johnvbrennan on Drung Hill

I followed the same route up to Drung Hill as Roadie. Parked the car on a small byroad (ref Drung Lby (V616 888)), just off the N70 (Glenbeigh to Caherciveen road). After leaving the car, we initially walked south east for about 0.25km and picked up the Kerry Way at D (V619 887). This part of the Kerry way follows along by the coastline and it's not long before you are looking down on Rossbeigh beach, Inch strand and Dingle Bay. We approached Drung hill from the western side. While it's not very high it is pretty steep for the last 10 minutes before you reach the trig point and it certainly got the pulse going. I was very fortunate to have a very clear, sunny spring day for this walk which consisted of Been Hill, Beann Mor, Mullaghnarakill, Coomacarrea Tooth, TeerMoyle, Coomacarrea and Meentog. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/211/comment/2158/

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riverlaune on Drung Hill

I climbed Drung Hill for the first time on 16/1/10 on a beautiful frosty morning! I parked the car just off the N70(ref. Drung Lby (V61719 88788)) on a small byroad and followed the sign for the Kerry Way for a 100m or so. Then I picked up the Kerry Way at ref. E (V61886 88707), just past a small cottage and headed upward towards Drung Hill. There are many gates to pass through but eventually you come to a gate at F (V60738 88728) with a sheepwire fence that heads in the general direction of the summit. I followed this fence as far as it went and then scrambled up rock hard heather to a small plateau, with a further 30 minutes or so climb to the summit! There is a cairn and a trig. point at the top. My GPS(a new toy for Christmas - SatMap!) gave the trig. point at G (V60272 87800) - which corresponds to Simon's mountain list! From Drung Hill I walked the ridge to Beenmore(660m) but ran out of time for Been Hill(651m). I took a different route back to the car which involved following a sheep wire fence down the mountain starting on the ridge between Drung Hill and Beenmore. I would not do this again as I was hanging off it most of the way down and shredded my gloves in the process! I then picked up the Kerry way back to the car. The walk unbelievably took 6 hours at a leisurely pace and I saw only one person all day and that was on the Kerry Way! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/211/comment/4387/

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Cnoc Droinge

Drung presents a pleasing conical appearance as one approaches from the north east. Easily accessible off the Ring of Kerry road a few miles south of Glenbeigh. Park along the old road that parallels the new road and join the Kerry Way at H (V618 886) following the very scenic 'Mountain Stage' to the top of the pass. From here swing up the slope for a steep, but pretty dry ascent. Due to its height at 2100 ft and prominence, its views across Dingle Bay are hard to beat. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/211/comment/6635/

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roadie on Drung Hill

My wife and I are heading for our mid-forties but we are very active and since last year we have taken to hill-walkingmountain climbing. We have a holiday home on the Iveragh Penin. and recently we decided to tackle Drung Hill and continue along the horseshoe ridge to finish up at Coomasahran lakeshore. We set out at 10am in generally good weather conditions (high cloud, sunny spells and light winds). To get onto the mountain we had to walk along a narrow boreen for a half-mile then turn right into a field and follow upward to where the heather started at the base of the mountain. From here on it was generally an easy climb following a slight pathway up the edge of the mountain until the steep final quarter- mile to the summit. Once there the view was spectacular: across Dingle Bay, the Blaskets, Rossbeigh Beach, Caherciveen and the other numerous mountains in the area. We began to continue our walk to Beenmore but the weather changed dramatically and with reduced visibility we decided to play it safely and return to Drung Hill and descend.What we did was a great experience and when the weather permits we will return to complete the horseshoe another day. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/211/comment/636/

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simon3 on Drung Hill

Lit by reddening evening sun, Drung affords views north towards the beach at Rossbeigh. As Roadie says in another comment, there's views towards Cahirsiveen and much of the Dingle Peninisula. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/211/comment/1918/

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