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Comeragh Mountains Area   Cen: Comeragh Central 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,

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Kilclooney Mountain Mountain Fáschom A name in Irish, also Fauscoum an extra name in English Ir. Fáschom, 'empty hollow’ Waterford County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Green thick-bedded conglomerate Bedrock

Height: 792m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 75 Grid Reference: S31690 10508
Place visited by 498 members. Recently by: gavdeer, mrfleetfoot, leetelefson, jimmel567, johncusack, marktrengove, pinchy, Beti13, stuartdonaldson, 500plusclub, JohnAshton, Mark1, NMangan, Sweeney, Boba_Barry
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Longitude: -7.536709, Latitude: 52.245842 , Easting: 231690, Northing: 110508 Prominence: 626m,  Isolation: 1km
ITM: 631637 610558,   GPS IDs, 6 char: KlclMn, 10 char: KlclnyMntn
Bedrock type: Green thick-bedded conglomerate, (Treanearla Formation)

Despite being the highest of the Comeraghs, this is a rather unremarkable summit above the spectacular valley of Coumshingaun. The circuit of Coumshingaun comprises the ascent and descent of two dramatic ridges. The cliffs at the back of the valley offer some of the finest rock-climbs in Ireland. The name Fáschom properly refers to the next coom immediately south of Coumshingaun. The name may refer either to its wild nature or to the fact that, unlike many of the cooms which cut into the Comeragh plateau, it has no lake. The name Kilclooney Mountain, recorded by East-West Mapping, derives from the extensive townland of Kilclooney in which the peak is situated. Knockaunapeebra / Cnocán an Phíopaire is the name of a lower peak to the SW.   Kilclooney Mountain is the highest mountain in the Comeragh Mountains area and the 49th highest in Ireland. Kilclooney Mountain is the second highest point in county Waterford.

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/48/
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The highest point on the Comeraghs' plateau lies .. by group   (Show all for Kilclooney Mountain (Fáschom))
 
Coumshingaun Loop .. by JohnFinn   (Show all for Kilclooney Mountain (Fáschom))
 
Coumshingaun seen through a rock .. by Colin Murphy   (Show all for Kilclooney Mountain (Fáschom))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Kilclooney Mountain (<i>Fáschom</i>) in area Comeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Scouts on Coumshingaun Ridge
 
Some light scrambling.
by jackill  15 Feb 2023
It's been a while.
I think I was scratching with quill and ink in the dim candlelight the last time I posted a comment on MountainViews.
Time passes and the longer you are away from it the more difficult it becomes to come back.
The hillwalking never really stopped , it just got easier and less demanding by choice.

Since I joined my local Scout group in 2015 a new road to walk opened itself to me.
Orienteering, campcraft, pioneering, learning by doing became my mantra, hillwalking and summiteering, though we do some, slipped into the background a little more.
The obsession to get up at 5am on a Saturday and drive 2.5 hrs to get a new summit was dulled by the scout meeting until 10pm the Friday night before and the desire to sit down with a glass of wine, a wife and a movie on Saturday evening.

Anyway enough of that.

This year I'm encouraging a small group of scouters and scouts onto the hills every two weeks.
I'm going to bring them to some of the places in Ireland that I love, 7.00am start and we get home when we get home.
I hope to see some of you along the way. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/48/comment/23841/
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Having had a scary experience on a gully scramble .. by Al   (Show all for Kilclooney Mountain (Fáschom))
 
Deise splendour .. by Kennyj   (Show all for Kilclooney Mountain (Fáschom))
 
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