg, with great views of Lough Borheen to our left. After a quick break for food at the top of Galtybeg we crossed the ridge over Lough Diheen and proceeded to summit Galtymore. Visibility was very good but it was very windy. After a few photos and a bite to eat we descended Galtymore on the very steep northern slope keeping Lough Diheen to our left. While the hike was strenuous it would be easier after a period of good weather when the ground would be firmer. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/14/comment/18595/

Galtymore,Galtybeg,and Knockeenatoung from the Black road R893203 A,10.6 km,height gain 728 m,time 3.5 hrs. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/14/comment/18626/

Walk Date: 28 Jul 2016. I had climbed Galtymore many times mostly using the Black Road route and even at age 6 Dillon(dillonkdy) climbed to the top with me. However for our County High point Challenge we needed a proper picture at both the Tipperary CHP and Limerick CHP. So on 28 July we set off from Clydagh Bridge on the Anglesboro side at around 2 Pm to walk a loop taking in both Galtymore and Galtybeg and back to the car. We had intended to include Cush but the weather put a stop to that. The views were clear and good at the start but mist moved in before we reached the top. We got the proper picture of Limerick's CHP (A cairn) and Tipperary's CHP (the trig) before heading over to Galtybeg and descending back to the car. Dillon(dillonkdy) had now visited 29 county high points!
With great spirit and determination Dillon(dillonkdy) walked with me to the top of Galtymore three more times in December, each time by the black road and each time reaching the summit before 9am. The extra climbs were worth 19 points each time for gribboneer-of-the-year http://www.highpointireland.com/gribboneer-of-the-year.html. The weather was outstanding for the walks especially the fact that it was December and so early in the morning. One of the mornings was frosty with a full moon giving way to a beautiful red sunrise just as we reached the top.
See Dillon’s (dillonkdy) full story of his County High Point Challenge at https://dillons32chpchallenge.github.io/progress/index.html We also found Kieron Gribbon's High Point Ireland website (www.highpointireland.com) to be a useful source of information for our 32 County High Points challenge. Definitely worth checking out if you're planning to do any of the High Point challenges. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/14/comment/18826/

We were surprised to see this Buddha sitting atop the trig pillar of Galtymore whilst completing the Cush horsehoe on 9 July 2017.

Someone had taken the trouble to trowel some mortar across the trig to hold it.

Difficult to not be hypocritical when a much vaunted cross sits close by, but the craftsmanship demonstrated was pretty poor - it looks very much like the common garden centre variety and is not sitting particularly level. The trowel was left behind as well to serve as further litter on the summit. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/14/comment/19595/

My first walk in the mountains since the Covid 19 restrictions came in, and Galtymore was a great choice to restart. I went up from the Black Road, using a well described route, and taking in Galtybeg on the way up, and Knockeenatoung on the return leg. A very early start meant I had the place mostly to myself, although I met dozens of people heading up as I went down. An added bonus to this walk was the fact that it meant I completed the county high point list, and 14 summits over 900m. Brilliant views over the rest of the Galtys, north to the Glen of Aherlow, and southeast to the Knockmealdown Mountains. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/14/comment/20858/