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Nore Valley: Thomastown to Inistioge

Track 5225 Onzy 4 hours ago
walk, Len: 24.8km, Climb: 254m, Area: South East Midlands (Ireland) ||

Trooperstown Hill: A good place to view the Wicklow Mountains

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: hibby 3 days ago
Trooperstown Hill is one of the easterly outposts of the Wicklow Mountains and as such it gives good views of much of the surrounding hills to the west, north and south. On clear days the Wic...

Nore Valley: Kilkenny to Bennettsbridge

Track 5222 Onzy a week ago
The Nore Valley Way, as such, doesn't seem to exist any more. This section of the walk is titled the Nore Valley  walk, Len: 23.0km, Climb: 105m, Area: South East Midlands (Ireland) ||

Mulroney's Island: Tide times are vital to keep the toes dry

Island Comment Fergalh a week ago
This island is possible to be visited on foot . There is a rough stone and seaweed causeway. Parked at 362118 and followed track through the field to edge of water, crossed causeway onto isla...

A different way to visit Tibradden and Glendoo.

Track 5224 simon3 a week ago
The route starts from the Tibradden Forest Recreation area car park where the Zipit zipwire facilities are. Ther... walk, Len: 12.1km, Climb: 482m, Area: Tibradden Mountain, Dublin (Ireland) Ti||

Knockaulin: Small but tricky climb

Summit Comment Fergalh 3 days ago
Parked at N814 090 on the curragh and walked east along L3006 to where there are abandoned farm buildings N821 089. Met famer who waved from tractor as i walked along track and headed south u...

Turbot Island: Sky view

Island Comment Colin Murphy a week ago
Turbot Island (centre of photo, with houses) seen from the Sky Road near sunset..

Route from Tibradden

Track 5223 simon3 a week ago
walk, Len: 11.0km, Climb: 500m, Area: Tibradden Mountain, Dublin (Ireland) Tibr...

Tully Mountain: Reflections on a winter's day.

Summit Comment Colin Murphy a week ago
Tully mountain seen from Letterfrack Pier on a crisp and still November day.

Ordinary hill transformed by conditions

Track 5221 Colin Murphy a week ago
I had the good fortune to encounter weather conditions that turned this relatively ordinary hill into something m... walk, Len: 8.9km, Climb: 496m, Area: Taobh Dubh, Maamturks (Ireland) Taobh Du||

Taobh Dubh: Approach from south-east.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
One approach is via the forest to the SE, starting at point L91893 54869, where there is room for one car to squeeze in without blocking entrance. Ignore the first turn on the left and contin...

Cahas Surveying: Changes to Arderins etc

Forum: Suggestions simon3 2 months ago
Surveying 2024, August and Sept in the Mournes and the Cahas.There are new positions for the Knocknaveacals, North and South, thanks to a suggestion from DoBIH. Knocknaveacal N was recorded w...
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Benbrack Mountain Binn Bhreac A name in Irish (Ir. Binn Bhreac [OSI], 'speckled peak') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Arderin List, Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top Bedrock

Height: 582m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L76558 55818
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Longitude: -9.862684, Latitude: 53.537986 , Easting: 76558, Northing: 255818 Prominence: 264m,  Isolation: 1km
ITM: 476533 755841,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Bnb582, 10 char: Benbrack
Bedrock type: Pale quartzites, grits, graphitic top, (Bennabeola Quartzite Formation)

The summit of this mountain is strewn with lumps of quartz. Walks: for a route taking in Cnoc Breac, Binn Bhreac and Binn Bhán or Maolán, see Paddy Dillon, Connemara, 163-67.   Benbrack is the 333rd highest place in Ireland.
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Me and my boyfrend did The Glencorbet Horseshoe i .. by katekat   (Show all for Benbrack (Binn Bhreac))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Benbrack (<i>Binn Bhreac</i>) in area Twelve Bens, Ireland
Picture: Steep climb to summit from Binn Bhán side		  
Great views and a nice challenge
by cormacs  4 Oct 2018
Great views and a nice challenge. We were lucky to have climbed this mountain at the end of the dry summer that was 2018. We walked across from Binn Bhán after starting at point B in the map. In places the going was boggy even though there had been little rain in the preceeding months so I’d imagine that in winter or a normal summer the ground would be very boggy. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/308/comment/20079/
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