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Knockalla: Anticlockwise loop walk.

Summit Comment Wilderness less than an hour ago
I parked in Glenvar in-between the school and church and accessed the hills by taking the lane which leads up to the cross and grotto. 26303525. I walked from the north east top to the listed sou...

Bloody Foreland: Easy going walk.

Summit Comment Wilderness a day ago
I parked in the view point car park at Point E. From here the best way to access this hill is to walk down the main road a bit , and then turn right up a lane that leads to a small transmitte...

Tonduff: Some nice views, but unexciting summit

Summit Comment michaelseaver a day ago
Climbed Tonduff as part of circuit that included War Hill and Djouce. Parked in Crone Woods and followed the forest paths towards Maulin, then cut across a boggy path to Tonduff East Top and ...

Slieve Carn: Working Bog and Wind Farm

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
Having read the comments about the approach from the East side, I followed a warren of roads on the West side of the hill and ended up parking at M29230 89101. From here I followed the approa...

Windfarm eases access

Track 4886 Colin Murphy 2 days ago
Approaching from Belhavel Lough, Google Maps directed me up a badly deteriorated road – only drivable with care t... walk, Len: 9.2km, Climb: 532m, Area: Lackagh Mountain, Dartry Mountains (Irela|...

Access via rocky trail

Track 4887 Colin Murphy 2 days ago
Parking for a couple of cars at start point. Continue N up tarred road, and around a bend, watching for a stony track... walk, Len: 5.7km, Climb: 401m, Area: Benbo, Dartry Mountains (Ireland) Benbo||

Carranarah: Electric Dreams

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
Followed the route mentioned by three5four0. The lane appears to be quite overgrown in parts now, but it's actually easy enough to push through. There is an extensive network of electric fenc...

Bockagh Hill: Short but Hard Bag.

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
Took the approach mentioned by Fergalh. There is room to squeeze a car at the mast. Then head North up the road for a few hundred metres looking for the summit cross on the left. Once you see...

Mullaghanoe: Forest harvesting and mast compound

Summit Comment TommyV a day ago
The route already mentioned seems to be the only logical way to approach this very bland hill. I drove as far as far as a forest barrier and even though it was open I still decided to walk fr...

Minneapolis: Minnihaha creek walk

Track 4885 Onzy 3 days ago
Urban park in Minneapolis... walk, Len: 3.1km, Climb: 61m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Benbo: A small but interesting Hill

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 2 days ago
Park at G860366, forestry entrance gate. Walk NE for about 200 metres and as the road swings left look for an entrance on to a muddy lane bounded on each side by a corrugated iron sheet. As o...

Lackagh Mountain: Access via windfarm

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 2 days ago
One approach - and probably the easiest - is via Tullynamoyle Windfarm. There is parking for multiple cars at G90716 30170, although the road up to here is just barely driveable and care is n...
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Dublin Area   S: Dublin South East Subarea
Place count in area: 18, OSI/LPS Maps: 43, 50, 56, AWW, EW-DM, EW-WE, EW-WW 
Highest place: Kippure, 757m
Maximum height for area: 757 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 262 metres,

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Prince William's Seat Mountain , also Glencullen Mountain, also Clocknaspeire an extra EastWest name in Irish Dublin/ Wicklow County in Leinster Province, in Arderin List, Pale grey fine to coarse-grained granite Bedrock

Height: 553.5m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 56 Grid Reference: O17685 18273
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Longitude: -6.23961, Latitude: 53.202143 , Easting: 317685, Northing: 218274 Prominence: 41.04m,  Isolation: 1.4km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 717608 718303,   GPS IDs, 6 char: PrncWl, 10 char: PrncWlmsSt
Bedrock type: Pale grey fine to coarse-grained granite, (Type 2e equigranular)

Apparently named after William, son of George IV, after a royal visit in 1821. This begs the question: What was it called before that? There must have been a native Irish name. Unfortunately Price provides no answer to this in PNCW. On the map of Wicklow contained in Wright's A Guide to the County of Wicklow (1827) this area is named Commons B.nulty, i.e. Commons of Ballynulty, which is a sub-division of the townland of Annacrivey. Since Prince William's Seat and Knocknagun they are only separated by a small saddle, it is possible that the name Knocknagun was applied to both peaks, but this is only conjecture.   Prince William's Seat is the 415th highest place in Ireland.
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Blue skies and glittering lights, mid Covid, mid Dec.
by simon3  16 Dec 2020
Here's another pic from the summit, this time at the height of Covid19 and in the depths of winter. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/352/comment/21827/
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