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Croaghmore: Ridge summit surrounded by sea.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 5 days ago
Great Blasket Island can be reached by ferry from Dunquin, Ventry or Dingle. From the harbour follow the path uphill. There are tracks running either side of the first high point. There is al...

Mount Kid: Bring Wellies

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: thomas_g 2 days ago
Climbed this in early Jan 2022 using a variation of Sandman’s route (ok I missed the firebreak on the way up). Once you are out of the woods it is extremely wet and slippery. There are amazin...

Irish runner Eoin Keith wins the Spine Race

Forum: General IainT 2 days ago
For those who haven't come across it, the Spine Race is a 268 mile hill run up the Pennine Way in Northern England, run in January, so usually in foul weather, making it one of the world's to...

Meenavally: The Steeple

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: dino 6 days ago
A short walk along forest trails to a summit known locally as "The Steeple" and crowned by a small stone tower which can be climbed via a winding stone staircase. This tower dates back to the...

Meenavally: Up The Steeple!

Summit Comment dino 6 days ago
The Steeple is my closest summit on MV (I can see it from my front door!) and an old friend. I have a geocache placed close to the tower since 2006 and I once camped in the nearby beech grove...

Circuit of Cloon Wood

Track 4595 simon3 a week ago
This is yet another variation on routes from the entrance to Cloon Wood car park.It has been included because it has... walk, Len: 7.2km, Climb: 345m, Area: Prince William's Seat, Dublin (Ireland) ||

Muckish: Where will the road of adventure take you?

Summit Comment mcrtchly a week ago
Muckish glows in the first snow of 2022.

Tievecrom: How the mighty fall !

Summit Comment eamonoc a week ago
For anyone considering a visit to Tievecrom, be advised that there is a widescale tree felling operation uunderway at the moment, Mon to Fri. The result of this is that Tievecrom is almost co...

Leenaun Hill: From the top of The Col of Despondency

Summit Comment aburden a week ago
Up the Col of Despondency and turned East to follow hags to high point ( cairn ) in distance

Leenaun Hill

Track 2324 peter1 a week ago
[Ed.: We are advised that this Start Point is no longer available to the public. See Tracks 1416 or 3241 as alternat... walk, Len: 5.7km, Climb: 584m, Area: Leenaun Hill, Maamturks (Ireland) Leenau||

Leenaun Hill: Stunning Views over Leenaun and Killary Harbour

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: JohnA a week ago
[Ed.: We are advised that the Start Point L88170 61411 is no longer available to the public. Other Start Points for Leenaun Hill are available on mountainviews.ie, e.g., Tracks 1416 or 3640.]...

Ireland's County Highpoints - A Walking Guide by Gribbon, Kieron

Bibliography Peter Walker 2 months ago
There is something about hill walkers and our need to complete lists. Few of us are ever likely to get near the Seven Summits; that is the highest points on every continent. A much more manag...
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Dunkerron Mountains Area   Cen: An Bheann Mhór Subarea
Place count in area: 64, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 83, 84, 85 
Highest place: Stumpa Dúloigh, 784m
Maximum height for area: 784 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 528 metres,

Places in area Dunkerron Mountains:
Cen: An Bheann Mhór:   An Bheann Mhór 674.7mAn Bhinn Láir 514mCoomcallee 648.9mBeann na Stiocairí 673.1mCoomnahorna 590mGlanbeg 485.8mSlievenashaska 578mSlievenashaska South Top 565.4m
Cen: Knocknagantee:   Knockmoyle 684mFinnararagh 667mCnoc Breasail 591mKnocknagantee 676mKnocknagantee West Top 553mCoomnacronia 636mCoomura Mountain 666m
Cen: Mullaghanattin:   An Cnoc Riabhach 534mBeann 752mBeann Far SW Top 636.2mBeann NE Top 692mBeann South Top 639mBeann SW Top 657mSallagh 570mMullaghanattin 773mMullaghanattin East Top 594mSallagh South-West Top 543m
E: Kenmare:   Gortamullin 205mKnockanaskill 356mLetter South 362m
N: Knocknacusha:   Knocknacusha 547m
NE: Knocknabreeda Ridge:   Crossderry 489mKnocknabreeda 569mMothaillín 506m
NE: Knocknagapple:   Bascadh 595mBascadh West Top 569mBoughil 631mCnoc na gCapall 639mKnocklomena 641m
NE: Stumpa Dúloigh:   Broaghnabinnia 745mKnockaunanattin 569mKnockaunanattin West Top 467mStumpa Dúloigh 784mStumpa Dúloigh SE Top 780mStumpa Dúloigh SW Top 663m
SW: Caherdaniel:   Farraniaragh Mountain 468mEagle Hill 155mReenearagh 162mBeenarourke 304mKnocknasullig 117mCahernageeha Mountain 498.7m
SW: Coad ( Castle Cove ):   Beenrour 418mEagles Hill 549mMullaghbeg 509m
SW: Coomduff:   Coomduff 244m
SW: Deenish:   Deenish Island (2) 144m
SW: Esknaloughoge:   Esknaloughoge 416mEsknaloughoge North Top 420m
SW: Scarriff:   Scarriff Island 252m
SW: Sneem:   An Bheann Mhór 309.3mDereenavurrig Hill 261mKnockanamadane 270mKnocknafreaghane 313mKnocknagullion 413m
SW: Staigue:   Staigue Top 459mStaigue NE Top 435m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Slievenashaska Mountain Sliabh na Seasca A name in Irish Ir. Sliabh na Seasca [OSNB], 'mountain of the sedge’ Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin List, Green sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 578m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78&83 Grid Reference: V64266 70818
Place visited by 46 members. Recently by: thomas_g, eamonoc, Fergalh, peter1, John.geary, eoghancarton, Wilderness, Grumbler, FrankMc1964, Ulsterpooka, hivisibility, Deise-Man, ciarraioch, shaunkelly, ilenia
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Longitude: -9.971573, Latitude: 51.87357 , Easting: 64266, Northing: 70818 Prominence: 123m,  Isolation: 0.9km
ITM: 464245 570880,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Slvnsh, 10 char: Slvnshsk
Bedrock type: Green sandstone & siltstone, (St. Finans Sandstone Formation)

Slievenashaska is the name of a townland in the parish of Kilcrohane which lies to the SE of this peak and reaches to the summit. Slievenashaska Lough is in this townland and is also known as the Fiddle Lake, apparently from its shape. The name Com Cait Con, which applies properly to the coom to the N of this peak, is understood locally as the 'hollow of the cat and the greyhound'. Thanks to An Brainse Logainmneacha for providing this information. The anglicised form Coomeathcun on the OSI map is a mis-spelling. Previously known as Coomcathcun on MV.   Sliabh na Seasca is the 339th highest place in Ireland.
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Water and Stone
by CaptainVertigo  23 Apr 2014
Coomcathcun's extensive plateau is an obstacle course of water and rock. Navigation will be difficult in poor conditions. There is a real sense of remoteness. Human traffic is almost non existent. This would be an interesting place to set up camp for a few days of contemplation. Getting there would not be easy, but it would be worth it. My particular favorites are the many tiny lakes, and their rocky cradles. The photo is taken at point V 63744 69914 C and shows the nearby lake, with Kenmare Bay and Beara in the background Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/313/comment/16034/
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