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Fairy Castle Loop Via Kilmashogue Forrest

Track 4835 Stetarrant 16 hours ago
walk, Len: 9.5km, Climb: 318m, Area: Two Rock Mountain, Dublin (Ireland) Two Ro...

Bweengduff: The Shiddy Way?

Summit Comment Colin Murphy a week ago
This isn't a particularly interesting hill, although after a prolonged rainy period, I did see multiple gushing streams on my walk, some of them having flooded sections of the forest track. T...

Seefin - Seefin East Top

Track 4833 Colin Murphy a week ago
This track takes in Seefin and Seefin East Top and will take roughly 1 hour 45 minutes hours to compete. There is am... walk, Len: 7.1km, Climb: 375m, Area: Seefin, Boggeragh Mountains (Ireland) Se||

Bweengduff: A good forest road to access this summit

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
Park at a forest entrance W46444 88741, room for 5 cars. Follow the track into the forest , along the Duhallow way, taking the second left, then the first right, then second left then first r...

Seefin East Top: An easy bog trot.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
This is an easy walk starting from the large carpark at W34900 86100 and following the track (which is show as part of the Dulhallow way on the Discovery map) past bog works and the access ro...

Glenmalure zig-zags route closed.

Forum: General simon3 2 days ago
Very bad news here about an assault on a sheepfarmer, favourably disposed to hillwalkers but not dogs on his land. An Agreed Access Route has been closed as a result. https://wicklownews.net/...

Glenshee ramble

Track 4830 billbaggins a week ago
Parked at the Ski Centre, NO 141 775. Cycled down to parking spot at NO 131 757 and began hiking. Reached A93 at ... walk, Len: 24.6km, Climb: 1296m, Area: Creag Leacach SW Top, Braemar to Montro|...

Seefin: An easy road with distant balcony views but nearby clutter

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago
This is an easy walk starting from the large carpark at W34900 86100 and following the track (which is show as part of the Dulhallow way on the Discovery map) past bog works along the access ...

Inisbroon: Interesting looking island

Island Comment markwallace a week ago
Just a photo of this striking looking little island, which I haven’t visited. As seen from around Renvyle point, it consists of a grassy ramp ending abruptly at a line of crumbling cliffs. Lo...

Ballinruan

Track 4834 anthonygriffin99 a week ago
walk, Len: 4.5km, Climb: 94m, Area: East Clare (Ireland) ||

Knocklettercuss: A grand viewpoint into the Wild Nephin National Park

Summit Comment gerrym a week ago
Bangor Erris gives easy access to Knocklettercuss and there is parking for hundreds at the GAA pitch which it literally a few steps from the start of the Bangor Trail. Thankfully its wetness ...

Slievelamagan: Steep, rocky peak with great local views

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: markmjcampion a week ago
Slieve Lamagan in the E Mournes is a rough, rocky prominence whose SW spur can cause much huffing and puffing. The peak takes the form of a S-N ridge with a lesser gap on the N side, and with...
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Ballincurra Hill Hill Cnoc Bhaile an Charraigh A name in Irish (Ir. Cnoc Bhaile an Charraigh [OSI], 'hill of Baile an Charraigh') Tipperary County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Greywacke, siltstone & grit Bedrock

Height: 403m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 59 Grid Reference: R92433 69802
Place visited by 36 members. Recently by: Dee68, Colin Murphy, garrettd, LiamG1951, High-King, sarahryanowen, Mugg, maryblewitt, mlmoroneybb, LorraineG60, MichaelG55, FrankMc1964, cclair, peter1, sandman
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Longitude: -8.112911, Latitude: 52.779542 , Easting: 192433, Northing: 169802 Prominence: 188m,  Isolation: 1.5km
ITM: 592382 669841,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Bln403, 10 char: BlncrHil
Bedrock type: Greywacke, siltstone & grit, (Hollyford Formation)

The gap between Ballincurra Hill and Cooneen Hill is known as Ormond Stile (sometimes Ormond Style). It is mentioned by John O'Donovan as the northern limit of Sliabh Eibhlinne (Slieve Felim), and he calls it Céim Urmhumhain, 'the step of Ormond'. It is on the southern boundary of the barony of Upper Ormond.   Ballincurra Hill is the 931st highest place in Ireland.
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Shaggy dog story
by Colin Murphy  29 Jun 2022
Other contributors have remarked on the curious porcelain dog marking the summit, speculating that it might be a memorial to a beloved pet. Well, it's not. As my daughter & 1 descended we encountered an elderly local gentleman walking a dog and I asked him about the porcelain canine. He told us that he regularly walks there and one day he discovered that some lout had dumped a load of rubbish on the track, said rubbish including the dog. He removed the rubbish but decided to carry the large ornament to the summit and leave it there as a curiosity. So ends one minor mountain mystery! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/814/comment/23571/
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It was a joy to find a track to within 200 meters .. by jackill   (Show all for Ballincurra Hill (Cnoc Bhaile an Charraigh))
 
Ballincurra summit is easy to reach from forest e .. by peterturner   (Show all for Ballincurra Hill (Cnoc Bhaile an Charraigh))
 
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