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Mount Battock: Long wet trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh a few minutes ago
Parked to south at phone box near a bridge and followed permissive path through the large estate. There was much evidence of grouse shooting as the stone hides perminated the landscape the whole w...

Mournes: Slievelamagan, Cove Mountain & Slieve Beg

Track 4477 Onzy less than an hour ago
Route starting from Carrick Little, up Annalong Valley, over Slievelamagan, Cove Mountain and Slieve Beg, before desc... walk, Len: 20.5km, Climb: 784m, Area: Slievelamagan, Mourne Mountains (Ireland

Glen of the Downs route to Kilcoole.

Track 4474 jgfitz 5 hours ago
From the trail head, follow Three Trout stream southwards through Glen o'the Downs wood. Exit the wood by descending walk, Len: 13.8km, Climb: 251m, Area: Wicklow (Ireland)

Lettershanbally: New addition north of Leenaun

Summit Comment eamonoc 8 hours ago
New addition, out west. If heading towards Lennaun on the N59, turn right onto L51021 signposted Glencroff. Start ot where the western way intersects the road at L83410 60793. Follow the western w...

Carn an Tuirc: View from South West

Summit Comment Fergalh 4 days ago
The clouds rain and mist lifted suddenly just as we were descending. A pity it did not when we were at the summits!

Meall Odhar: Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 4 days ago
From Glas Maol we heeded down to the minor summit of Bathach Beag (not on mountainviews) intending a dog leg to take in Creag Leachach and Craig Leachach SW Top but the weather deteriorated too...

Glenbeg East: Along the ridge

Summit Comment bryanmccabe a day ago
The routes proposed by paddyhillsbagger and sandman are short and steep. If you want a longer and more gradual ascent, you can start in the vicinity of the parking area at M 0044 5977 and follo...

Glas Maol: View from North East

Summit Comment Fergalh 4 days ago
It is said that this circuit has some of the easiest munros to bag, With the weather we had that day it was not but in fairness on a good day it would appear very straightforward. The only prob...

Glas Maol: Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 4 days ago
From Cairn Of Claise we zigzaged in a roughly South west direction along the county borders. This was grassy land and despite rain pouring down on us was reasonable enough to walk on. We follow...

Cairn of Claise: Wet trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 4 days ago
From Carn an Tuirc we headed east to a small cairn (Carn an Turc SE Top in essence) and than a short drop to the col. Than we headed up through the mist to the Cairn of Claise which is another ...

Carn an Tuirc: Short climb to summit from track

Summit Comment Fergalh 4 days ago
Parked on The A93 to the North west in large car park near a bridge. Followed a footpath south east alongside a small stream before we headed North east to climb alongside another stream. The s...

Brimmond Hill: From the North

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
Here is the view from the summit of the minor hill halfway between Brimmond Hill and Elrick Hill
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Partry & Joyce Area   W: Devilsmother Subarea
Place count in area: 27, OSI/LPS Maps: 37, 38, CBE, MSW 
Highest place: Maumtrasna, 682m
Maximum height for area: 682 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 607 metres,

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Devilsmother Mountain Binn Gharbh A name in Irish (Ir. Binn Gharbh [TR], 'rough peak') Galway/ Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Sandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite Bedrock

Height: 645m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L91568 62447
Place visited by 211 members. Recently by: Cathal-Kelly, OisinD, upper, No1Grumbler, obrien116, pcost, marcel, jrpcalvert, padstowe, LauraG, nevgeoran, Aciddrinker, justynagru, abcd, gernee
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Longitude: -9.638619, Latitude: 53.600824 , Easting: 91568, Northing: 262447 Prominence: 280m,  Isolation: 0.8km
ITM: 491544 762467,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Dvlsmt, 10 char: Dvlsmthr
Bedrock type: Sandstone & conglomerate, ignimbrite, (Mweelrea Formation)

An anglicised form of Binn Gharbh is found in some sources, e.g. Ben Garrif on Bald's map of Co. Mayo (1830) and Bengoriff on the map accompanying Knox's The history of the County of Mayo (1908). The Discovery map has Magairlí an Deamhain, 'the demon’s testicles', as the Irish name. This, however, appears originally to be the name of a knobbly ridge located north of the summit (see Devilsmother North Top), whereas Binn Gharbh applies to the hill as a whole. The English name Devilsmother appears to have some relationship with Magairlí an Deamhain, either being a euphemistic false translation or deriving from a variant name. The Caoránach, the female demon of Irish mythology, whom St. Patrick banishes to Lough Derg, is also known as the Devil's Mother, though there is no evidence to support a connection with this hill. For a road walk in Glannagevlagh, see Walking in Connemara, 8.1.   Binn Gharbh is the second highest mountain in the Partry & Joyce area and the 207th highest in Ireland. Binn Gharbh is the most westerly summit in the Partry & Joyce area.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Devilsmother (<i>Binn Gharbh</i>) in area Partry & Joyce, Ireland
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Stunning descent
by Colin Murphy  30 May 2016
The ridge to the NW of Devilsmother makes for a stunningly scenic descent, as you can see from the pic, showing the innermost tip of Killary Harbour. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/202/comment/18544/
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