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Glan Mountain: A Glan rocker......

Summit Comment Fergalh 10 hours ago
Parked at 546993 and walked up track to base of hill. Crossed fence and headed up short slope. Ground here and on summit is a mixture of gorse, burnt gorse and bog. No marker for summit in fl...

Sea Hill: Surprisingly good sea views from this hill

Summit Comment Fergalh 10 hours ago
Parked at 515997 with plenty of parking and followed mucky track to end at field. Then I headed south west through two fields to 516991 where there is mucky track to brow of hill. At this poi...

Easy walk, with nice views towards Eagle Island

Track 4839 eamonoc a day ago
walk, Len: 1.5km, Climb: 16m, Area: Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland) ||

Beenbane: Borreen to heaven

Summit Comment Fergalh 11 hours ago
Parked at 467988 at end of lane. Followed narrow borreen into field and crossed over this to fence. Climb over and through the gate to non descript high point with great views of the cliffs n...

Kilcommon from the west

Track 4840 eamonoc a day ago
walk, Len: 1.7km, Climb: 46m, Area: Kilcommon Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland)...

Slieve Fyagh: Gaitor day out

Summit Comment eamonoc a day ago
Fairly wet underfoot on this One

Typical wet North Mayo Coastal Hill

Track 4838 eamonoc a day ago
walk, Len: 2.1km, Climb: 85m, Area: Illanbaun Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland)...

Carrigshouk: Lovely loop

Summit Comment 500plusclub a week ago
Lovely loop up one side and down the other . On a clear day you have a great view north and south.

Bweengduff: The Shiddy Way?

Summit Comment Colin Murphy a week ago
This isn't a particularly interesting hill, although after a prolonged rainy period, I did see multiple gushing streams on my walk, some of them having flooded sections of the forest track. T...

A Cone with a view

Track 4837 eamonoc a day ago
walk, Len: 3.2km, Climb: 130m, Area: Cone Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland) Con...

Bweengduff: A good forest road to access this summit

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
Park at a forest entrance W46444 88741, room for 5 cars. Follow the track into the forest , along the Duhallow way, taking the second left, then the first right, then second left then first r...

Seefin East Top: An easy bog trot.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
This is an easy walk starting from the large carpark at W34900 86100 and following the track (which is show as part of the Dulhallow way on the Discovery map) past bog works and the access ro...
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Comeragh Mountains Area   N: Laghtnafrankee Subarea
Place count in area: 24, OSI/LPS Maps: 74, 75, 81, 82, EW-C, EW-K 
Highest place: Kilclooney Mountain, 792m
Maximum height for area: 792 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 626 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Laghtnafrankee Mountain Leacht na Francaí A name in Irish (Ir. Leacht na bhFrancach [PND], 'burial monument of the Frenchmen or
of the rats') Waterford County in Munster Province, in Arderin List, Medium grained pink-purple sandstone Bedrock

Height: 520m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 75 Grid Reference: S23519 18151
Place visited by 164 members. Recently by: No1Grumbler, conorjob, LiamG1951, a3642278, StaCla, John.geary, derekfanning, Hillwalker65, TippHiker, markwallace, MisterMoe, Superterence, sarahryanowen, millsd1, Liamob
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Longitude: -7.655845, Latitude: 52.314988 , Easting: 223519, Northing: 118151 Prominence: 126m,  Isolation: 1.8km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 623465 618205,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Lghtnf, 10 char: Lghtnfrnk
Bedrock type: Medium grained pink-purple sandstone, (Knockmealdown Sandstone Formation)

Canon Power gave the two alternative translations, so he was clearly unaware of any story which would resolve the mystery. There is a small cairn at the summit, which could be the remains of the monument in question.   Laghtnafrankee is the 508th highest place in Ireland.
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I set out for the Comeraghs yesterday with the in .. by jackill   (Show all for Laghtnafrankee (Leacht na Francaí))
 
A Comeragh Overview .. by Harry Goodman   (Show all for Laghtnafrankee (Leacht na Francaí))
 
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by simon3  20 Sep 2022
This view from the summit looking SE shows from the left and on the skyline, the Knockanaffrin ridge, in front of the bulk of the Comeragh plateau, which continues on the skyline to the right.

Much of the surface of the mountain was (as of 2004) covered in fairly low heather. The summit is easily reached from the East and probably many other directions.. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/411/comment/953/
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I parked close by the spot suggested by jackill a .. by csd   (Show all for Laghtnafrankee (Leacht na Francaí))
 
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