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Brandon Group Area

Place count in area: 15, OSI/LPS Maps: 70
Highest place:

Brandon, 951.7m
Maximum height for area: 951.7 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 934 metres,

Places in area Brandon Group:

Brandon Far North Top 840.1m

Brandon North Top 895.4m

Brandon Peak 840m

Brandon South Top 790m

Faha Ridge 809m

Faill an tSáis 430.7m

Gearhane 803m

Masatiompan 761.9m

Piaras Mór 745.7m

Piaras Mor thuaidh barr 700m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Faill an tSáis Hill (Ir. Faill an tSáis [OSI], 'cliff of the noose') Kerry County, in Carn List, Conglomerate & sandstone Bedrock

Height: 430.7m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 70 Grid Reference: Q49615 14962
Place visited by 58 members. Recently by: Bunsen7, odonogc, hivisibility, Ulsterpooka, eamonoc, markmjcampion, trekker, gerrym, tommccarthy, Wilderness, Peter Walker, gallybander, frankmc04, madfrankie, mountainmike
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Longitude: -10.203582, Latitude: 52.26624 , Easting: 49615, Northing: 114962 Prominence: 106m, Isolation: 3.1km
ITM: 449598 615014, GPS IDs, 6 char: FlantS, 10 char: FlantSás
Bedrock type: Conglomerate & sandstone, (Glashabeg Conglomerate Formation)

Sauce Creek is derived from Irish sás, 'noose', a name referring to the fact that waves and currents make it very difficult to leave this cove by boat. Faill an tSáis is the 794th highest place in Ireland. Faill an tSáis is the most northerly summit and also the most easterly in the Brandon Group area.
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Rum and petrol

Short Summary created by aidand, 9 Nov 2012

This peak is really a minor diversion on the walk to the nearby Sauce Creek. The creek features dramatic 300 metre high cliffs dropping into the ocean. It is possible, though not easy or very safe, to climb down to the creek. During the Second World War the creek was a great place for wreckage from sunken ships to be washed ashore. A former coastguard once regaled me with tales of barrels of rum and petrol being washed ashore here.
There is a circular waymarked route 'Suiloid a tSais' to the creek. Brandon Point is a good place to start. Allow 4 hours for the full circuit - a mixture of a fine coastal walk and some pleasant backroads. If you have less time a there and back walk along the waymarked route from Brandon Point will take about 2 hours. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/694/comment/5453/

It's possible to park more or less at the start o .. by simon3 (Show all for Faill an tSáis)

Nice hike to Sais Creek .. by tommyhogan (Show all for Faill an tSáis)

One of the Wonders of the Kingdom .. by ciarraioch (Show all for Faill an tSáis)

Landslide at Sauce Creek .. by aidand (Show all for Faill an tSáis)

From its northern side you wonder how Faill an tS .. by dbloke (Show all for Faill an tSáis)

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