Sturrakeen, An Starraicín, Corrig 541.7m mountain, Galty Mountains E: East Galtys Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Laghtshanaquilla 629.4m, Laghtshanaquilla North-East Top 598m, Sturrakeen 541.7m, Slieveanard 437.8m,

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Galty Mountains Area E: East Galtys Subarea

Place count in area: 24, OSI/LPS Maps: 66, 74, EW-G
Highest place:

Galtymore, 917.9m
Maximum height for area: 917.9 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 820 metres,

Places in area Galty Mountains:
Cen: Central Galtys:

Knockeenatoung 601.3m

Lough Curra Mound 600.4m

Seefin 446.6m

Seefin North Top 444.1m
E: East Galtys:

Laghtshanaquilla 629.4m

Laghtshanaquilla North-East Top 598m

Slieveanard 437.8m

Slieveanard NE Top 448.5m

Sturrakeen 541.7m
N: North Galtys:

Slievenamuck 369m
W: West Galtys:

Benard 479.5m

Carrignabinnia 822.9m

Knockaterriff 691.6m

Knockaterriff Beg 679.3m

Lyracappul 824.9m

Monabrack 630.1m

Slievecushnabinnia 774.8m

Temple Hill 783.1m

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

Sturrakeen Mountain An Starraicín A name in Irish, also Carrigphierish, also Corrig, also Vane Rock an extra EastWest name in English (Ir. An Starraicín [OSI], 'the pointed peak' or 'the steeple') Tipperary County in Munster Province, in Arderin List, Conglomerate & purple sandstone Bedrock

Height: 541.7m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 74 Grid Reference: R97275 25331
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Longitude: -8.040751, Latitude: 52.379985 , Easting: 197275, Northing: 125332 Prominence: 46m, Isolation: 1.6km
ITM: 597225 625382, GPS IDs, 6 char: Strkn, 10 char: Sturrakeen
Bedrock type: Conglomerate & purple sandstone, (Slievenamuck Conglomerate Formation)

Also known as Carrigphierish, Ir. Carraig Phiarais, 'Pierce's rock'. Note that this peak is actually unnamed on the Discovery map, while both Carrigphierish and Sturrakeen are marked a little to the NW of this peak. Sturrakeen is the 443rd highest place in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/375/

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A sandstone summit .. by group (Show all for Sturrakeen (An Starraicín))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Sturrakeen (<i>An Starraicín</i>) in area Galty Mountains, Ireland

Picture: Misty view of the Knockmealdowns

simon3 on Sturrakeen, 2005

by simon3 2 Aug 2005

There's many a way up this mountain. One you can try is to leave the Caher to Mitchelstown at R 994 221 star

H just west of the firing range. Leaving the tarmac road take a track marked on the OS 1:50k (1995) going NW and leading eventually to near the cairn at 597m.

At R 97014 23859 star

I this track becomes unusable except to the foolish. (I know this firsthand). There are other tracks, not all marked accurately on the map, which will take you to the summit. There's a ploughed firebreak at the edge of much of the forest also..

When you summit, there are views of the Knockmealdowns to the south, somewhat misty on the picture. The prominent gap in the range, right of centre, is the Vee. Also visible in the picture are some of the sandstone blocks on the summit, which has a sort of flagpole. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/375/comment/1845/

This was a regular day trip when I was a kid. I h .. by sinbadw (Show all for Sturrakeen (An Starraicín))

A Lonely Outpost .. by CaptainVertigo (Show all for Sturrakeen (An Starraicín))

Military mission .. by muddyboots (Show all for Sturrakeen (An Starraicín))

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