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Feature count in area: 24, all in Donegal,
OSI/LPS Maps: 10
Highest Place: Slieve League 596.4m
Starting Places (1) in area Donegal SW:
Port Pier
Summits & other features in area Donegal SW:
Maum 325m
N: Sliabh Tuaidh: Tormore Island South 94m, Tormore Island North 139m, Crockuna 400m, Slievetooey 511m, Slievetooey Far West Top 460m, Slievetooey West Top 472m
NE: Glengesh: Balbane Hill 472m, Glengesh Hill 390m, Common Mountain 499.7m, Crocknapeast 497m, Croaghavehy 372m, Mulmosog Mountain 351m, Mulnanaff 475m
NW: Glencolmkille: Croaghacullion 374m, Croaghloughdivna 310m
S: Killybegs Hills: Croaghacullin 405m, Croaghmuckros 275m, Crownarad 493m, Crownarad SW Top 471m
SW: Slieve League: Crockrawer 435.2m, Leahan 427m, Slieve League 596.4m, Slieve League SE Top 576.7m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Highest Place: Slieve League 596.4m
Starting Places (1) in area Donegal SW:
Port PierSummits & other features in area Donegal SW:
Maum 325m
N: Sliabh Tuaidh: Tormore Island South 94m, Tormore Island North 139m, Crockuna 400m, Slievetooey 511m, Slievetooey Far West Top 460m, Slievetooey West Top 472m
NE: Glengesh: Balbane Hill 472m, Glengesh Hill 390m, Common Mountain 499.7m, Crocknapeast 497m, Croaghavehy 372m, Mulmosog Mountain 351m, Mulnanaff 475m
NW: Glencolmkille: Croaghacullion 374m, Croaghloughdivna 310m
S: Killybegs Hills: Croaghacullin 405m, Croaghmuckros 275m, Crownarad 493m, Crownarad SW Top 471m
SW: Slieve League: Crockrawer 435.2m, Leahan 427m, Slieve League 596.4m, Slieve League SE Top 576.7m
Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Grid Reference G61799 90641, OS 1:50k mapsheet 10
Place visited by: 49 members, recently by: bryanmccabe, fingalscave, eamonoc, markmjcampion, LorraineG60, MichaelG55, paulbrown, kitchen, Fergalh, Peter Walker, hgboyle, Wilderness, scapania, melohara, shaunkelly
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Bedrock type: Whitish quartzite with pebble beds, (Slieve Tooey Quartzite Formation)
Notes on name: 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.
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: SlvtWs, 10 char: SlvtyWstTp
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/541/
Gallery for Slievetooey West Top (Sliabh Tuaidh (mullach thiar)) and surrounds
Summary
for Slievetooey West Top (Sliabh Tuaidh (mullach thiar)):
Simple hop over from its big brother
Summary created by Colin Murphy
15 Apr, 2016
From Slievetooey summit head west for 1km, descending to 350m at A (G619 900). Turn north up the slope, which is initially steep but soon eases. There are some peat hags at the col and it is quite boggy, but not too bad. Heather as you ascend, quickly changes to rocks and short grass. Time between summits, 40 minutes. Top marked by a cairn.
Add a Place Comment for Slievetooey West Top, Sliabh Tuaidh (mullach thiar) 
Slievetooey? There's three of them!
by millsd1
18 Jun 2012
Climbed Slievetooey W Top on Sunday 17/6/2012 as part of a loop walk incorporating all three of Slievetooey's tops, part of the Colmcille Way and Crockuna. Car parked at lay-by at approx B (G642 890).
Great views all-round including Errigal, Benbulbin and Croaghpatrick.
From Slievetooey Main Top, 511m, C (G628 899), access to W Top, 472m, D (G617 906), involves a 160m descent following a very faint grass track down the ridge in a westerly direction to a wet boggy col sprinkled with a few peat hags.
From there a 120m ascent in a northerly direction over rock and very short heather will take you to the summit.
In conditions of poor visibility, bear in mind there is a fairly steep drop to your right at all times on this approach.
Slievetooey Far W Top, 450m, lies about 2.5km further west at E (G593 904). Initially follow a magnetic bearing of 269 degrees aiming for the southern edge of Lough Awoty (skirting the northern edge of the un-named lough to the east), and this will keep you largely clear of peat hags on easy ground, largely rock and low heather. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/541/comment/14693/
Great views all-round including Errigal, Benbulbin and Croaghpatrick.
From Slievetooey Main Top, 511m, C (G628 899), access to W Top, 472m, D (G617 906), involves a 160m descent following a very faint grass track down the ridge in a westerly direction to a wet boggy col sprinkled with a few peat hags.
From there a 120m ascent in a northerly direction over rock and very short heather will take you to the summit.
In conditions of poor visibility, bear in mind there is a fairly steep drop to your right at all times on this approach.
Slievetooey Far W Top, 450m, lies about 2.5km further west at E (G593 904). Initially follow a magnetic bearing of 269 degrees aiming for the southern edge of Lough Awoty (skirting the northern edge of the un-named lough to the east), and this will keep you largely clear of peat hags on easy ground, largely rock and low heather. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/541/comment/14693/
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Slievetooey West Top
by Colin Murphy
15 Apr 2016
The west top seen from Sleievetooey. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/541/comment/18492/
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