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Dunkerron Mountains Area   NE: Knocknagapple Subarea
Place count in area: 65, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 83, 84, 85, EW-KNP, EW-R 
Highest place:
Stumpa Dúloigh, 784m
Maximum height for area: 784 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 528 metres,

Places in area Dunkerron Mountains:
Knocknagantee Near West Top 628m
Cen: An Bheann Mhór:   An Bheann Mhór 674.7mAn Bhinn Láir 514mCoomcallee 648.9mBeann na Stiocairí 673.1mCoomnahorna 590mGlanbeg 485.8mSlievenashaska 578mSlievenashaska South Top 565.4m
Cen: Knocknagantee:   Knockmoyle 682.1mFinnararagh 667mCnoc Breasail 591mKnocknagantee 674.3mKnocknagantee West Top 553mCoomnacronia 636mCoomura Mountain 666m
Cen: Mullaghanattin:   An Cnoc Riabhach 534mBeann 752mBeann Far SW Top 636.2mBeann NE Top 692mBeann South Top 639mBeann SW Top 657mSallagh 570mMullaghanattin 773mMullaghanattin East Top 594mSallagh South-West Top 543m
E: Kenmare:   Gortamullin 205mKnockanaskill 356mLetter South 362m
N: Knocknacusha:   Knocknacusha 547m
NE: Knocknabreeda Ridge:   Crossderry 489mKnocknabreeda 569mMothaillín 506m
NE: Knocknagapple:   Bascadh 595mBascadh West Top 569mBoughil 631mCnoc na gCapall 639mKnocklomena 641m
NE: Stumpa Dúloigh:   Broaghnabinnia 745mKnockaunanattin 569mKnockaunanattin West Top 466.1mStumpa Dúloigh 784mStumpa Dúloigh SE Top 780mStumpa Dúloigh SW Top 663m
SW: Caherdaniel:   Farraniaragh Mountain 468mEagle Hill 155mReenearagh 162mBeenarourke 304mKnocknasullig 117mCahernageeha Mountain 498.7m
SW: Coad ( Castle Cove ):   Beenrour 418mEagles Hill 549mMullaghbeg 509m
SW: Coomduff:   Coomduff 244m
SW: Deenish:   Deenish Island (2) 144m
SW: Esknaloughoge:   Esknaloughoge 416mEsknaloughoge North Top 420m
SW: Scarriff:   Scarriff Island 252m
SW: Sneem:   An Bheann Mhór 309.3mDereenavurrig Hill 261mKnockanamadane 270mKnocknafreaghane 316.5mKnocknagullion 413m
SW: Staigue:   Staigue Top 459mStaigue NE Top 435m

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Boughil Mountain Buachaill Finnleithid A name in Irish (Ir. Buachaill Finnleithid [OSI], 'cowherd of Finlehid') Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Green sandstone & purple siltstone Bedrock

Height: 631m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78 Grid Reference: V84191 76497
Place visited by 169 members. Recently by: Sweeney, StJohn, orlaithfitz, SeanPurcell, Jai-mckinney, Oscar-mckinney, bowler, Carolyn105, DeirdreM, Aidan_Ennis, discovering_dann, Ianhhill, rhw, maoris, ToughSoles
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Longitude: -9.684318, Latitude: 51.929077 , Easting: 84191, Northing: 76497 Prominence: 86m,  Isolation: 0.8km
ITM: 484166 576558,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Bghl, 10 char: Boughil
Bedrock type: Green sandstone & purple siltstone, (Glenflesk Chloritic Sandstone Formation)

The mountain is described in c. 1750 by the anonymous author of 'A History of Kerry' (Royal Irish Academy MS 24K43) as Sliavfionleahid, a spacious good mountain in the barony of Dunkieron but more remarkable for the report of having a cowboy or herd on it that never eats, drinks or sleeps, but still found standing, taking a view of the numerous flocks of cattle on said mountain. This is in truth but a stone standing of an end on a place from which there is a full prospect of the rest of said mountain, and att a distance seems to some going by, to be a man, as being much of that shape and size, and is called Buachaill Finnleithid, meaning the aforesaid herd (quoted in TH iv, 29, see also 31). Derreenfinlehid is a townland on the road from Moll’s Gap to Sneem. Kerry’s Buachaill has a number of Irish companions and at least two Scottish ones in Glen Coe, the well-known peaks Buachaille Etive Mòr and Buachaille Etive Beag.   Boughil is the 238th highest place in Ireland.

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East end of group of four with classic coum and l .. by group   (Show all for Boughil (Buachaill Finnleithid))
 
I set out to climb Boughil on a cold December day .. by jackill   (Show all for Boughil (Buachaill Finnleithid))
 
Ah, the novelty of daylight past 10pm. Hopped in .. by SDillmore   (Show all for Boughil (Buachaill Finnleithid))
 
First of a chain of 4 summits extending west to K .. by milo   (Show all for Boughil (Buachaill Finnleithid))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Boughil (<i>Buachaill Finnleithid</i>) in area Dunkerron Mountains, Ireland
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dbloke on Boughil, 2009
by dbloke  16 Feb 2009
Blimey Boughil puts up a good fight! It may be small, but like Peakeen it's very rocky. Except unlike Peakeen it's steeper and rockier. And at this time of year the rocks are wet and slippery. If Peakeen and Boughil were ski slopes, Peakeen would be a nice blue whereas Boughil would be a nasty ungroomed red. There's also a lot of fence hopping involved to get to the top and then over to Cnoc na gCapall. If you come back the same way you have to hop them all again. On a dry day you could have hours of fun finding scrambling routes up here. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/227/comment/3594/
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Just to show ye that it can be sunny up there too .. by Conor74   (Show all for Boughil (Buachaill Finnleithid))
 
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