Mauherslieve, Motharshliabh 543m mountain, Midlands SW Cen: Mauherslieve Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Midlands SW Area Cen: Mauherslieve Subarea

Place count in area: 44, OSI/LPS Maps: 52, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 65, 66
Highest place:

Keeper Hill, 691.6m
Maximum height for area: 691.6 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 627 metres,

Places in area Midlands SW:
Cen: Mauherslieve:

Cummer 405m

Foilduff 400m

Knockmaroe 411m

Mauherslieve 543m
E: Upperchurch Hills:

Knockalough 427m

Knockaviltoge 364m
N: Knockshigowna:

Knockshigowna 212m
NE: Devilsbit:

Benduff 455m

Black Hill 228m

Devilsbit Mountain 480m

Gortagarry 458m

Kilduff Mountain 445m

Knockanora 433m
NE: Templederry:

Ballincurra Hill 403m

Commaun Beg 403m

Cooneen Hill 467m

Coumsallahaun 320m

Knockadigeen Hill 402m
NW: Arra Mountains:

Corbally Hill 339m

Tountinna 457m
NW: Silvermine Mountains:

Silvermine Mountains East Top 479m

Silvermine Mountains Far East Top 410m

Silvermine Mountains West Top 489m
SE: Hollyford Hills:

Tooreen 457m
SW: Slieve Felim:

Slieve Felim East Top 423m

Slieve Felim South Top 407m
W: Keeper Hill:

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Mauherslieve Mountain Motharshliabh A name in Irish (Ir. Motharshliabh [OSI], 'wilderness mountain') Tipperary County in Munster Province, in Arderin List, Greywacke, siltstone & grit Bedrock

Height: 543m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 59 Grid Reference: R87323 61938
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Longitude: -8.188285, Latitude: 52.7088 , Easting: 187323, Northing: 161938 Prominence: 268m, Isolation: 1.6km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 587276 661981, GPS IDs, 6 char: Mhrslv, 10 char: Mhrslv
Bedrock type: Greywacke, siltstone & grit, (Hollyford Formation)

Also referred to as Mother Mountain in some sources, though this seems to have no basis. Locally also called Moherclea or simply Moher. A pile of stones at the summit is called the Terrot. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 214-15) for details of the festive assembly which took place on Mauherslieve at the end of June. Mauherslieve is the second highest mountain in the Midlands SW area and the 437th highest in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/368/

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mauherslieve (<i>Motharshliabh</i>) in area Midlands SW, Ireland

Picture: View from north. Note mountain right flank green road.

Views, prehistoric site surrounded by extreme blanket bog.

Short Summary created by simon3, jackill 19 Jun 2023

There are interesting views from this not well known Arderin in the middle of the "Midlands SW" area. It has a prehistoric cairn on it. Caution: the summit area is covered in high irregular grass and heather which is energy sapping to cross. We recommend you use the south route. Take the blanket bog seriously or suffer the consequences.

Use the Kilcommon Pilgrim Loop to access the well signposted waymarked way to the summit. Park at R89506121 star

A and follow the pilgrim path in reverse. Follow markers to one marked for the summit at around R88606140 star

B. Total time around 2 hours.

Unrecommended but possible access from the north: use forestry entrance at R858 652 star

C (Point A), room for 2-3 cars. Walk on an access road for about 2.5 kms to R86178 63100 star

D where you can make a short diversion to Foilduff.
Continue on the road, where much of the forest has now been felled,right at the first junction, after 7-800 metres you will see a rough ride going downhill to your right then continuing on up to Mauherslieve. You will join a green road rising uphill and heading approx south, at the highest point of this road head east over the rough untracked bog for 200 metres to the summit cairn and trig. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/368/comment/5127/

Mother Mountain by The Lord SummerIsle Route .. by No1Grumbler (Show all for Mauherslieve (Motharshliabh))

Hazy views, low summits and windmills. .. by simon3 (Show all for Mauherslieve (Motharshliabh))

Poor neglected Mauherslieve! Its out-of-the-way n .. by csd (Show all for Mauherslieve (Motharshliabh))

Nice views, solitude and spirituality .. by BarnaneGoat (Show all for Mauherslieve (Motharshliabh))

Mother of God!! .. by TommyV (Show all for Mauherslieve (Motharshliabh))

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