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Feature count in area: 62, by county: Cork: 45, Kerry: 24, of which 7 are in both Cork and Kerry,
OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 79, 85, 86, 88, 89
Highest Place: Knockboy 704.8m
Starting Places (48) in area West Cork Mountains: Barley Lake North, Barrboy, Caha Pass, Carranmore, Carrigacappeen, Carriganass Castle, Castle Donovan Car Park, Clearagh House, Coolkellure House, Coomhola Bridge, Corrigatirra, Cousane Gap, Cummer Lough East Road, Derreencollig Wood, Derrynagree, Esk Boreen, Fuhiry Wood, Garinish Island Pier, Glasagarav River Bridge, Glasnacummeen Stream, Glengarriff, Glengarriff Nature Reserve CP, Gorteeniher Drimoleague Heritage Walk CP, Gortloughra River Road, Gougane Barra Oratory, Gougane Barra Park CP, Grousemount Wind Farm, Kealkill Village, Knockanuha, Knockbrack South, Lough Atooreen N, Lough Nambrackderg North, Lough Nambrackderg Wood, Lough Nambreacdearg, Mealagh Bridge, Molly Gallivan's Visitor Centre, Nowen Hill West Road, Owvane River Bridge, Pookeen North Top Road, Pooleen Wood Car Park, Priests Leap, Reenroe Bridge, River Roughty, Shandrum Concrete Silo, Sillahertane Stream, Slaheny River Horseshoe, Top of Coom, Turner's Rock Tunnel
Summits & other features in area West Cork Mountains: Cen: Maughanaclea: Maughanaclea Hills East Top 470m, Maughanaclea Hills West Top 452m Cen: Shehy More: Shehy More 545.6m, Shehy More SW Top 446m E: Clearagh: Clearagh Hill 287m E: Currane: Currane Hill 228m N Cen: Douce: Douce Mountain 476m, Doughill Mountain 471m N: Carran: Barnastooka 497m, Bealick 537.1m, Carran 605.2m, Carran Far NE Top 561m, Carran Far North Top 506m, Carran NE Top 555m, Carran South Top 568.4m, Knockantooreen 450m N: Conigar: Conigar 566m, Conigar SW Top 566m, Foilastookeen 540m N: Coomataggart: Carrigalougha 423m, Coomataggart 539.3m, Coomataggart SW Top 509m, Derrineanig 304m, Lackabaun 472m, Mweelin 487m NE Cen: Carrigarierk: Carrigarierk 343m NW: Barraboy: Barraboy Mountain 460m, Barraboy Mountain Far East Top 456m, Barraboy Mountain SE Top 409m, Derroograne 468m, Turners Rock 420m NW: Knockboy: Caoinkeen 692.8m, Caoinkeen South-East Top 553.5m, Coomhola Mountain 472m, Knockboy 704.8m, Knockboy North Top 651.2m, Knockboy South Top 533.3m, The Priest's Leap 519m NW: Knocknamanagh: Bird Hill 412m, Coomclogherane Top 449m, Gullaba Hill 603m, Knockbrack 440m, Knockbrack South Top 458m, Knocknamanagh 637m, Knocknamanagh NE Top 625m S Cen: Dunmanway Hills: Cashloura 296.8m, Coolsnaghtig 295.8m, Inchanadreen 310m S Cen: Nowen: Milane Hill 354.4m, Mullaghmesha 494.3m, Nowen Hill 535.2m, Nowen Hill Far West Top 405.2m, Nowen Hill SW Top 509m, Pookeen North Top 319m S: Leap Hills: Carrigfadda 311.7m, Killeigh Hill 229m, Knockarudane Hill 169m, Knockscagh 195m S: Skibbereen: Barryroe Hill 156m, Lick Hill 158m W Cen: Knockbreteen: Knockbreteen 239m W: Bantry: Knocknaveagh 282m
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Coomhola Mountain, 472mHill Sliabh Chom Sheola A name in Irish,
Place Rating ..
(Ir. Sliabh Chom Sheola [OSI*], 'mountain of Com Sheola'), Cork County in Munster province, in Carn Lists, Coomhola Mountain is the 659th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference V99504 59368,
Mapsheet(s): 85 Place visited by: 35members, recently by: Krzysztof_K, Colin Murphy, DeirdreM, Superterence, eiremountains, nickywood, chelman7, jackos, Carolyn105, daitho9, eamonoc, LorraineG60, MichaelG55, Wildrover, Niamhq
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Longitude: -9.456809, Latitude: 51.778159, Easting: 99504, Northing: 59368,
Prominence: 37m, Isolation: 1.6km ITM: 499476 559433 Bedrock type: Purple & green sandstone & siltstone, (Caha Mountain Formation) Notes on name: Coomhola is a valley to the south-east. This peak, or perhaps a nearby hollow, is marked Coomleah (reading uncertain) on the Grand Jury Map of Co. Cork (1811). This may be an anglicised form of (An) Com Liath, ‘the grey hollow’.
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: CmhlMn, 10 char: CmhlMntn Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/540/
Gallery for Coomhola Mountain (Sliabh Chom Sheola) and surrounds
Summary
for Coomhola Mountain (Sliabh Chom Sheola):
Low hill at the end of a good filler walk for a bad day.
Summary created by simon3
26 Apr, 2011
Picture: Coomhola from the west.
The summit is the southerly extension of Knockboy and has good views over west Cork. It's easy to reach from the Priest's Leap road at a number of points such as A (V9894 6071). It's an easy enough walk of about 1500m to the top which has a small cairn, though you need to pick your route at times through some cliffs. Getting to the starting point by the narrow twisty road could almost be considered more exciting.
From Knockboy South Summit, we were able to descend directly, down grassy slopes, to the river. And re cross it, this time below the small dam / hydro workings. And climb directly up hill towards Coomhola, there are some atv tracks here.
There is new fencing being erected along this hill, of the awkward type too! We crossed at a fence junction at roughly B (V99398 59755), turning left here and making straight for the summit. Which gave more fine views in the evening sun, out to Bantry Bay.
We returned to the point we crossed the fence and continued on north, along side the fence, past pt464 to roughly C (V99347 60326), where we turned west and shortly reached the old track and descended to the road. Walked back up the road to the Priests Leap, where we had parked our car. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/540/comment/6018/
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