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9 km walk around Mullaghmeen Woods April 2025

Track 5282 ceadeile 10 hours ago
Storm Éowyn, January 2025, caused enormous destruction to the beech woods at Mullaghmeen, especially on the so... walk, Len: 9.4km, Climb: 245m, Area: Mullaghmeen, North East Midlands (Ireland|...

Carrigroe: Twin tops

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 2 days ago
A view of Carrigalachan and Carrigroe taken from the southern slopes of Blackstairs mountain.

Longish, but pretty trek to unremarkable Carn.

Track 5281 Colin Murphy 2 days ago
A lengthy trek to bag a single unremarkable Carn was enlivened by some fine scenery and some unseasonal snow. ... walk, Len: 12.3km, Climb: 513m, Area: Slievebaun, Blackstairs Mountains (Irela|...

Blackstairs Mountain: Good access and a great viewpoint above a patchwork quilt

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 2 days ago
Just S of Mt. Leinster, Blackstairs Mt. is a prominent hill on the main ridge separating Carlow & Wexford. Views are good in all directions, mostly over flatlands, but dominated by the peak o...

Grieve Hill: Summit position recently revised.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 6 days ago
The position of the highest point of this general area was reassessed in Nov 2014 and replaced by Bunnanimma. The former summit was called Carrickatee in MV with position H72704 14804. The ne...

Brandon Hill Loop from Graiguenamanagh

Track 5280 Onzy 6 days ago
walk, Len: 21.0km, Climb: 641m, Area: Brandon Hill, South East Midlands (Irelan...

Leean Mountain: Ireland's Best Small Hill?

Summit Comment Geo a week ago
The title of this comment says it all about my experience. I won't labour the practicalities of how to get to it, it's well laid out by others, and straightforward to follow. Getting back to ...

Scarr North-West Top: Popular spot in the heart of the mountains

Summit Comment hibby a week ago
A gloriously sunny April morning with clear blue skies made this area a surprisingly popular spot with walkers and cyclists. The short relatively steep climb up from the car park brings you t...

Manorhamilton town centre to the summit of Benbo

Track 5279 markwallace a week ago
I climbed Benbo from Manorhamilton, first for 1.5 km along the N16 (Sligo Road), which doesn't have a hard sh... walk, Len: 14.8km, Climb: 459m, Area: Benbo, Dartry Mountains (Ireland) Benbo||

Silvermines Hydro Project

Forum: General Bunsen7 a month ago
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0307/1500751-650m-silvermines-hydro-project-before-an-bord-pleanala/

Brown Mountain: Granite - mica schist boundary

Summit Comment hibby a week ago
Bright sunshine, blue skies, mainly dry underfoot - not typical conditions for a Sunday morning in April. We were surprised to find the Glenmacnass car park already full at 10 a.m. and someth...

Spain: Circuit of el Dit d'Olta

Track 5278 Onzy a week ago
Small and varied hiking area north-west of Calpe and easily accessible from the town. walk, Len: 16.1km, Climb: 465m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||
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Knockmealdown Mountains Area   Cen: Central Knockmealdowns Subarea
Place count in area: 17, OSI/LPS Maps: 74, 82, EW-K 
Highest place: Knockmealdown, 792.4m
Maximum height for area: 792.4 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 682.7 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Knockmoylan Mountain Cnoc Maoláin A name in Irish, also Knockshane, also Cnoc Sam an extra EastWest name in Irish (prob. Ir. Cnoc Maoláin [PDT], 'hill of the little round or bald
place') Tipperary County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Medium grained pink-purple sandstone Bedrock

Height: 767.1m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 74 Grid Reference: S05794 09328
Place visited by 422 members. Recently by: therealcrow, jellybean, Josephineobrien, hugh_oc, patman1974, Aidan_Ennis, Marykerry, discovering_dann, MeabhTiernan, RonanS, compassman, DarrenY, Juanita, Petecal423, Kaszmirek78
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Longitude: -7.915917, Latitude: 52.236152 , Easting: 205795, Northing: 109329 Prominence: 35.11m,  Isolation: 0.9km
ITM: 605743 609382,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Knckmy, 10 char: Knckmyln
Bedrock type: Medium grained pink-purple sandstone, (Knockmealdown Sandstone Formation)

The lake below this peak is Lough Moylan. The name Knockshane is marked on the lower northern slopes on the Discovery map.   Knockmoylan is the second highest mountain in the Knockmealdown Mountains area and the 63rd highest in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/61/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Knockmoylan (<i>Cnoc Maoláin</i>) in area Knockmealdown Mountains, Ireland
 
simon3 on Knockmoylan, 2003
by simon3  1 Apr 2003
Knockmoylan, unnamed on the 1:50k map, only just qualifies as an independent top. It forms part of a ridge running North from Knockmealdown. The photo taken from the top shows the continuation of this ridge towards its northern end, known as Knockshane. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/61/comment/418/
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