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Nowen Hill SW Top: Sometimes the pain is worth the gain.

Summit Comment chelman7 17 hours ago
It’s not the most pleasant hike from Nowen Hill to here but it’s a small price to pay for a great view.

Brockagh Mountain: Handy access to a good ridge walk

Summit Comment MichaelG55 19 hours ago
Walked Brockagh ridge today with Tonelagee SE Top added. Parked at Glendalough and initially followed The Wicklow Way then forest tracks to a gate at T121 977. Through gate and ignored good track ...

Cycle: Circuit of Carlingford Lough

Track 4379 Onzy a week ago
Distance was 58k of which 4k was on a ferry - actual cycling time around 3 hours .... sometimes walking is too slow... cycle, Len: 2.8km, Climb: 197m, Area: Cooley/Gullion (Ireland) ||

Heavens Above

Forum: General mcrtchly a day ago
The Milky Way arches over the abandoned church in Dunlewy, Co. Donegal with the Derryveagh Mountains in the background during an exceptionally clear night sky in late September 2020. This is a com...

An Ráth: Not as simple as the map suggests !

Summit Comment Fergalh 3 days ago
Parked at the west at V 532570 there than followed a long struggle through bracken, brambles, gorse, elephant grass and holes in the ground until you get to the upper levels where the grass is sho...

Croaghanmoira: Great Mountain, Simple Climb

Summit Comment Pepe 3 days ago
As e2rd mentions in an earlier comment: there are many ways to climb this mountain. Driving from Glenmalure, I parked at a parking place on the RHS of the road about half a click north of Point A....

Kirikee and Carriglineen, excellent viewpoints.

Track 4382 simon3 2 weeks ago
This is a fairly short walk starting from Glenmalure Lodge and taking in Kirikee and Carriglineen. Both of these ... walk, Len: 10.1km, Climb: 478m, Area: Kirikee Mountain, Dublin/Wicklow (Irelan|...

Cronamuck: Start of a brilliant ridge leading to the Bluestacks

Summit Comment gerrym 4 days ago
Started at the Old School House in the Reelan River Valley and followed the Sli na Finne over open hillside, forest track and a quiet country lane. This was some 10km away from the summit, though ...

Keamconneragh

Forum: Suggestions David-Guenot 3 days ago
Just suggested new coordinates for Keamconneragh.What is obviously called Teeromoyle Tooth is the rocky outcrop at the end of the narrow ridge dropping down from Teeromoyle Mountain, which corresp...

The Hill of Uisneach

Track 4378 ceadeile 2 weeks ago
Photo of Information board located at visitor centre On 5th September 2020 I had the good luck and good sense to spe... walk, Len: 3.4km, Climb: 112m, Area: Uisneach, North Midlands (Ireland) Uisne||

Coomura Mountain: Lough Reagh reflection

Summit Comment peter1 4 days ago
I climbed up through the Lough Reagh Aiguilles on Sunday and spotted Coomura reflected in the still waters of Lough Reagh on the walk in.

Slievemeel: An energy-sapping exercise in masochism.

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 4 days ago
The was the third top in a three-summit circular walk involving Tievedockaragh and Finlieve, and by far the most unpleasant. Having bagged Finlieve I backtracked to J227 217 leaving me with a trek...
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Benwiskin Mountain Binn Mhiosgáin A name in Irish
'peak of the haystack' Sligo County in Connacht Province, in Arderin List, Dark fine-grained cherty limestone Bedrock

Height: 514m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 16 Grid Reference: G72344 49116
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Longitude: -8.42658, Latitude: 54.3899 , Easting: 172344, Northing: 349116 Prominence: 39m,  Isolation: 1.3km
ITM: 572293 849115,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Bnwskn, 10 char: Benwiskin
Bedrock type: Dark fine-grained cherty limestone, (Dartry Limestone Formation)

This peak is remarkable for its wave-like profile when seen from near Ballintrillick. However, it is probably its resemblance to a leaning haystack which accounts for its name. Ir. miosgán is cognate with Welsh misgawn/meisgawn, which has this meaning.   Benwiskin is the 519th highest place in Ireland.
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by davsheen  29 Jul 2018
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