Muckish, An Mhucais 667.1m mountain, Derryveagh Mountains N: Muckish Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Derryveagh Mountains Area N: Muckish Subarea

Place count in area: 38, OSI/LPS Maps: 1, 11, 2, 6
Highest place:

Errigal, 751m
Maximum height for area: 751 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 688 metres,

Places in area Derryveagh Mountains:
Cen: Dooish:

Dooish 651.5m

Dooish SW Top 528m

Dooish SE Top 553.9m

Saggartnadooish 506.4m

Saggartnadooish East Top 478.9m
Cen: Errigal:

Errigal 751m

Mackoght 555m
Cen: Glenveagh Upper:

Crockfadda 485m

Crockfadda East Top 454m

Crockballaghgeeha 480m

Crockmulroney 430m

Staghall Mountain 486m

Croaghnasaggart 480m

Maumlack 480m
Cen: Lough Keel (Meencorwick):

Crocknafarragh SE Top 470m
Cen: Slieve Snaght:

Crockfadda 529m

Crockfadda NE Top 502m

Crocknasharragh 495m

Drumnalifferny Far NE Top 535m

Bingorms 578m

Drumnalifferny Mountain 596m

Drumnalifferny Mountain NE Top 585m

Slieve Snaght 678m
N: Aghla:

Aghla Beg 563.9m

Aghla Beg South Top 602.3m

Aghla More 581.2m

Ardloughnabrackbaddy 472.5m

Crocknalaragagh 470.6m
N: Muckish:

Muckish 667.1m

Croaghaderry 222m

Crockawama 238m

Derryreel 232m
S: Doochary:

Croaghleconnell 266m
S: Dungloe:

Crovehy 315m

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

Muckish Mountain An Mhucais A name in Irish (Ir. An Mhucais [DUPN], 'the pig back/ridge') Donegal County in Ulster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Whitish quarztite with pebble beds Bedrock

Height: 667.1m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 2 Grid Reference: C00448 28709
Place visited by 500 members. Recently by: CaminoPat, Bunsen7, lukem07, therealcrow, dolan931, NomisAstro, davidrenshaw, MeabhTiernan, Sperrinwalker, mickhowley, orlaithfitz, rosduke, bowler, markwallace, compassman
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Longitude: -7.993765, Latitude: 55.105634 , Easting: 200448, Northing: 428709 Prominence: 523.08m, Isolation: 3.2km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 600397 928691, GPS IDs, 6 char: Mcksh, 10 char: Muckish
Bedrock type: Whitish quarztite with pebble beds, (Ards Quartzite Formation)

So named from a fancied resemblance according to Joyce. The mountain does indeed have the shape of a pig's back, with a curve before a steep downward drop on the S side. A quarry on the N side of the mountain was used to extract high-grade quartz sand for optical glass. An Mhucais is the third highest mountain in the Derryveagh Mountains area and the 165th highest in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/163/

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Muckish is an incredibly distinct mountain and on .. by gerrym (Show all for Muckish (An Mhucais))

I really enjoyed this mountain. I've been past it .. by dino (Show all for Muckish (An Mhucais))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Muckish (<i>An Mhucais</i>) in area Derryveagh Mountains, Ireland

Picture: Cross on top of Muckish

marty1133 on Muckish, 2008

by marty1133 29 Dec 2008

Did this walk on a fine sunny Sunday morning, approached mounatin from the Miner path side and parked at the Mine itself (998292 star

A). When arrived at mountain a fierce gale was blowing down the cliff face, which made the accent up the steep Miner path pretty hairy (Almost dropped my GPS !). When arrived at top after about 50 mins of steep climbing it was pretty cloudy, but the cloudy did part for a fiew moments to allow me to take some great pics. Descended down the gentle West slope of Mountain down to (989291 star

B) and then followed the North face of the mountain back around to the car. 3.4 miles and 2hrs 45 mins. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday at all ! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/163/comment/3489/

Brilliant Experience .. by Aidy (Show all for Muckish (An Mhucais))

Very enjoyable in winter. When looking from botto .. by billycunns (Show all for Muckish (An Mhucais))

Attempted to climb Muckish last week and had to a .. by dmcdevitt (Show all for Muckish (An Mhucais))

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