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East Kerry Area   N: Ballydesmond Subarea
Place count in area: 4, OSI/LPS Maps: 72, 79 
Highest place:
Baraveha, 451m
Maximum height for area: 451 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 299 metres,

Places in area East Kerry:
N: Ballydesmond:   Baraveha 451mKnockatee 410mMount Eagle 431m
S: Kilcummin:   Knockatagglemore 330m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Mount Eagle Hill Sliabh an Iolair A name in Irish, also Croaghane an extra name in English (Ir. Sliabh an Iolair [logainm.ie], 'mountain of the eagle') Kerry County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Grey silty mudstone Bedrock

Height: 431m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 72 Grid Reference: R09310 10351
Place visited by 26 members. Recently by: Colin Murphy, farmerjoe, daitho9, markmjcampion, Wildrover, chelman7, ciarraioch, JustMe, scapania, Fergalh, FrankMc1964, gallybander, frankmc04, hivisibility, conormcbandon
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Longitude: -9.328327, Latitude: 52.237893 , Easting: 109310, Northing: 110351 Prominence: 83m,  Isolation: 1.8km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 509275 610404,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Mnt431, 10 char: MntEgl 431
Bedrock type: Grey silty mudstone, (Glenoween Shale Formation)

The name Sliabh an Iolair is recorded as the official Irish name of an electoral division. The hill is also known as Croaghane [OSNB], an anglicisation of Ir. Cruachán meaning ‘little stack’.   Mount Eagle is the second highest hill in the East Kerry area and the 798th highest in Ireland.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mount Eagle (<i>Sliabh an Iolair</i>) in area East Kerry, Ireland
Picture: Summit trig
 
Name belies the reality
Short Summary created by Colin Murphy  21 Feb 2025
This is a (relatively) simple but unexciting climb partly up a windfarm track with just 65m ascent. There is parking for multiple cars at R0950 1110 starA. You are then faced with a high (1.5m), locked gate bearing CCTV warning signs. (It is possible to get around the gate and fencing to the right side, over some very marshy ground.) Proceed up track, taking second right and go to turbine. Just past this is a bank, which leads on to a grassy/muddy trail of sorts up the hillside (at R09383 10701 starB), parallel to a barbed wire fence on one side and new plantation on other. Cross fence and walk 400m SW – the ground is uneven and heather-covered, but walkable. A trig pillar (curiously surrounded by an electrified fence,) marks the highpoint, and next to it are a padlocked plastic bin and an empty blue drum. Allow one hour return trip. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/682/comment/5441/
 
I must confess to having had a negative impressio .. by madfrankie   (Show all for Mount Eagle (Sliabh an Iolair))
 
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