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Sea Hill: Surprisingly good sea views from this hill

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
Parked at 515997 with plenty of parking and followed mucky track to end at field. Then I headed south west through two fields to 516991 where there is mucky track to brow of hill. At this poi...

Easy walk, with nice views towards Eagle Island

Track 4839 eamonoc 2 days ago
walk, Len: 1.5km, Climb: 16m, Area: Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland) ||

Beenbane: Borreen to heaven

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
Parked at 467988 at end of lane. Followed narrow borreen into field and crossed over this to fence. Climb over and through the gate to non descript high point with great views of the cliffs n...

Glan Mountain: A Glan rocker......

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
Parked at 546993 and walked up track to base of hill. Crossed fence and headed up short slope. Ground here and on summit is a mixture of gorse, burnt gorse and bog. No marker for summit in fl...

Slieve Fyagh: Gaiter day out

Summit Comment eamonoc 3 days ago
Fairly wet underfoot on this One

Typical wet North Mayo Coastal Hill

Track 4838 eamonoc 3 days ago
walk, Len: 2.1km, Climb: 85m, Area: Illanbaun Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland)...

Kilcommon from the west

Track 4840 eamonoc 2 days ago
walk, Len: 1.7km, Climb: 46m, Area: Kilcommon Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland)...

Carrigshouk: Lovely loop

Summit Comment 500plusclub a week ago
Lovely loop up one side and down the other . On a clear day you have a great view north and south.

Bweengduff: The Shiddy Way?

Summit Comment Colin Murphy a week ago
This isn't a particularly interesting hill, although after a prolonged rainy period, I did see multiple gushing streams on my walk, some of them having flooded sections of the forest track. T...

A Cone with a view

Track 4837 eamonoc 3 days ago
walk, Len: 3.2km, Climb: 130m, Area: Cone Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland) Con...

Bweengduff: A good forest road to access this summit

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
Park at a forest entrance W46444 88741, room for 5 cars. Follow the track into the forest , along the Duhallow way, taking the second left, then the first right, then second left then first r...

Seefin East Top: An easy bog trot.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
This is an easy walk starting from the large carpark at W34900 86100 and following the track (which is show as part of the Dulhallow way on the Discovery map) past bog works and the access ro...
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Iveragh NW Area   N: Knocknadobar Subarea
Place count in area: 18, OSI/LPS Maps: 83, 84 
Highest place: Knocknadobar, 690m
Maximum height for area: 690 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 565 metres,

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Kells Mountain East Top Mountain Sliabh na gCeall (mullach thoir) A name in Irish For origin of name, see Kells Mountain. Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin Beg, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Purple sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 612m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 83 Grid Reference: V53633 86031
Place visited by 105 members. Recently by: Beti13, Moses, Hjonna, mrfleetfoot, nevgeoran, glencree, Clairo36, a3642278, John.geary, nickywood, nupat, Sweeney, geohappy, annem, markmjcampion
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Longitude: -10.132323, Latitude: 52.007509 , Easting: 53633, Northing: 86031 Prominence: 27m,  Isolation: 0.8km
ITM: 453615 586090,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Kls612, 10 char: KlsMntnEst
Bedrock type: Purple sandstone & siltstone, (Ballinskelligs Sandstone Formation)

This is the last peak on the ridge at the other end from Knocknadobar. It overlooks Kells and Roads Lough.   Kells Mountain East Top is the third highest mountain in the Iveragh NW area and the 264th highest in Ireland. Kells Mountain East Top is the most northerly summit and also the most easterly in the Iveragh NW area.
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Steep but rewarding ascent .. by group   (Show all for Kells Mountain East Top (Sliabh na gCeall (mullach thoir)))
 
This is the last top(612) on the Knocknadober rid .. by osullivanm   (Show all for Kells Mountain East Top (Sliabh na gCeall (mullach thoir)))
 
Scrambling route on NNE spur .. by markmjcampion   (Show all for Kells Mountain East Top (Sliabh na gCeall (mullach thoir)))
 
Great hike up Kells East
by BillWatson  8 Nov 2018
Three of us climbed this. My nephew cooled off in Roads Lough on the way up. The weather was nearly perfect. It was steep but manageable. This is my first entry on MV. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/251/comment/20202/
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