Park your car at Coumban forest entrance R81985 18557 A where there is room for 8-10 cars.
Walk uphill on a gentle slope and turn left at the first junction where you can.
Follow the forest road to R81899 19837 B where there is a rough ride all the way to the summit. As of August 2013 the trees up as far as this ride have been harvested, but the ride-line (apart from a couple of fallen trees, easily by-passed) is the easiest to climb. There is a brief strip of tree's just before the summit which now has it's eastern flank felled and allows some views of the higher Galty range Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/512/comment/5271/

I note that the last comment on this hill was 6 years ago, and can report that the forest ride has all but vanished under a new plantation and growth of reeds and heather. Having left the main forest track at R81899 19837 B, I did manage to follow several old winding and badly rutted tracks some of the way up, but these eventually disappeared and had to clamber up the final bit through knee-deep vegetation and rotting tree stumps. Not a hill I intend to revisit. Baggers only need apply. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/512/comment/23294/

All of Benard is wooded. I visited the area south and west of the summit and it was very pleasant to walk through on a hot day. The trees are Sitka and probably not so far from being harvested. Enjoy them while you can. There's a ride that leaves the forest road at 81899 19837 B and goes right to the top.

Our photo shows said trees.
A cool gem but there are no views at the top. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/512/comment/2734/

Easy ascent using forest tracks most of the way from the entrance to Coumban Forest, before climbing up what was previously a ride between the trees and is now the south eastern edge of the forest, the remainder having been harvested recently.

The ride starts at about R819198 C, at a point where machinery has clearly accessed the hill - much churned up ground. The going is steep here, today was dry but if it were wet, this ride could be real trouble coming down.

An hour will see you easily up and down. This hill would also provide a relatively easy start point for a longer traverse of the western Galtees, with access towards Temple Hill and beyond possible, making use initially of a network of forest tracks. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/512/comment/15278/

The heavily wooded Benard from the east. Forests can vary but at present it is possible to use a ride from the summit of Benard, join various tracks and paths and walk to Temple Hill. Parts of Benard show use by quad bikes. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/512/comment/2735/

Just Say No! Really! The nadir of peak bagging.

Dreadful clear-felled summit. To compound matters the way off back to the car park (short of retracing ones steps) is not obvious, but such exists by following the gougings of the digger to the SW until you reach a woodland road. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/512/comment/17640/