Kippure, Cipiúr, Cíop Mhór 757m mountain, Dublin S: Kippure & Kilbride Dublin Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Dublin Area S: Kippure & Kilbride Subarea

Place count in area: 18, OSI/LPS Maps: 43, 50, 56, AWW, EW-DM, EW-WE, EW-WW
Highest place:

Kippure, 757m
Maximum height for area: 757 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 262 metres,

Places in area Dublin:
N: Howth:

Ben of Howth 171m
N: Naul:

Knockbrack 176m
S: Dublin South East:

Carrickgollogan 275.2m

Glendoo Mountain 585.1m

Killiney Hill 153.5m

Knocknagun 555.3m

Montpelier Hill 383m

Prince William's Seat 553.5m

Tibradden Mountain 466.2m

Two Rock Mountain 536m
S: Kippure & Kilbride:

Corrig Mountain 617.1m

Kippure 757m

Seahan 647.3m

Seefin 620.6m

Seefingan 722.9m
S: Saggart:

Cupidstown Hill 378.6m

Knockannavea 400.8m

Saggart Hill 396.9m

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

Kippure Mountain Cipiúr A name in Irish, also Cíop Mhór, also The Pole an extra EastWest name in English (Ir. Cipiúr [OSI], origin obscure) County Highpoint of Dublin and in Dublin/ Wicklow Counties in Leinster Province, in County Highpoint, Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Pale grey fine to coarse-grained granite Bedrock

Height: 757m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 56 Grid Reference: O11582 15455
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Longitude: -6.331884, Latitude: 53.178139 , Easting: 311582, Northing: 215455 Prominence: 262m, Isolation: 3.3km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 711506 715485, GPS IDs, 6 char: Kipure, 10 char: Kippure
Bedrock type: Pale grey fine to coarse-grained granite, (Type 2e equigranular)

The River Liffey rises high on the slopes of Kippure. The name as shown on Discovery map is simply a transliteration of a pronunciation collected locally, but without any clear meaning. It resembles ciop, 'stump' and iúr, 'yew', but 'stump of yew' would be Ciop Iúir. Yew is unlikely to have ever grown near such a high exposed summit, but the name also refers to a townland which descends to the valley, so a connection with yew is not impossible. Kippure is the highest mountain in the Dublin area and the 74th highest in Ireland. Kippure is the most southerly summit in the Dublin area. Kippure is the highest point in county Dublin.
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Took the meandering access road up. After having .. by SDillmore (Show all for Kippure (Cipiúr))

The broad shoulder of Kippure that slopes down to .. by padodes (Show all for Kippure (Cipiúr))

Djouce on Kippure, 2002

by Djouce 13 Nov 2002

Start at Lower Lough Bray and follow the path climbing between the two lakes. There is a very steep slope with great views over the lakes and Glencree valley from the top of the cliffs -
then more gentle boggy ground to the top. Unfortunately there are buildings and a large TV aerial at the summit. You can cheat by walking up or down the road! You can return by the same route or along the ridge overlooking Upper Lough Bray. Time required about 3 hours plus breaks. In warm weather you can enjoy a refreshing swim in Lough Bray afterwards Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/73/comment/215/

Near and deer .. by Colin Murphy (Show all for Kippure (Cipiúr))

Padodes refers to Eagles Crag in his recent post .. by wicklore (Show all for Kippure (Cipiúr))

“Military Road” .. by paddyobpc (Show all for Kippure (Cipiúr))

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