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Derrynasaggart Area , Cen: Knocknabro Subarea
Feature count in area: 24, by county: Kerry: 12, Cork: 14, of which 2 are in both Cork and Kerry, OSI/LPS Maps: 79
Highest Place: The Paps East 694m

Starting Places (28) in area Derrynasaggart:
Carrigallisy, Clonee, Dromiscane Castle, Fuhiry Wood, Garrane Bridge, Garries Bridge, Glannafreaghaun Lough N, Glannafreaghaun Lough S1, Glannafreaghaun Lough S2, Gortavehy Lough, Grousemount Wind Farm, Inchamore Woods N, Inchamore Woods W, Kippagh Lough, Knocknabro Wood, Knockullane, Liam Hegarty Monument, Loo River Junction, Lough Murtagh, Millstreet, Mullaghanish Transmitter Gate, Old Rail Level Crossing, Paps Walk S, River Roughty, Rossacroo na Loo Forest, Sillahertane Stream, The Mills Inn, Top of Coom

Summits & other features in area Derrynasaggart:
Cen: Knocknabro: Knocknabro East Top 530m, Knocknabro NE Top 535m, Knocknabro West Top 592m, Knocknagowan 574m
N: Caherbarnagh: Caherbarnagh 681m, Caherbarnagh East Top 549m, Caherbarnagh NW Top 668m, Claragh Mountain 452m, Curracahill 478m
SE: Mullaghanish: Ballyvouskill 401m, Knockacommeen 426m, Knockullane 462m, Knockullane East Top 408m, Mullaghanish 649m, Mullaghanish North-East Top 586.4m, Mullaghanish Far North-East Top 558.5m
SW: Coomagearlahy: Knockbwee 461m, Cummeenboy 442m, Coomagearlahy 506m, Coomagearlahy West Top 462m, Dereenaculling 303m
W: The Paps: Coolcurtoga 425m, The Paps East 694m, The Paps West 690m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Knocknabro West Top, 592m Mountain Cnoc na Breo (mullach thiar) A name in Irish,
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poss. Ir. Cnoc na Breo [PDT], ‘hill of the cut’, Kerry County in Munster province, in Arderin Lists, Knocknabro West Top is the 315th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference W15378 85392, OS 1:50k mapsheet 79
Place visited by: 75 members, recently by: JohnFinn, DeirdreM, maoris, farmerjoe1, garrettd, abcd, farmerjoe, NualaB, johncusack, a3642278, Denis-Barry, nupat, mountainmike, Ulsterpooka, Hillwalker65
I visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member for this.)
Longitude: -9.23329, Latitude: 52.014629, Easting: 115378, Northing: 85392, Prominence: 147m,  Isolation: 1.4km
ITM: 515344 585453
Bedrock type: Green sandstone & purple siltstone, (Glenflesk Chloritic Sandstone Formation)
Notes on name: This is the highest of the three tops of Knocknabro. The peak marked as Knocknabro on OSi maps is somewhat lower (530m) than this peak. The origin of the name is uncertain. John O’Donovan suggested Cnoc na Bró, ‘hill of the quern’, though without any explanation of the name. Another possibility is that the final element is the same as in Broemountain. In Welsh briw means ‘cut’ or ‘wound’. This may refer to the declivity between the two peaks which forms a pass between Rathmore to the N and the Clydagh Valley to the S. See also Broemountain, Inishnabro and Brow Head.
  Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Knc592, 10 char: KncknbWstT

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Summary for Knocknabro West Top (Cnoc na Breo (mullach thiar)): Drowning is never easy
Summary created by simon3, jackill 12 Dec, 2012
Start at the track to Shrone at Paps Walk S (W145 840) where there is room to park 4-5 cars. Follow the track for approx 600 mtrs and turn off it onto a track that is not marked on the map , it looks like the farmer has constructed it in the last few years. This track allows you to gain some height (100 mtrs approx.) before you strike out across open mountain(or should that be bog). The summit is gained by a hard slog over rutted ground with very wet conditions underfoot. The summit it self is marked only by a small pond.
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Picture: Looking West Towards The Paps and The Reeks
New A Surprisingly Pleasant Hike
by JohnFinn Sun 9 Feb
The Knocknabros West, North-East and East are relatively rarely visited in comparison to the more exciting options available nearby: the twin peaks of The Paps across the valley and Crohane a bit further up the road for instance, not to mention the other well known mountains in the greater Killarney area.

Why do the Knocknabros? To tick boxes, basically. Peak-baggers – those doing their Local 100 and the like – will have to include them in their list and approach them more out of a feeling of Getting Them Done than of any expectation of a memorable and pleasant hike, a place to visit once and never again.

Four of us set forth on a cold and frosty February morning with Track 3039, an 8km round trip taking in the West, North-East and East Knocknabros loaded on to our GPS devices.

The ascent to Knocknabro West was easy and the views across to The Paps and the broader countryside were magnificent on this sunny, calm day.

The summit of Knocknabro West – like the other Knocknabros – is unmarked by any trig-point or cairn, just a flat mound of grass. From there we made our way to the North-East and East Tops. It was easy walking – conditions underfoot were good with none of the wet and boggy terrain reported by others. It would presumably be another story after a period of heavy rain.

The most difficult part of the route was the way back to the higher ground after leaving East Top. The heather here was higher and thicker than on the other sections and there were numerous bog holes hidden in the undergrowth. It was a slow slog.

Another problem on the descent back to the valley was that a few fences – some with barbed-wire – had to be negotiated. Stiles were absent (not unexpectedly given that this is not a much-visited area) and so it took some undignified manoeuvring – especially for those of us not in the first blush of youth – to get over them. A helping hand or shoulder proved very welcome in that regard. Beware if you are doing it solo.

We were surprised at how pleasant the overall trek was: great weather conditions, superb views and easy walking for the most part. There are other hills that I would have no desire ever again to visit but not the Knocknabros. They deserve a bit more love than they have received. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/292/comment/24379/
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Picture: A Pap from Knocknabro
jackill on Knocknabro West Top
by jackill 3 Oct 2005
I seldom say this, but I am glad that having been here I don't have to go back. I started at the track to Shrone at A (W840 145) where there is room to park 4-5 cars. I followed the track for approx 600 mtrs and turned off it onto a track that is not marked on the map , it looks like the farmer has constructed it in the last few years. This track allowed me to gain some height (100 mtrs approx.) before I struck out across open mountain(or should that be bog). The summit is gained by a hard slog over rutted ground with very wet conditions underfoot. The summit it self is marked only by a small pond , there is no cairn because there are no stones with which to build one . There is however some compensation in the fine views back over the Paps to Killarney, to the Cahas to the south and the Boggeraghs . From the summit I headed for Knocknagowan.This was a 3km trudge across bog, full of holes, covered in knee-high heather and energy sapping long coarse grasses. By the time I got to Knocknagowan no amount of Lucozade could revive me. I would recommend anyone coming to this area avoid the bog between these two summits. The picture was taken on the summit of Knocknabro looking towards the Paps. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/292/comment/1981/
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A Long Hard Slog
by CaminoPat 16 Jul 2018
Park at laneway to old farmhouse now in ruin at B (W15905 83498). Room for 1-2 cars to park. Climb gate at entrance and follow post and wire fence heading north until C (W16029 84252). From there head across open hillside in a NNW direction. It is slow going across long grass and heather cover to the summit. As you gain altitude you will meet another post and wire fence coming up from the west, i.e. on your left hand side. Follow fence to summit which is located along the fence line. No obvious marker for summit other than a nearby very small lake, which on the day of the walk was almost dry. Fantastic views across the Blackwater Valley and to the west towards The Paps. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/292/comment/19977/
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Picture: The Paps as seen from high point
Won't knock your socks off
by Colin Murphy 30 Mar 2022
Followed jackal's directions to the top. The farmer's track he references (off the main track) now has signs stating that it is private property, although no specifically forbidding walkers, which I took to be a good sign. It was very swampy initially, although became firm and grassy further up and relatively easy to navigate. I was doing this mountain essentially as a means of accessing the two Arderin Begs to the east, and like other contributors, would hold no great love for its heathery, almost featureless summit, except for the fine views it affords of the adjacent Paps. Less than an hour to the top and fine weather made the ascent relatively pleasant. Won't be back though! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/292/comment/23457/
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