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Twelve Bens Area   N: Doughruagh Subarea
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Doughruagh Mountain Dúchruach A name in Irish, also Dú Chruach an extra EastWest name in Irish (Ir. Dúchruach [TR], 'black stack') Galway County in Connacht Province, in Arderin List, Hornblende metagabbros & metanorites Bedrock

Height: 526m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 37 Grid Reference: L75059 59430
Place visited by 117 members. Recently by: bandre, farmerjoe1, abbiew1001, srr45, Carolineswalsh, Kaszmirek78, Superterence, paulbrown, Ulsterpooka, Sweeney, trevorf, annem, mountainmike, derekfanning, Jimmy600leavey
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Longitude: -9.886692, Latitude: 53.570049 , Easting: 75059, Northing: 259430 Prominence: 211m,  Isolation: 0.1km
ITM: 475036 759450,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Dghrgh, 10 char: Doughruagh
Bedrock type: Hornblende metagabbros & metanorites, (Metagabbro and Related Lithologies)

Half-way up Doughruagh on very steep ground is a statue of the Sacred Heart, erected in 1932 by the Benedictine nuns of Kylemore Abbey in thanks for their safe delivery to Kylemore. They had been forced to abandon their convent near Ypres in Belgium during hostilities in World War I. Walks: for a route on the S face of Doughruagh , see Kevin Corcoran, West of Ireland Walks, 93-101 or Paddy Dillon, Connemara, 38-44.   Doughruagh is the 487th highest place in Ireland.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Doughruagh (<i>Dúchruach</i>) in area Twelve Bens, Ireland
 
eoin on Doughruagh, 2003
by eoin  5 Mar 2003
Located just behind the famous and picturesque Kylemore Abbey, the upper reaches of this mountain look somewhat daunting for ramblers or hillwalkers without a love for scrambling. This is an alternative approach. After paying your 3.50 Euro!! to get into the grounds you follow the path to the large statue 1/2 way up the mountain. Once at the statue head to the right following traces of a path, which stays roughly at the same height until you completely round the east side of the mountain and reach the saddle between it and Garraun. The slope on this side makes the access to the summit and its lakes very easy. An alternative or extension to this walk is to contour around from the saddle to the lake on the north side of Doughruagh. After passing around the lake continue to follow the contours at around 280 - 300m until you arrive back at the statue again. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/400/comment/367/
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Parked on the NE of Kylemore Lough (just where th .. by Colin Murphy   (Show all for Doughruagh (Dúchruach))
 
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