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Boggeragh Mountains Area   Cen: Seefin Subarea
Place count in area: 11, OSI/LPS Maps: 79, 80 
Highest place:
Musheramore, 642.7m
Maximum height for area: 642.7 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 439 metres,

Places in area Boggeragh Mountains:
Cen: Seefin:   Knockcraugh 434mSeefin 491mSeefin East Top 491m
N: Banteer:   Mount Hillary 391mTooreen 322m
NE: Bweeng:   Bweeng Little 414mBweengduff 416m
S: Macroom Hills:   Burren 380mKnockagreenan 263m
W: Musheramore:   Musherabeg 498.8mMusheramore 642.7m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Seefin Hill Suí Finn A name in Irish (prob. Ir. Suí Finn [PDT], 'Fionn's seat') Cork County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Purple mudstone and sandstone Bedrock

Height: 491m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 79 Grid Reference: W35976 86526
Place visited by 42 members. Recently by: Colin Murphy, TippHiker, mlmoroneybb, maryblewitt, wicklore, John.geary, Wilderness, Daingean, Wildrover, chelman7, liz50, madfrankie, ilenia, magnumpig, CaminoPat
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Longitude: -8.933556, Latitude: 52.027604 , Easting: 135976, Northing: 86526 Prominence: 61m,  Isolation: 1.6km
ITM: 535936 586590,   GPS IDs, 6 char: See491, 10 char: Seefin 491
Bedrock type: Purple mudstone and sandstone, (Ballytrasna Formation)

Seefin is the third highest hill in the Boggeragh Mountains area and the 597th highest in Ireland.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Seefin (<i>Suí Finn</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Grassy mound marks high point
 
Updated Summary:
An easy road with distant balcony views but nearby clutter
Short Summary created by Colin Murphy, simon3, jackill  16 Mar 2023
This is an easy walk starting from the large carpark at W34900 86100 starA and following the track (which is show as part of the Dulhallow way on the Discovery map) past bog works along the access road to Seefins mast covered summit. There are interesting views south to others of the Boggeraghs. The summit itself has telecoms towers with very scruffy ancillary equipment, and, unusually, a rotatable amateur radio aerial which is controlled remotely.

If you are worried about the no access signs then make a bee-line from the car-park along the line of a fence to the 486m spot height and on to Seefin itself. There is a track indicating that others have taken this route before.

An alternative approach, and one that gives access to the East top, is to park at W37314 87049 starB where there is room for multiple cars. Head west along track for about 200m to a crossroads of sorts, turn left and follow good track south-west then west for about 1.2km until you reach W36256 86328 starC, where you'll see a rough, grassy/boggy track running NW. This eventually becomes single file, but continues all the way to the summit. There are three cairns of sorts, all of different sizes, but the high point is actually a large grassy mound 20m south of these. Allow roughly 45 minutes up and down. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/483/comment/5242/
 
pdtempan on Seefin, 2008
by pdtempan  19 Nov 2008
Seefin is an easy stroll from the car park at the pass between Seefin and its higher neighbour, Musheramore. The map suggests a L-shaped route along the Duhallow Way, but the newly built private road which this used to follow is signposted "No Unauthorised Access". The Duhallow Way has been redirected along the public road, which represents a considerable detour for those aiming for Seefin. However, there is nothing to prevent you taking a bee-line from the car-park along the line of a fence to the 486m spot height, and thence on to Seefin itself. There is a track indicating that others have taken this route before. There are, no doubt, more challenging ways of getting there, but the peak hardly justifies the effort. The Boggeragh Seefin is one of many hills so named throughout Ireland and all associated with Fionn Mac Cumhaill, but here Fionn has been ousted from his throne in the name of modern technology: the summit is crowned by a mobile phone mast. It is however accessible, free from conifers and has a view, none of which can be said for neighbouring Seefin E Top. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/483/comment/3454/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Seefin (<i>Suí Finn</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Seefin...unspoiled and inviolate
Peter Walker on Seefin, 2009
by Peter Walker  7 Jan 2009
My cold, wet and misty ascent from the car park between Seefin and Musheramore (349 861 starA) didn't really add any information that pdtempan hasn't already given: yes, there are private road signs on the route that seems obvious from the map, yes you can follow the fence over pt 486m (it's occasionally boggy, usually tough going, the usual drill) and the summit is ravaged by assorted high frequency transmitting stuff: definitely a top for the bagger and no-one else. I'm posting simply because just after leaving the car park I came across a fly-tipped jet ski, and I can conclusively say that's the first one I've seen in over 25 years of hillwalking. You have to love Ireland. Oh, and my casual navigation on the way down led to a rather embarrassing reascent to get back to the car, accompanied by distant disembodied laughter from the direction of Fenit. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/483/comment/3514/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Seefin (<i>Suí Finn</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: I can almost smell the sweet turf fire
 
The laziest man in Ireland?
by thomas_g  6 Apr 2012
One wonders as you traverse the country what made Fionn mac Cumhaill so tired that he was constantly sitting down. Fionn seems to have travelled the country trying to find high points on which to park his posterior. Given the choice between Musheramore and Seefin, there doesn't appear to be any reason for Fionn to sit at the top of Seefin other than pure laziness.
The access restriction signs appear to have disappeared from the private road, but I'd still prefer the walk up the line of the fence (there has to be some challenge).
This appears to be a popular place for turf , though I suspect the days of turf harvesting in Ireland are numbered with the bog ecosystem disappearing fast around the country. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/483/comment/6755/
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