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Achill & Corraun Area   N: Slievemore Subarea
Place count in area: 16, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 30, CBW, EW-ACC, EW-ACC 
Highest place:
Croaghaun, 688m
Maximum height for area: 688 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 688 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Slievemore Mountain Achill Island Island An Sliabh Mór A name in Irish, also Binn Ghorm an extra EastWest name in Irish (Ir. An Sliabh Mór [GE], 'the big mountain') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Psammitic and semi-pelitic schists Bedrock

Reachable "On Foot " Y
Height: 671m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 22/30 Grid Reference: F65034 08669
Place visited by 345 members. Recently by: LorraineG60, MichaelG55, colinpurcell, compassman, chelman7, DeirdreM, Aidan_Ennis, Marykerry, discovering_dann, maryblewitt, Dee68, garybuz, Paddym99, Liamob, conorjob
Island visited by 578 members.
I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)   I have visited Achill Island: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)

Longitude: -10.059508, Latitude: 54.009677 , Easting: 65034, Northing: 308669 Prominence: 582m,  Isolation: 3.2km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 465010 808680,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Slvmr, 10 char: Slievemore
Bedrock type: Psammitic and semi-pelitic schists, (Slievemore Psammitic Formation)

For a walk visiting the deserted village and megalithic tomb on the S side of Slievemore, see Siúlóidí Acla, walk E.   Slievemore is the second highest mountain in the Achill & Corraun area and the 160th highest in Ireland. Slievemore is the most northerly summit in the Achill & Corraun area.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slievemore (<i>An Sliabh Mór</i>) in area Achill & Corraun, Ireland
Picture: Slievemore rising above Doogort
 
Achill's conical, stand-alone coastal peak with stunning vistas.
Short Summary created by markmjcampion, simon3, wicklore, scapania  14 Sep 2023
Slievemore is a v distinctive, almost conical peak in the N of Achill Island. It's a steep-sided mix of grass and rock with no major difficulties although parts of the sharp ridge overlook plummeting cliffs, which could prove dangerous in bad weather. There are potentially magnificent views of Croaghan, the Inishkea islands and Belmullet peninsula, the Nephins and all the hills south to Mweelrea.

E. Park near the trail head at F67060 08874 starA [You could also begin by walking from the end of the beach at F67603 08973 starB giving fine views of the hill before you asend] Despite the track being intermittent, the way up is as obvious as it is steep but it's more steady than exhausting. Once off the road, head for the base of the obvious ridge to the S of the corrie and follow the heathery, rocky ridge until, after 650m of climbing, the summit ridge is reached. The trig point is about 200m to the W.Allow around 90 mins.
Either double back or continue on to the col at F62480 07392 starC before taking a lower trail back towards the start. You will pass the Deserted Village at F63190 07287 starD in doing so.
Another finish which would need 2 cars would be to continue along over Cornaclea and Croaghan, finishing in the vicinity of F56103 04465 starE...see track/2876 for details of this 19k route.

S. Start from around F63994 07088 starF and head approx. N until you reach the ridge to the west of Slievemore. Then follow the ridge eastwards to the top. [2 hrs max]

Notable tracks incl. track/2745 and track/3363 Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/153/comment/4913/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slievemore (<i>An Sliabh Mór</i>) in area Achill & Corraun, Ireland
Picture: The highest theft in Ireland?
wicklore on Slievemore, 2009
by wicklore  23 Mar 2009
simon3 shows the gold bauble on the trig pillar of Slievemore in his picture taken in March '08. Then Peter Walker refers to it in his post of October '08. Alas let me be the bearer of bad news-this photo, taken last week, shows the top half of the bauble missing. I doubt if it blew off. Judging by the graffiti covering the trig pillar, (and graffiti covering the bauble in simon3's picture) maybe it was only ever going to last a short while. A nice thought and effort from someone to put it there, and the usual human need for destruction displayed here too. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/153/comment/3679/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slievemore (<i>An Sliabh Mór</i>) in area Achill & Corraun, Ireland
Picture: The classic view of Slievemore
 
A thing of beauty
by paulocon  17 Jan 2013
Was lucky enough to spend a week down in Achill at the foot of Slievemore and took a few walks up this beautiful mountain. I completely fell in love with it and the surrounding landscape. For me, the only place to start the walk is at the far end of Sliver Strand in Dugort so you can enjoy that remarkable view along the strand and up to Slievemore towering over the beach. The route has been described already here and the climb, though steep, isn't overly challenging. Highly recommend dropping down the other side to the Deserted Village.

If anyone is interested, doing a series of articles on the 'Iconic Mountains of Ireland' and I featured Slievemore in the most recent one. You can see it at: http://www.walkingandhikingireland.com/walking-irelands-iconic-mountains-number-4-slievemore/ Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/153/comment/14905/
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PadraigC on Slievemore, 2006
by PadraigC  4 May 2006
Traversing Slievemore from east to west must be one of the best ridge walks in Ireland. It is a fairly easy walk with tremendous views so the return on investment is great. With its position out on the west coast, the views north and south along the coast are very extensive. Perhaps Myles na Gopaleen had these views in mind when he wrote:

"Ag feachaint duit amach fuinneóg na láimhe deise, b'shiúd thíos uaith dúthaí mhaol ocrach na Rosann agus Gaoth Dobhair, Cnoc Fola thall agus Oileán Thoraigh amuí ag snámh mar luing mhór, abhfad i gcéin go taidhbhseach san mball a thig an spéir le fairge. Ag féachaint amach an doras duit, chífeá iarthar Chondae na Gaillimhe, slios mhaith de charraigreacha Chonamara agus amuí uait i bhfairge, Árainn Mhór, na tithe beaga geala i gCill Rónáin soiléir so-fheicse dá mbéadh an radharc go géar agat agus lá samhraidh ann. Ón fhuinneóig chlí chífeá an Blascaod Mór go lom doicheallach mar bheadh eascú uabhásach neá-shaolta ann, 'na luí go tláith ar bharr na dtonn; an Daingean abhus, na tithe ann cruinithe go dlúth le chéile." Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/153/comment/2332/
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Picture: The Easter Egg of Slievemore
simon3 on Slievemore, 2008
by simon3  26 Mar 2008
Paddy Dillon [The Mountains of Ireland] includes Slievemore in a walk that goes over the Croughans and certainly that would be perfectly possible, however so far all of the contributors here as of March 2008 have described routes with just Slievemore as the target. One way to do it is to start from near the "Deserted Village" a line of decrepti stone built houses, now lacking roofs, which were abandoned around 1850.

Near there we met an interesting farmer who told us a bit about the area. At present Slievemore is owned by 557 people and is very much commonage. Around F 6382 0833 starG (open to correction) there is a large white rock. From here, in penal times, a watch would be kept for the movement of the authorities. Mass was said in the Keem valley and warning could be given from this rock.

The photo shows the trig pillar as it is today, decorated with a firmly attached golden ball which must have appeared in the last year since Grayarea's pic of 2007 doesn't show it. What is the purpose of this giant bauble? My thoughts have ranged from a prankish gold painted buoy , through New Age replacement for the Mass to geophysical experiment. I haven't ruled out alien eggs either. Definitely a superior treatment of the largely redundant trig pillar, the species which have fared well as in the white painted one on Sugar Loaf near Glengarriff to cast down and broken as in Carnmore. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/153/comment/3019/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slievemore (<i>An Sliabh Mór</i>) in area Achill & Corraun, Ireland
Picture: Eastern Ridge
 
What an Island Gem
by srr45  2 Jan 2024
From Dugort Beach this is truly a superb climb up the eastern ridge with spectacular views of mayo and beyond. Definitely pick a good day with little wind and good visibility to enjoy this magnificent island beast. 2 hours up and back. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/153/comment/24110/
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