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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 537mCarran 604mCarran Far NE Top 561mCarran Far North Top 506mCarran NE Top 555mCarran South Top 567mKnockantooreen 450m
N: Conigar:   Conigar 566mConigar SW Top 566mFoilastookeen 540m
N: Coomataggart:   Carrigalougha 423mCoomataggart 530mCoomataggart 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 85 members. Recently by: farmerjoe1, SeanPurcell, Pepe, bandre, mountainmike, DeirdreM, jlk, CusackMargaret, johncusack, a3642278, annem, Wilderness, Ulsterpooka, dodser, childminder05
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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 374th highest place in Ireland.

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/333/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Conigar (<i>An Coinigéar</i>) in area West Cork Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Summit with Caoinkeen SE in distance
 
Simple climb, fine summit
Short Summary created by Colin Murphy  22 Jun 2015
There is just about room for a single car to park close to a double gate at W054 647 starA, just north of Gowlane Bridge. Cross the gate and you will see a track to the right. Follow this for a few hundred metres until is vanishes on the open hillside. Continue east across a gently rising slope, over mostly shortish grass, the ground firm underfoot, at least in summer. Cross the small stream at W062 645 starB and turn SE, the ascent becoming steeper. You will encounter some large rock faces as you near the top, but these are generally easy to negotiate. The summit is marked by a small cairn topped by a pointy upright stone. Car to summit, 50 minutes. Great views in particular of Lough Nambrackderg set into the side of Caoinkeen SE Top to the west. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/333/comment/5093/
 
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))
 
Top notch .. by Colin Murphy   (Show all for Conigar (An Coinigéar))
 
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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