Coomacarrea would normally be climbed as part of the Glenbeigh Horseshoe circuit starting at Meentog and finishing at Drung Hill (or round the other way) taking in 7 600m+ tops as well as a sub 600m if you wanted.There is car parking beside a ruined cottage near the head of Coomasaharn Lake at V636852 A which is at the end of a minor road out of Glengeigh for either route. From the summit of Meentog follow the broad grassy shoulder downhill in a Westerly direction to the gap at the bottom of Coomacarrea. There are some fences and stony paths near here. Continue W up the shoulder where a fence takes a meandering line up to broad unmarked grassy summit. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/59/comment/4819/

Take a look at these lakes. Coomasaharn Lake stretches from the top of the picture, with Loughacummeen below it in the picture. This view from 500m east of Coomacarrea at V61607 82566 B seems to bring them close, however in fact they are 430m apart on the map and differ in height by 340m. A remarkable sight. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/59/comment/1865/

On the east side of Coomacarrea, at the col with Meenteog a road has been hacked out leading south. There are piles of buckled or worn looking mast sections and coils of rusting wire. In the picture you will also be able to see a white object, which is a large concrete block. Less visible in the picture is a nasty series of gashes in the hillside leading right to the top of Coomacarrea at the top of the fence.

It's testing for a wind power station, though it is outside the Kerry Co Co designated area for such (if that matters). As of Dec 2005 there was a mast on top of Coomacarrea. Were windmills to be put up here they would be at by far the highest site in Ireland. Coomacarrea is at 772m and the top of the windmills could be at 930m. They would be visible from much of the Dingle Peninsula, from much of the Iveragh Peninsula and even the Beara Peninsula as well as far inland in the Killarney region. The road access would inevitably bring scramblers or quads to further damage the landscape. Whether you are in favour or not about windpower (personally I am) this is not the place. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/59/comment/1866/