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Sheep Island: My Left Foot

Island Comment Pepe 2 weeks ago
A view of the human foot-shaped island of Carrickanine with its remarkable resemblance to one of Pepe's feet after a day out trekking barefoot in the mud. The photo was taken from the shady s...

Way up Cloghnagaune from the SE.

Track 5270 simon3 11 hours ago
This is one way up from the SE. It is relatively straightforward as can be seen from the track. Unlike other rou... walk, Len: 1.3km, Climb: 17m, Area: Cloghnagaune, Wicklow (Ireland) Cloghnaga||

White Hill: Summit of the Wicklow Way

Summit Comment hibby 2 weeks ago
I imagine most visitors to White Hill are just passing through on their way somewhere else. Today on St Patrick's Day there was no shortage of visitors, enduring a cold wind blowing across th...

Robber's Pass Hill: 3 candidate high points

Summit Comment hibby 2 weeks ago
Out for a walk over White Hill to Djouce - first order of business was to find and summit Robber's Pass Hill. I will admit in all my years walking in Wicklow I had never heard of Robber's Pas...

Tonlagee via Stoney Top.

Track 3796 simon3 6 days ago
Stoney Top view south.Annalecka BridgeThis walk starts from near Annalecka bridge where there is a limited amount... walk, Len: 14.4km, Climb: 659m, Area: Stoney Top, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) St||

Carrickashane Mountain: Now has clear views, but its a short messy walk

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: hibby 2 weeks ago
Park at T0854386765 on the Military Road. Follow the track uphill SW (signed for the Wicklow Way) for some 900m and then to the top. The forestry, previously on the left, is now completely go...

Laragh Free Car Park, Paddock, Trooperstown, Jackson's Falls

Track 5269 simon3 a week ago
An interesting route combining various less well known paths to reach Paddock Hill and Trooperstown. walk, Len: 14.1km, Climb: 538m, Area: Trooperstown Hill, Wicklow (Ireland) Tr||

Knockree: Wicklow Way Easy Access

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a week ago
The Wicklow Way passes over the western and southern flanks of this hill and can be used to provide access to the summit from either side. It is a pleasant walk, with good views when there is...

Silvermines Hydro Project

Forum: General Bunsen7 3 weeks ago
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0307/1500751-650m-silvermines-hydro-project-before-an-bord-pleanala/

Carrickashane Mountain: Mountain hut

Summit Comment hibby 2 weeks ago
The walk along the Wicklow Way from T08543 86765 is very agreeable, sloping gently upwards on a well-made forest track with some amazing views across the valley towards Slieve Maan and the Lu...

Sheep Island: Island Names

Island Comment Pepe 2 weeks ago
Going by Gerald Geoffrey Spencer's excellent "30 Year Study of the East Waterford Coast", the outermost of the two Sheep Islands is known as Vales Island. The large boot-shaped isle alongside...

Knocksink after 2025 Storm Éowyn - Important Change.

Track 5268 simon3 a week ago
If you study the route through Knocksink such as track/4029, you will see that in the western, upper reaches of the val walk, Len: 3.2km, Climb: 19m, Area: Dublin (Ireland) ||
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Nephin Begs Area   Cen: Nephin Beg Subarea
Place count in area: 28, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 23, 30, 31, CBW, EW-ACC, EW-WNN, EW-WNS 
Highest place: Slieve Carr, 721m
Maximum height for area: 721 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 646 metres,

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Nephin Beg Mountain Néifinn Bheag A name in Irish, also Corr na gCapall an extra EastWest name in Irish (Ir. Néifinn Bheag [OSI], poss. 'little sanctuary' [PDT]) Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, White quartzites, semi-pelitic schists Bedrock

Height: 627m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 23 Grid Reference: F93196 10223
Place visited by 163 members. Recently by: orlaithfitz, tonio22, Aidan_Ennis, discovering_dann, benjimann9, RosieMc, Haulie, Jimmy600leavey, rhw, poopoobasto, Carolyn105, ToughSoles, srr45, Sonyalaw, abeach
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Longitude: -9.630642, Latitude: 54.030188 , Easting: 93196, Northing: 310223 Prominence: 365m,  Isolation: 2km
ITM: 493170 810230,   GPS IDs, 6 char: NphnBg, 10 char: Nephin Beg
Bedrock type: White quartzites, semi-pelitic schists, (Srahmore Quartzite and Schist Member)

Oddly, Nephin Beg is some distance from Nephin and there are other intervening mountains between them. Why it is so named is, therefore, something of a mystery, unless it too was a sanctuary. For origin of name, see Nephin. Walks: for a route to the summit from the SE, see Whilde & Simms, New Irish Walk Guide - West and North, 71.   Nephin Beg is the 247th highest place in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Nephin Beg (<i>Néifinn Bheag</i>) in area Nephin Begs, Ireland
Picture: The beginning of the trail,behind the fog Nephin was waiting for us		  
Nephin
by eiremountains  11 Apr 2022
We did this route on the 19/08/2020 during Storm Ellen, not the best day to do so.

We parked up north, and started following a path, that disappeared, continued following along the gap where the river is born till half of it, where we tried to find the actual path till we found it. Weather was that bad we rush and completed the horseshoe as fast as we could. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/233/comment/23478/
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