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Turbot Island: Sky view

Island Comment Colin Murphy 5 days ago
Turbot Island (centre of photo, with houses) seen from the Sky Road near sunset..

Route from Tibradden

Track 5223 simon3 4 days ago
walk, Len: 11.0km, Climb: 500m, Area: Tibradden Mountain, Dublin (Ireland) Tibr...

Mulroney's Island: Tide times are vital to keep the toes dry

Island Comment Fergalh 2 days ago
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Tully Mountain: Reflections on a winter's day.

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 5 days ago
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A different way to visit Tibradden and Glendoo.

Track 5224 simon3 2 days ago
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Track 5221 Colin Murphy 5 days ago
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Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 5 days ago
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Track 5219 Colin Murphy 5 days ago
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Diamond Hill: Sparkling diamond

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 5 days ago
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Track 5214 Onzy a week ago
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Coolcurtoga: Route from the Paps Trailhead

Summit Comment DeirdreM 2 weeks ago
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Cahas Surveying: Changes to Arderins etc

Forum: Suggestions simon3 2 months ago
Surveying 2024, August and Sept in the Mournes and the Cahas.There are new positions for the Knocknaveacals, North and South, thanks to a suggestion from DoBIH. Knocknaveacal N was recorded w...
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Derryveagh Mountains Area   Cen: Errigal Subarea
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Errigal Mountain An Earagail A name in Irish Ir. An Earagail [DUPN], poss. 'oratory’ or ‘secluded spot’ [PDT]. County Highpoint of Donegal in Ulster Province, in County Highpoint, Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Whitish quarztite with pebble beds Bedrock

Height: 751m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 1 Grid Reference: B92825 20778
Place visited by 1117 members. Recently by: hikingofireland, gdg, Fergal Meath, rosduke, Baz749, sineadh, bowler, staypatient, markwallace, Blackstar, claireod5, PatrickMongey, marktrengove, Timmy.Mullen, Aidan_Ennis
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Longitude: -8.113014, Latitude: 55.034394 , Easting: 192825, Northing: 420778 Prominence: 688m,  Isolation: 1.4km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 592775 920768,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Erigal, 10 char: Errigal
Bedrock type: Whitish quarztite with pebble beds, (Ards Quartzite Formation)

Errigal is well-known for the pinkish glow of its quartzite in the setting sun. It is located on the boundary of four townlands: Beltany Mountain, Dunlewy Near, Procklis, Money More. Despite the name, there are no known remains of an oratory. It may therefore be a metaphorical name for the mountain itself. Alternatively, it may originally be a Brittonic name akin to Welsh argel ‘hiding-place, refuge, secluded spot’. Old Irish has a cognate word airchel, ‘lurking place’, but the -g- in Earagail would be more consistent with the Brittonic form.   An Earagail is the highest mountain in the Derryveagh Mountains area and the 78th highest in Ireland. An Earagail is the highest point in county Donegal.
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Climbed on a very clear and cold mid-December day .. by moosecollar   (Show all for Errigal (An Earagail))
 
Short, steeep climb to summit. Great views. Slid .. by Djouce   (Show all for Errigal (An Earagail))
 
The North Face .. by CaptainVertigo   (Show all for Errigal (An Earagail))
 
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Picture: Errigal from the West		  
Donegals highest.
by TommyV  31 Oct 2018
Errigal is up there alongside Croagh Patrick as one of Irelands most aesthetic mountains. To view it from a distance is as jaw dropping as the views from on top. The hike itself is a very straight forward out and back route from the Errigal Car park on the R251 as mentioned by simon3. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/76/comment/20137/
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Brocken spectre viewed from Errigal .. by B.G.   (Show all for Errigal (An Earagail))
 
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