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West Cork Mountains Area   N: Conigar Subarea
Place count in area: 62, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 79, 85, 86, 88, 89 
Highest place:
Knockboy, 704.8m
Maximum height for area: 704.8 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 685 metres,

Places in area West Cork Mountains:
Cen: Maughanaclea:   Maughanaclea Hills East Top 470mMaughanaclea Hills West Top 452m
Cen: Shehy More:   Shehy More 545.6mShehy More SW Top 446m
E: Clearagh:   Clearagh Hill 287m
E: Currane:   Currane Hill 228m
N Cen: Douce:   Douce Mountain 476mDoughill Mountain 471m
N: Carran:   Barnastooka 497mBealick 537.1mCarran 605.2mCarran Far NE Top 561mCarran Far North Top 506mCarran NE Top 555mCarran South Top 568.4mKnockantooreen 450m
N: Conigar:   Conigar 566mConigar SW Top 566mFoilastookeen 540m
N: Coomataggart:   Carrigalougha 423mCoomataggart 539.3mCoomataggart SW Top 509mDerrineanig 304mLackabaun 472mMweelin 487m
NE Cen: Carrigarierk:   Carrigarierk 343m
NW: Barraboy:   Barraboy Mountain 460mBarraboy Mountain Far East Top 456mBarraboy Mountain SE Top 409mDerroograne 468mTurners Rock 420m
NW: Knockboy:   Caoinkeen 692.8mCaoinkeen South-East Top 553.5mCoomhola Mountain 472mKnockboy 704.8mKnockboy North Top 651.2mKnockboy South Top 533.3mThe Priest's Leap 519m
NW: Knocknamanagh:   Bird Hill 412mCoomclogherane Top 449mGullaba Hill 603mKnockbrack 440mKnockbrack South Top 458mKnocknamanagh 637mKnocknamanagh NE Top 625m
S Cen: Dunmanway Hills:   Cashloura 296.8mCoolsnaghtig 295.8mInchanadreen 310m
S Cen: Nowen:   Milane Hill 354.4mMullaghmesha 494.3mNowen Hill 535.2mNowen Hill Far West Top 405.2mNowen Hill SW Top 509mPookeen North Top 319m
S: Leap Hills:   Carrigfadda 311.7mKilleigh Hill 229mKnockarudane Hill 169mKnockscagh 195m
S: Skibbereen:   Barryroe Hill 156mLick Hill 158m
W Cen: Knockbreteen:   Knockbreteen 239m
W: Bantry:   Knocknaveagh 282m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Conigar Mountain An Coinigéar A name in Irish, also Maolach an extra name in Irish (Ir. An Coinigéar [OSI], 'the warren') Cork County in Munster Province, in Arderin List, Purple & green sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 566m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85 Grid Reference: W06636 63874
Place visited by 89 members. Recently by: srr45, Petecal423, Leatra, StJohn, farmerjoe1, SeanPurcell, Pepe, bandre, mountainmike, DeirdreM, jlk, CusackMargaret, johncusack, a3642278, annem
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Longitude: -9.35472, Latitude: 51.81988 , Easting: 106636, Northing: 63874 Prominence: 131m,  Isolation: 1.2km
ITM: 506606 563938,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Cngr, 10 char: Conigar
Bedrock type: Purple & green sandstone & siltstone, (Caha Mountain Formation)

It seems that Conigar is the name applied to the south-western peak (566m) which overlooks Borlin, whilst Maolach, meaning 'bald hill', is the north-eastern peak overlooking Gougane Barra.   An Coinigéar is the 375th highest place in Ireland.

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/333/
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Simple climb, fine summit .. by group   (Show all for Conigar (An Coinigéar))
 
The summit of Conigar is NOT located at the point .. by john_desmond   (Show all for Conigar (An Coinigéar))
 
Plenty of parking at W052 651 .. by billbaggins   (Show all for Conigar (An Coinigéar))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Conigar (<i>An Coinigéar</i>) in area West Cork Mountains, Ireland
Picture: View to the west from near the summit
 
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by Colin Murphy  22 Jun 2015
Fine rocky summit with magnificent views to the west in particular. Pic shows Lough Nambrackderg cut into the side of Caoinkeen SE Top. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/333/comment/18154/
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An early start, good weather rewarded with this v .. by eamonoc   (Show all for Conigar (An Coinigéar))
 
The other side .. by thomas_g   (Show all for Conigar (An Coinigéar))
 
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