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Galty Mountains Area , W: West Galtys Subarea
Feature count in area: 24, by county: Tipperary: 18, Limerick: 8, of which 2 are in both Limerick and Tipperary, OSI/LPS Maps: 66, 74, EW-G
Highest Place: Galtymore 917.9m

Starting Places (19) in area Galty Mountains:
Aherlow House Hotel, Annaslinga, Attychraan Loop Trail, Cahirabbey Upper, Carrigeen, Clydagh Bridge, Combaun Woods CP, Combaun Woods Track, Galtyway Climb Black Rd, Glengarra Woods, Kilmoyler Railway Boreen, Kings Yard, Lake Muskry Trailhead, Lissantrelick Paradise Hill, Lisvernane, Pigeonrock Behanagh Rivers fork, Scaragh Reservoir, Scarragh Wood S, Scarragh Wood W

Summits & other features in area Galty Mountains:
Cen: Central Galtys: Cush 641.2m, Galtybeg 799.2m, Galtymore 917.9m, Greenane 801.3m, Greenane West 787m, Knockastakeen 581.6m, Knockeenatoung 601.3m, Lough Curra Mound 600.4m, Seefin 446.6m, Seefin North Top 444.1m
E: East Galtys: Laghtshanaquilla 629.4m, Laghtshanaquilla North-East Top 598m, Slieveanard 437.8m, Slieveanard NE Top 448.5m, Sturrakeen 541.7m
N: North Galtys: Slievenamuck 369m
W: West Galtys: Benard 479.5m, Carrignabinnia 822.9m, Knockaterriff 691.6m, Knockaterriff Beg 679.3m, Lyracappul 824.9m, Monabrack 630.1m, Slievecushnabinnia 774.8m, Temple Hill 783.1m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Temple Hill, 783.1m Mountain Cnoc an Teampaill A name in Irish,
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(Ir. Cnoc an Teampaill [OSI], 'hill of the church'), Teampuillín, Limerick County in Munster province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Temple Hill is the 56th highest place in Ireland. Temple Hill is the second most westerly summit in the Galty Mountains area.
Grid Reference R83334 21837, OS 1:50k mapsheet 74
Place visited by: 449 members, recently by: RonanS, kburke96, patman1974, bandre, Aidan_Ennis, discovering_dann, ochils_trekker, DarrenY, MickM45, Mark1, knightsonhikes, MichaelG55, RosieMc, farmerjoe1, JordanF1
I visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member for this.)
Longitude: -8.245297, Latitude: 52.348339, Easting: 183334, Northing: 121838, Prominence: 188.1m,  Isolation: 1.1km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 583287 621889
Bedrock type: Thick-bedded pale-red sandstone, (Galtymore Formation)

  Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: TmplHl, 10 char: Temple Hil

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Gallery for Temple Hill (Cnoc an Teampaill) and surrounds
Summary for Temple Hill (Cnoc an Teampaill): Great views from conical hill on the western end of the Galtees ridge.
Summary created by markmjcampion, jackill, YoungJohn 18 Aug, 2023
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Picture: Temple Hill in the centre , from the south
Temple Hill is a distinct peak at the most westerly edge of the Galtees. It's a grassy hill with a scattering of rock and is usually firm underfoot. Views are widespread over the Galtees, Knockmealdowns, Ballyhouras as well as the flatter ground of S Tipp and N Cork.

SW. Park at ComBan Wd (R81980 18545), a forest entrance with room for 10 cars.
Walk up the forest track making your way after a few km to the start of a smaller track at A (R82736 20293). Follow this track, passing by a sheep pen and onto open hillside. Go uphill here to pick up a rough track at approximately B (R83300 20170). Follow this track to the ridge turning N when you reach it and then on to its end crossing a small rock field to the summit cairn. 4 hrs+ 12k return.

SE. Park at C (R86800 19700) and head for D (R86146 19943) via the route on track/2079. From here either head first for Knockaterriff Beg before heading WSW fro Temple Hill or take a more direct route for the summit of TH, hiking up the more western ridge from this point before veering NW and eventually picking up the ridge mentioned in the first route above. Return via Knockaterriff or Monabrack for a good loop walk.

W. Find somewhere to park near PardiseHl (R80498 21696) and follow track/3508 first to Paradise Hill and eventually out of the forest all the time following the western ridge until you veer NE for the summit close to the 700m contour line. [1.5h and 4k]

Other notable tracks include track/2295 4hrs+ 12k and track/2456 14k and 5h+
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Picture: Lyracappul with Galtybeg and Galtymore in cloud beyond
Western approach to the heart of the Galtees
by ochils_trekker 5 Aug 2024
Visited July 2024. I decided to park at the community centre in Anglesborough, where there is plenty of parking, and some very informative boards telling the story of the importance of this area - and the volunteeers involved - in the Irish War of Independence.
I walked N back up the quiet road, looking out for the waymarked post and a gate on the right, leading up to a woodland walk. It's to be noted that after a while there is a sturdy metal stile inviting the walker to cross into an adjacent field. I looked over and there were no indications of a path, only some cattle further up the field. However, a sign which had been attached stated that the stile led only to private property, so I don't know what the story is. In any case, it seems that this stile should be ignored, as I followed the track and this led shortly to a point where the forestry track meets a fence with a stile giving access to the field and the approach to Temple Hill, clearly visible ahead. The climb is straightforward to the summit, approached finally from a slightly E direction. I spotted the thoughtfully provided visitor book in its metal casing and made a short and unprofound comment for posterity, with my name and place of origin! It was good to see that it has been regularly used by walkers.
After a photo stop, I dropped steeply down to the col (a depressing 800 feet/243 mtrs or so....to be repeated on the way back) and found a fair amount of deep peat hags to negotiate before the climb back up to my second top of Lyracappul.
From there it was brief hop over to Slievecushnabinnia, following the well-made wall marking the county border, and then all the way back to Temple Hill. This time with the detour to take in Knockaterrif Beg with its cross and memorial, and Knockaterriff just beyond.
The drop down to the col seemed to offer little option other than hitting the peat hags again, but I found that bearing as far left (WSW) as possible before losing too much elevation, the route was a little kinder and less hag-filled than on the outward journey.
However, the final pull up to Temple Hill is unavoidable, and a grind at the end of a few hours. So I would advise to keep plenty of water and some sustenance to top up for this final stretch. I returned the way I came at the end of a full and satisfying day in the Galtees. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/54/comment/24248/
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Picture: Route from Temple Hill to Lyracappul
john_desmond on Temple Hill
by john_desmond 7 Apr 2005
Temple Hill is the most Westerly of the Galtee mtns. The picture shows to route off Temple Hill and on to Lyracappul. Be careful not to take the direct route. Keep on the high ground to the right to avoid some ravines. Not dangerous but you can lose a lot of height quickly. If it is misty, you might want to try going straight to Knockaterriff Beg (small 2 ft high metal post on its summit) and then onwards to Lyracappul. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/54/comment/1633/
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Picture: Marker for Temple Hill Log Book!
Log your visit!
by Harry Goodman 22 Jul 2011
Climbed Temple Hill for the first time on Sunday 10.10.10 during a week-end walking in the Galtees. The walk was part of a circuit which also included Knockaterrif Beg, Lyracappul,Carrignabinnia and Monabrack (also climbed for the first time). Unfortunately the low mist experienced the previous day on a horseshoe walk around Glen Cush still persisted. We parked at C (R86800 19700) and having walked N along the access road for about 400m we followed a track going off to the left E (R86900 19900). This led along and then down through thick woodland, past an old ruined farm house and then SW, through three small fields, to a track F (R86100 19900) where we turned right (N) and followed it along to cross a bridge. We then walked in a westerly direction for about 1km, with the Pidgeonrock River on the left, before swinging N, still along the river, into the Pidgeonrock Glen. About 600m along G (R84500 21000) we crossed the river and headed steeply up to gain the crest of the Temple Hill ridge. Now in mist we headed NNW along the moorland top following a bearing for the summit some 900m further away. By chance (later rather than sooner!) we came across a good track heading for the summit, but not marked on our map, which eased our dreary trudge. This led to a large stony area which we crossed to the summit cairn and Trig Pillar H (R83335 21830). Here we had ample room to settle in, out of the wind, for a short break. While on the summit we came across something unusual on an Irish hill, a piece of wood sticking up from a small pile of rocks with the the words "Sign Book" written on it (see photo). Under the rocks we found a tin box containing a book in which to write your name and date of climbing the mountain. We duly obliged and carefully replaced the tin for the next walker(s). From the top we headed down E with a touch of N to the coll I (R83900 22000) before climbing Knockaterrif Beg the next hill on our circuit. Had we wished to return to the start we could have headed S down the Pidgeonrock Glen to pick up our approach route to Temple Hill. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/54/comment/6409/
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jackill on Temple Hill
by jackill 7 Aug 2004
Climbed 22/02/04 - start woodland track ComBan Wd (R819 185) to track straight up side of hill at J (R833 202) - sharp turn left on track towards Temple Hill - the track goes further than shown on the map,when you run out of track a bearing of due north (useful in fog) will get you to the summit after approx 500 mtrs across a field of small rounded rocks - return by same route - 4 hrs & 12.5 kms
The photo was taken from the cairn on top of Temple hill (good shelter) with Galtys from Lyracappul on the left to Greenane on the right Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/54/comment/1056/
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Looking forward to the walk.
by simon3 3 Aug 2017
This picture was taken in 1998 during one of the Galty Walks from the summit of Temple Hill. The pointy hill left of centre on the skyline is Lyracappul, while the ground rising towards Lyracappul on the right are the Knockaterrifs, which is an area I can guarantee that you will rarely meet anyone on. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/54/comment/1368/
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