I've been climbing the comeragh mountains for over 10 years now and i must point out that fauscoum isn't infact the highest point in the comeraghs this was a misprint on the OS map,fauscoum is infact the valley below the highest point,the highest point doesn't actually have a name its just known as point 792, and i've confirmed this with many other die hard mountaineers who climb the comeraghs regulary and it was my brother Eoin who adv me on this and made me 100% of this,don't tell him but we think he is part mountain goat Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/48/comment/4234/

While not wishing to steal Denis Deasy's thunder concerning his comments of 17/03/03 on Fauscoum, I too witnessed about 10 years ago the natural phenomenon of circling swifts on the summit. My recollection might not be of one of magical mists rising ( draoicht na siog) but there were maybe 100 - 150 birds circling around the open top about three feet off the ground. I sat and watched them for fifteen or twenty minutes or so. Perhaps there was a flyhatch from some of the peatpools at the specific time and they had come for a rare treat or they had to come to sample the bogwater. I was surprised to see them at such a height. They are generally an urban bird, racing and squealing across the rooftops of our towns until the end of August or so. Interestingly they spend almost their entire lives on the wing feeding, sleeping and even mating on the wing! Try that! During the nesting season they make their only concession to landing , making nest in lofts and church spires etc.. If one should land on the ground unintentionally their legs are virtually useless for walking and they would find it very difficult to become airborne again without assistance. It poses an interesting question as to why they would migrate to uplands for brief periods in the summer. Any ornithologists out there to help us? Thanks. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/48/comment/1223/

Reached Fauscoum on Saturday 12th October leading group in Nire Walking Festival. It was a beautiful day and we had clear views of the Galtees, the Knockmealdowns, Wexford, Waterford. Fauscoum (or 792, as we call it) is pretty featureless in it's own right. It is quite boggy getting in to it and there is just a small cairn to mark the highest point in the whole range. But, on a clear day like that, the views are excellent. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/48/comment/169/

Did a circuit of Coumshingaun and made a brief detour to Fauscoum. It is about 5-10 minutes walk west from the cliffs south of the corrie. There is a cairn on a hillock just beyond a gravelly
area. Although there is a clear path almost all the way around the corrie there does not seem to be a distinct path towards Fauscoum itself so it could be difficult to find in poor visibility. The terrain although boggy is not as churned up as many parts of the Wicklow mountains are. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/48/comment/947/