Knockmealdown 792.4m mountain, Knockmealdown Mountains Waterford Ireland at MountainViews.ie
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An Bhinn Bhuí: Benwee Head Loop.

Summit Comment sandman 6 hours ago
As already stated Benwee Head has some of the most dramatic costal scenery in Ireland and with this in mind i decided to enjoy on a clear sunny day the joys of walking the 12.4km of the Benwee Hea...

Meelin Hill, Brackloon and Knockafeehane

Track 3881 Bunsen7 9 hours ago
A grand and simple waymarked trail for a day of low lying cloud.Park up at the post office beside the Tom Crean mini-p... walk, Len: 7.2km, Climb: 343m, Area: Knockafeehane, Slieve Mish (Ireland) Kno

Knocknanacree: Storm Beach and Cliffs at lower western reaches

Summit Comment Bunsen7 8 hours ago
A view of "Acres" from Minard Beach. This is apparently a geologically interesting spot in itself as it is a storm beach comprised of large sandstone boulders. The castle is on private land and no...

Eagles Hill, Mullaghbeg, Beenrour

Track 3878 bogtrotter 9 hours ago
There?s plenty of room for parking at the cemetery at the top of Coad Road, near Castle Cove. From here we headed SW ... walk, Len: 21.6km, Climb: 825m, Area: Eagles Hill, Dunkerron Mountains (Irelan

An Sli

Forum: General Slier159 a day ago
Hello all,I am currently trying to organize a longs distance walk from Killarney to Derry city, using the existing National Waymarked Trails along the West coast. A 1,000km of Trail already exist ...

Knockafeehane: From the horse's mouth

Summit Comment Bunsen7 8 hours ago
This is the trail description post at Q59652 00497. It summarises the route if taken from east to west, as per track 3881.Vastly superior to my own garbled efforts!Annascaul obviously is a very we...

Erris Head Loop

Track 3868 simon3 15 hours ago
Simple walk to Erris Head. On the occasion we did it, there were dark clouds and big showers. walk, Len: 4.7km, Climb: 98m, Area: Erris Head Hill, Mayo Coastal Hill (Ireland...

Knockafeehane: Easily Accessible and not overly demanding

Summit Comment Bunsen7 8 hours ago
There is a waymarked trail to the summit which loops over the ridge leading west from this hill. See track 3881.The quickest route to the top would see you park in Annascaul village and walk up th...

Cashloura: An enjoyable walk for all ages

Summit Comment CaminoPat 2 days ago
Park at W20849 49704 at Coillte forest entrance just off the R586 Regional Road between Dunmanway and Drimoleague. Parking available for 6-8 cars. Follow forest road which is along line of disused...

An Bhinn Bhuí: Benwee Loop walk towards Portacloy.

Summit Comment ucampbell 3 days ago
The Loop walks here are well signposted, it's a great idea to go out onto each headland.

Doonvinalla N Top: Coastal Hill

Summit Comment sandman 3 days ago
On 26/4/2014 i spent a very enjoyable afternoon walking this area visiting the army observation hut and the stone constructed EIRE marking as part of an addition to the Benwee Head Loop walk but i...

Riddle of the Spinc

Forum: General BleckCra 5 days ago
I was at Glendalough yesterday and on the Spinc for the first time. I cannot imagine there haven't already been a thousand hours debate on the boardwalk and and that there won't be a thousand hour...
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Knockmealdown Mountains Area
Place count in area: 17, OSI/LPS Maps: 74, 82 
Highest place: Knockmealdown, 792.4m
Maximum height for area: 792.4 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 682.7 metres,

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Knockmealdown Mountain Cnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh A name in Irish
(Ir. Cnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh [OSI], 'hill of Maoldomhnach') County Highpoint of Waterford, in County Highpoint, Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Medium grained pink-purple sandstone Bedrock

Height: 792.4m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 74 Grid Reference: S05797 08410
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Longitude: -7.915891, Latitude: 52.227902 , Easting: 205798, Northing: 108411 Prominence: 682.74m,  Isolation: 0.9km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 605745 608465,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knckml, 10 char: Knckmldwn
Bedrock type: Medium grained pink-purple sandstone, (Knockmealdown Sandstone Formation)

Knockmealdown gives its name to the range as a whole, but the earlier name for these hills, along with the lower hill country to the east, is Sliabh gCua. There is a traditional air entitled Sliabh Geal gCua na Féile, meaning 'bright Sliabh gCua of the festival'. The name Maoldomhnach means ‘devotee of the church’. The surnames derived from this are Ó Maoldomhnaigh (anglicised Muldowney) and its variant Ó Maoldhomhnaigh (anglicised Moloney). Moloney is still a common surname in the vicinity. Some sources translate the name as Cnoc Maol Donn, 'bare round hill', but this is a poor attempt to interpret the name only on the basis of the modern anglicised form. The form Knockmealdowny, recorded in the Civil Survey in 1654, shows that was clearly an additional syllable.   Knockmealdown is the highest mountain in the Knockmealdown Mountains area and the 47th highest in Ireland. Knockmealdown is the highest point in county Waterford.
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After tackling Knockmoylan and returning to the c .. by Geo   (Show all for Knockmealdown)
 
It is an easy walk but the start (Grubb's monumen .. by pazapas   (Show all for Knockmealdown)
 
ballchess on Knockmealdown, 2010
by ballchess  15 Feb 2010
This was my second walk with midleton Hillwalking Club, It was a very enjoyable walk with great views,a very good day out. (14/02/10 Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/45/comment/4403/
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Waterford County Top in the Sunshine .. by mazamegaza   (Show all for Knockmealdown)
 
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