Arderin 527m mountain, Slieve Bloom S: Arderin Laois & Offaly Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Arderin 527m, Barcam 484m, Farbreague 430m,

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Slieve Bloom Area S: Arderin Subarea

Place count in area: 12, OSI/LPS Maps: 54
Highest place:

Arderin, 527m
Maximum height for area: 527 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 420 metres,

Places in area Slieve Bloom:
Cen: Wolftrap Mountain:

Carroll's Hill 482m

Castleconor 407m

Stillbrook Hill 514m

Wolftrap Mountain 487m
E: Capard:

Baunreaghcong 508.2m

Ridge of Capard 482.1m
S: Arderin:

Arderin 527m

Barcam 484m

Farbreague 430m

Garraunbaun 406m
W: Kinnitty:

Cumber Hill 316m

Knocknaman 337m

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

Arderin Mountain Ard Éireann A name in Irish (Ir. Ard Éireann [logainm.ie], 'the height of Ireland' or 'Eriu’s
height') County Highpoint of Laois & Offaly and in Laois/ Offaly Counties in Leinster Province, in County Highpoint, Arderin Lists, Pale & red sandstone, grit & claystone Bedrock

Height: 527m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 54 Grid Reference: S23244 98902
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Longitude: -7.654389, Latitude: 53.040547 , Easting: 223244, Northing: 198902 Prominence: 420m, Isolation: 1.2km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 623177 698931, GPS IDs, 6 char: Ardrn, 10 char: Arderin
Bedrock type: Pale & red sandstone, grit & claystone, (Cadamstown Formation)

"On the last Sunday in July the people of Mountrath, Trumera, and the surrounding districts go up on the Slieve Bloom Mountains, on to the slopes of Ard Erin. They bring with them food, and spend the day on the mountain. There are all kinds of games and trials of strength, and in the evening they kindle big fires, and the young men run races round the fires, and the more daring of them leap over the fires. In this district, this Sunday is called Height Sunday." (Helen Roe in Béaloideas ix, p. 31). See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 221-25) for a fuller account of the festive assembly on 'Height Sunday' on Arderin. Arderin is the highest mountain in the Slieve Bloom area and the 482nd highest in Ireland. Arderin is the highest point in county Laois and also the highest in Offaly.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/399/

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County boundary at car park .. by hazyview (Show all for Arderin (Ard Éireann))

Meh! .. by TommyV (Show all for Arderin (Ard Éireann))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Arderin (<i>Ard Éireann</i>) in area Slieve Bloom, Ireland

Picture: CHP 5 & 6 - Laois & Offaly

County High Point 2018 - Laois & Offaly

by doogleman 13 Feb 2020

Climbed 26-04-18 as part of 32 County High Point Challenge in aid of SLMRT.
This was the fifth & sixth counties of my challenge and a I had never been there before. After finishing a days work in Portlaoise, I used the opportunity that evening to visit this CHP.
Using the car-parking spot as is already shown here as User Point A on the map, we set off on the short boggy walk to the summit. It is a fairly straightforward SSE route to the summit, with a bit if a down-and-up at the start, and definitely requiring bog-ready footwear!
The Cairn & Trig Marker at ground level marks the CHP of Offaly, and although many treat this as s shared CHP, I believe technically a nearby point to the NE is the highest point of Laois.
Views from this point are long-distance and very good from 10 to 250 degrees. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/399/comment/20753/

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