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Kilbrony Park Ramble

Track 5285 Onzy 2 days ago
Walk from Kilbrony Park loosely based on their Fallow Looped Trail.... walk, Len: 18.1km, Climb: 798m, Area: Slievemartin, Mourne Mountains (Ireland) ...

Carrigroe: Twin tops

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 6 days ago
A view of Carrigalachan and Carrigroe taken from the southern slopes of Blackstairs mountain.

Knocknakilton & Cummeen, Dingle Penninsula

Track 5284 Deise-Man 3 days ago
walk, Len: 9.1km, Climb: 477m, Area: Knocknakilton, Central Dingle (Ireland) Kn...

Grieve Hill: Summit position recently revised.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a week ago
The position of the highest point of this general area was reassessed in Nov 2014 and replaced by Bunnanimma. The former summit was called Carrickatee in MV with position H72704 14804. The ne...

Leean Mountain: Ireland's Best Small Hill?

Summit Comment Geo a week ago
The title of this comment says it all about my experience. I won't labour the practicalities of how to get to it, it's well laid out by others, and straightforward to follow. Getting back to ...

Croaghnageer and Croghanirwore

Track 5283 Peter Walker 3 days ago
An underrated component of the hillwalker's skillset is resilience. You can be navigationally competent (after... walk, Len: 13.4km, Climb: 660m, Area: Croaghnageer East Top, Bluestack Mountai|...

Blackstairs Mountain: Good access and a great viewpoint above a patchwork quilt

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 6 days ago
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Scarr North-West Top: Popular spot in the heart of the mountains

Summit Comment hibby 2 weeks ago
A gloriously sunny April morning with clear blue skies made this area a surprisingly popular spot with walkers and cyclists. The short relatively steep climb up from the car park brings you t...

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Track 5282 ceadeile 4 days ago
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Brown Mountain: Granite - mica schist boundary

Summit Comment hibby 2 weeks ago
Bright sunshine, blue skies, mainly dry underfoot - not typical conditions for a Sunday morning in April. We were surprised to find the Glenmacnass car park already full at 10 a.m. and someth...

Callahaniska: Simple but very rewarding

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 2 weeks ago
Impressive looking Binnion with easy access. Parking for a few cars at V70365 91059. Walk down road to V70509 91106 and there is a bit of a trail, (which soon disappears) but there are sheep ...
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Cooley Mountains Area   S: Cooley South Subarea
Place count in area: 12, OSI/LPS Maps: 29, 36, EW-CLY 
Highest place: Slieve Foye, 587m
Maximum height for area: 587 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 492 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Slieve Foye Mountain Sliabh Feá A name in Irish, also Carlingford Mountain an extra name in English (Ir. Sliabh Feá [GE], 'mountain of rushes') County Highpoint of Louth in Leinster Province, in County Highpoint, Arderin Lists, Undifferentiated, or layered gabbro 1-4 Bedrock

Height: 587m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 29&36A Grid Reference: J16902 11934
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Longitude: -6.216215, Latitude: 54.043405 , Easting: 316902, Northing: 311934 Prominence: 492m,  Isolation: 0.8km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 716824 811942,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SlvFy, 10 char: SlvFoye
Bedrock type: Undifferentiated, or layered gabbro 1-4, (Layered Gabbro)

Locally the name is understood as Sliabh Fathaigh, 'mountain of the giant', and this ties in with local lore about a giant being discernible among the summit rocks [KM, personal comment]. Also called Carlingford Mountain.   Slieve Foye is the highest mountain in the Cooley Mountains area and the 321st highest in Ireland. Slieve Foye is the second most easterly summit in the Cooley Mountains area. Slieve Foye is the highest point in county Louth.
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Having recenty read the excellent 'Feet in the cl .. by paulocon   (Show all for Slieve Foye (Sliabh Feá))
 
The Slieve Foye area was the site of a volcano so .. by simon3   (Show all for Slieve Foye (Sliabh Feá))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slieve Foye (<i>Sliabh Feá</i>) in area Cooley Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Slieve Foye viewed from Port Oriel.		  
simon3 on Slieve Foye, 2010
by simon3  3 Mar 2010
Many klicks south is Port Oriel in Louth where this dancing starfish symbolically connects the summit to its neighbouring seascapes.

A nice light touch of a sculpture don't you agree? Well it certainly isn't light in weight being two tonnes of solid cast iron, two metres high. The sculptor is Rachel Joynt. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/298/comment/4463/
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