To the start of walk: Leave Sligo on the N16 road to Manorhamilton. Take the well signposted turn left for Glencar Waterfall. Follow this road until you come to a small parking area by the side of the lake , just before the Waterfall car park. You will know you are at the right place if you can see a green roofed boat shed ahead of you. There is also a road opposite with a yellow walking marker pointing up this road.
Folow this road as it snakes and bends through a mature coillte forest. Try not to look down to the right as the road climbs as this beautiful forest is being destroyed by illegal dumping. Ignore any turn to the left. You will come to a pair of gates. If you want to shorten the walk there is limited parking here. You are now at the start of what is called the Dooneens Walk and you will see one of many information signs regarding same on the left. Follow this path up the hill until you come to a turn to the right ( signposted Dooneens walk). Take this and continue past a picknic table. On a clear day you should see the mast on Truskmore straight ahead. You will also pass the memorial to Frank Finn, a famous singer from Sligo, who passed away while walking there.
After this you will come to the end of the Dooneens Walk (G:76099:45078). Again, there is an information sign here. If you stand facing the sign, Truskmore is straight ahead ( 6 degrees West of North on a bearing of 354 degrees magnetic). You could walk across open ground between the two high mounds straight ahead but you would find yourself with a difficult climb over two ridges. If you look at the sign it shows three mounds (you can only see two from here. The third one is hidden to the left of these two). Still facing the sign what looks like an overgrown tractor track contines on your left for about 100 or so metres. Go to the end of this track and look back over to the mounds and you will now see the third mound. To get to Truskmore you should head up to the left of this mound. Eventually you will come up onto the service road to Truskmore(G:75373:46485). Go right and follow this road up to the summit. The Sligo trig is behind the Mast complex perimeter on the left hand side(G:74391:46825). Make your way back past the Mast complex on a grid bearing 120 degrees for about 500m to arrive at the Leitrim summit cairn ( G:76312:47096). Retrace your steps and go back down the service road until you come to a cattle grid (G:75373:46485). This is your place to turn left and head back down the mountain to the Dooneens walk.
The walk is almost 14 Km and took us overall 4 hours and 15 minutes, of which 3 hours were walking (4.2 km per hour average). Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/201/comment/19934/