Cookies. This website uses cookies, which are small text files that the website puts on your computer to facilitate operation. Cookies help us provide a better service to you. They are used to track general user traffic information and to help the website function properly.

Click to hide this notice for 30 days.
Welcome to MountainViews
If you want to use the website often please enrol (quick and free) at top right.
Overview
Detail
Zoom: ??
For more map options click on any overview map area or any detail map feature.
Find Suggested Walks
Find hill, mountain, island, coastal feature.
Videos
(none available)
Recent Contributions
Get Notifications

Cooneen Hill: Ok hill, top-notch view.

A long, meandering route to Ballykildea

Cooneen Hill: Briars, pines and pain

Kilcommon from the west

Ballykildea Mountain: A walk in the woods

Ballykildea Mountain: A long approach from the north

Easy walk, with nice views towards Eagle Island

Muckish: Muckish for the Summits On The Air (SOTA)

Glan Mountain: A Glan rocker......

Typical wet North Mayo Coastal Hill

Sea Hill: Surprisingly good sea views from this hill

Beenbane: Borreen to heaven

Conditions and Info
Use of MountainViews is governed by conditions and a privacy policy.
Read general information about the site.
Opinions in material here are not necessarily endorsed by MountainViews.
Hillwalking is a risk sport. Information in comments, walks, shared GPS tracks or about starting places may not be accurate for example as regards safety or access permission. You are responsible for your safety and your permission to walk.
See the credits and list definitions.
Video display
East Clare Area   Cen: Slieve Bernagh Subarea
Place count in area: 9, OSI/LPS Maps: 52, 58 
Highest place:
Moylussa, 531.6m
Maximum height for area: 531.6 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 501.6 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Rating graphic.
Glennagalliagh Mountain Hill Sliabh Ghleann na gCailleach A name in Irish (Ir. Sliabh Ghleann na gCailleach [OSI], 'mountain of Ghleann na
gCailleach or glen of the hags')
Clare County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Fine to conglomeratic graded greywacke Bedrock

Height: 446m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 58 Grid Reference: R63583 73957
Place visited by 72 members. Recently by: Colin Murphy, GerSomers, Wilderness, maryblewitt, garrettd, JohnRea, markwallace, sarahryanowen, John.geary, chelman7, TriHarder, MichaelG55, LorraineG60, finkey86, cclair
I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)

Longitude: -8.540959, Latitude: 52.815708 , Easting: 163583, Northing: 173957 Prominence: 40m,  Isolation: 1.2km
ITM: 563533 673996,   GPS IDs, 6 char: GlngMn, 10 char: GlnglgMntn
Bedrock type: Fine to conglomeratic graded greywacke, (Broadford Formation)

Glennagalliagh Mountain is the third highest hill in the East Clare area and the 748th highest in Ireland. Glennagalliagh Mountain is the third highest point in county Clare.

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/632/
COMMENTS for Glennagalliagh Mountain (Sliabh Ghleann na gCailleach) 1 of 1  
Follow this place's comments
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Glennagalliagh Mountain (<i>Sliabh Ghleann na gCailleach</i>) in area East Clare, Ireland
Picture: Summit mound with small marker.
 
Track leads right to summit
Short Summary created by Colin Murphy  17 Feb 2023
The most popular way to access this hill is from the south, at R6395472575 starA where a forest track leads all the way from the road to the summit area. There is parking here for one car, maybe two at a squeeze. Please note that a gate bars your way carrying no less than 5 signs (Private Property/No Parking/CCTV etc), so it's up to you if you are prepared to ignore this - in general these things are there to deter ne'er-do-wells or people intent on illegal dumping, but it's up to you.) The decent track heads NE for 1km, then swings NW for another before turning directly west for about 200m then finally north for about 70m to reach the high point, which seems to be a grassy mound with a small pile of stones on top. Up and down allow 1 hour 15 minutes. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/632/comment/5391/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Glennagalliagh Mountain (<i>Sliabh Ghleann na gCailleach</i>) in area East Clare, Ireland
Picture: Moylussa from Glennagalliagh
An easy hill to access
by wicklore  31 May 2010
There is a track at R6395472575 starA to the south of Glennagalliagh on OS map 58. This track gives access right to the summit of Glennagalliagh, and is the vehicle route for the turf cutters referred to by paddyhillsbagger. It also gives access to quad bikes and their transport vehicles as they were much in evidence when I was there on Sunday. Low slung vehicles won’t enjoy this bumpy track, but for those with suitable cars there is space to park a little way along the track at a track junction. Beyond this junction only rugged vehicles will negotiate the bumps and dips of the track.
For the walker it’s about a 1.5 km walk up to the summit, going past the slightly lower summit a couple of hundred metres to the south of the main top. The turf cutting is spread over the whole summit area. There are wonderful views down into the valley to the east. The eye sweeps around the valley, taking in Ballykildea Mountain and the steep south slopes of Moylussa and Cragnamurragh. I think the wire fence around the summit could be electrified but I didn’t see a warning sign.

There is a wide track gouged out of the bog which leads from just below Glennagalliagh to the east up to the col between Moylussa and Cragnamurragh. You can see this track in the photo. It is only 1km up this track so it makes access to the higher hills very easy. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/632/comment/5847/
Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Glennagalliagh Mountain (<i>Sliabh Ghleann na gCailleach</i>) in area East Clare, Ireland
Picture: Peat rows on top of Glennagalliagh and small cairn. Ballykilldea in background.
 
Peat works!
by paddyhillsbagger  8 May 2010
Dropped down from Cragnamurragh to bag this top. The whole top is given over to peat harvesting and there were a few jeeps with helpers turning the sods to dry in the sun the day I was up. I did find a small collection of stones at a high point which I took to be the summit. I retraced my steps back up to Moylussa to get back to the car at Ballycugurran Forest Park R688 760 starB where I started the day by bagging Ballykilldea Mtn. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/632/comment/4691/
Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average
 
gerloughnanne on Glennagalliagh Mountain, 2008
by gerloughnanne  31 Aug 2008
Climbed this late one evening in an aborted attempt to reach Cragnamurragh. Access from the summit of the raod that links Kilbane to Killaloe known as the gap. Theres a forestry fire break that leads all the way to the summitt that has been used by the quad bikers and scramblers. Came down via the gravel road through the bog. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/632/comment/3278/
Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Glennagalliagh Mountain (<i>Sliabh Ghleann na gCailleach</i>) in area East Clare, Ireland
Picture: Moylussa
Short Walk
by cuan  30 Dec 2013
2km past the Kilbane cross roads on The Gap Road turned left at A and parked after 0.7km along gravel road. Walked on 1.3km along the gravel road to summit/sheep pen, there are great views of Ballykildea Mtn, Moylussa,Cragnamurragh east to west.
Returned over a lower summit to the south, continued on down through path in forest break and then west-east on forest gravel road to car. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/632/comment/15293/
Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average
 
(End of comment section for Glennagalliagh Mountain (Sliabh Ghleann na gCailleach).)

OSi logo OSNI/LPS logo
Some mapping:
Open Street Map
(Various variations used.)
British summit data courtesy:
Database of British & Irish Hills
(Creative Commons Licence)
MountainViews.ie, a Hill-walking Website for the island of Ireland. 2300 Summiteers, 1460 Contributors, Newsletter since 2007