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Donegal SW Area   N: Sliabh Tuaidh Subarea
Place count in area: 24, OSI/LPS Maps: 10 
Highest place:
Slieve League, 596.4m
Maximum height for area: 596.4 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 470 metres,

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Slievetooey West Top Hill Sliabh Tuaidh (mullach thiar) A name in Irish For origin of name, see Sliabh Tuaidh / Slievetooey. Donegal County in Ulster Province, in Carn List, Whitish quartzite with pebble beds Bedrock

Height: 472m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 10 Grid Reference: G61799 90641
Place visited by 50 members. Recently by: bowler, bryanmccabe, fingalscave, eamonoc, markmjcampion, LorraineG60, MichaelG55, paulbrown, kitchen, Fergalh, Peter Walker, hgboyle, Wilderness, scapania, melohara
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Longitude: -8.594202, Latitude: 54.762229 , Easting: 161799, Northing: 390641 Prominence: 117m,  Isolation: 1.3km
ITM: 561757 890632,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SlvtWs, 10 char: SlvtyWstTp
Bedrock type: Whitish quartzite with pebble beds, (Slieve Tooey Quartzite Formation)

Although this peak is marked as Slievetooey on the Discovery map, it is only a lower satellite of the 511m peak, which is the true summit of Slievetooey.   Sliabh Tuaidh (mullach thiar) is the 657th highest place in Ireland. Sliabh Tuaidh (mullach thiar) is the second most northerly summit in the Donegal SW area.

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Simple hop over from its big brother .. by group   (Show all for Slievetooey West Top (Sliabh Tuaidh (mullach thiar)))
 
Slievetooey? There's three of them! .. by millsd1   (Show all for Slievetooey West Top (Sliabh Tuaidh (mullach thiar)))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slievetooey West Top (<i>Sliabh Tuaidh (mullach thiar)</i>) in area Donegal SW, Ireland
Picture: West top from Slievetooey
 
Slievetooey West Top
by Colin Murphy  15 Apr 2016
The west top seen from Sleievetooey. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/541/comment/18492/
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