Knocknagantee is a high perch which looks out over Sneem, Kenmare Bay and on to the Beara Peninsula and the Caha Mountains. It's about half way along the fairly linear chain of mountains that link the coast near Caherdaniel to the Ballaghbeama Gap. The hill is particularly impressive to the east, where its cliffs loom over the peaceful Eagle's Lough. Care needs to be taken in the area to the E of the summit.

S. Start from the farm at Gloragh, V66898 71239 A. Use can be made of a farm road leading to the W of the summit to an altitude of around 500m, from where the summit is a steep but short climb. Allow about 90 mins to the top.

Alternatively, you can leave this track at around the 300m contour and head NE over to Eagle's Lough. From here, follow the stream up to Lough Coomanassig and head straight out the back of the coum before swinging W then SW to the flattish summit marked by a stone pyramid. Allow 2.5hrs+

It can also be combined with Coomnacronia, Corruma Mountain and Knockmoyle in a 5-hour circuit starting from the above location or from opposite some farm buildings at V67483 70683 B.

W. Start at V63163 73894 C where you can park with permission. Head for the first of the Coomavoher lakes before swinging SE up to K West Top. Y]The steep part is now behind you and there's an easy but wonderful 3k walk to the top of K. Return via Knockmoyle and the northern side of Coomavoher. Allow 6 hrs+

Notable tracks incl. track/1969, track/2833 and track/3622. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/147/comment/4907/

Knocknagantee can be reached as part of a circuit of Coomavoher or as described by csd. The end of a track is shown to the left of a white post in the foreground of the picture which was taken from SW of the summit. This track can be reached from roads to the east.

Knocknagantee sticks out like the prow of a ship heading south. An impressive southern marker of the flat boggy plateau to the north of it. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/147/comment/1940/

Knocknagantee - East Ridge (On the right) with Kenmare Bay and Beara Peninsula beyond. This photograph was taken north of Lough Coomanassig (O.S. Map 78: V675737 D) which is at the base of the East Ridge. Lough Coomanassig feeds via a spectacular waterfall into the larger Eagle's Lake located at the base of the south-east facing side of Knocknagantee. The summit of Knocknagantee is about 650 metres southwest from the top of the ridge. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/147/comment/2088/

Great walking in the area with the great weather last weekend! We started up the road/track from the farmyard in Gloragh then cut off east to the base of Eagles Lough, up the LHS of the waterfall & kept left of Lough Coomanassig heading straight out the back of the coom before swinging west then south-west to the flatish summit marked by a stone pyramid (man made!). Descended via the farmers road which isn't far WNW from the summit.

PS - mountain known locally as Coomanassig or Coomassig in case you're looking for directions from Sneem. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/147/comment/3802/

Knocknagantee and Coomnacronia are two of the bedposts of the sagging mattress which is the upland bounded by them, Knockmoyle and Coomura to the north. A wild, remote spot made more difficult by a number of barbed wire fences.
One place to get a fine view of the cliffs of Knocknagantee is from the steep ground SW of Coomnacronia which is about 1km to the east, over Eagles Lough. Unusually the bigger cliffs of Knocknagantee, some 350m high, face east or south-east which you can see extending right from the top in the picture.
On the extreme right of the photo, Lough Coomanassig is just visible, though it is better seen in peterkerry's exciting picture. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/147/comment/6312/

Access to Knocknagantee is slightly tricky - follow the instructions in "Best Walks" to the letter and you will eventually end up at the farm near 669 712 E. If your car is in any way low slung, you'll need to take it very gently! The route itself is fairly straightforward, a circuit of Eagles Lough, Lough Coomanassig, and the summit of Knocknagantee itself. Keep well to the left of the waterfall on the way up to Coomanassig - the spray can make things quite slippy. Pick up the farm track on the way down off the summit (head west) - note that the track extends much further NNW than is shown on the OS map. Photo shows Knocknagantee from the eastern shore of Eagle's Lough. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/147/comment/504/