Cnoc an Chuillinn is a minor summit on the ridge of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks between Maolán Buí and Cnoc na Toinne.
Usually this will be visited as part of a longer ridge walk for example ascending via the Big Gun. A round trip is likely to take around 5 to 6 hours. Note that at 958m this summit and its approaches can be hazardous in poor conditions. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/8/comment/4768/

The ridge of the Eastern Reeks from Cnoc an Chuillin. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/8/comment/2311/

On 29th April 2006 I walked the Eastern Reeks. I started from Cronin's farmhouse and came up the Hag's Glen. Cloud cover seemed set to deny me the views that I hoped for but as I reached the top of the Devil's Ladder sunshine broke through and there were some fantastic cloud inversion vistas to enjoy. This is from Cnoc an Chuillin looking across at Caher, Carrauntoohill and Beenkeragh. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/8/comment/2310/

The summit of Cnoc an Chuillin just visble in the clouds to the right of centre with Lough Comin Moir Mountain in the centre of the photo as viewed from the summit of Maolan Bui. On the extreme left you can see the stoney track which leads all the way back to the Devils ladder and points beyond if you've got the energy. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/8/comment/1142/

I followed the route described in Munster's Mountains by Denis Lynch ascending from Cumeenmore. He describes 2 routes, one climbing the gully in the SW corner of the coom and the second up the adjacent spur.

Cross the ford of the Gaddagh river at Lough Callee outflow continue until the marked loop walk turns back north, leave the path here and climb until you are vertically about halfway between the obvious boulder field at the end of the bone and Lough Callee. Contour here until you reach the stream descending from Cumeenmore, ford this and continue on it's West Bank until you reach the low plateau that rises from the West side of the lake. The route heads West up the steep slope that rises up the side of the truncated north spur. I kept well back from the cliff at the end of the spur, the ground is steep & grassy with rock outcrops that are generally easily bypassed. At the crest of the ridge there is a small col with great views into Cumeenmore and Coimin a Galasaitinn.

From here the route follows the crest of the ridge South towards Cnoc an Chuillinn and involves some straightforward scrambling on small steps and rocky gullies, but no more difficult than the Beenkeragh Ridge, and less exposed. The North ridge joins the main Reeks ridge 20-30 meters west and a little below the summit of Cnoc an Chuillinn. This is a very enjoyable semi-technical route up the Eastern Reeks, there was a heavy dew on the grass but this didn't translate to concerning conditions underfoot on the steep sections. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/8/comment/23583/