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Boggeragh Mountains Area   N: Banteer Subarea
Place count in area: 11, OSI/LPS Maps: 79, 80 
Highest place:
Musheramore, 642.7m
Maximum height for area: 642.7 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 439 metres,

Places in area Boggeragh Mountains:
Cen: Seefin:   Knockcraugh 434mSeefin 491mSeefin East Top 491m
N: Banteer:   Mount Hillary 391mTooreen 322m
NE: Bweeng:   Bweeng Little 414mBweengduff 416m
S: Macroom Hills:   Burren 380mKnockagreenan 263m
W: Musheramore:   Musherabeg 498.8mMusheramore 642.7m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Mount Hillary Hill Mullach Allaíre A name in Irish (Ir. Cnoc an Iolair [PNABD*], 'hill of the eagle') Cork County in Munster Province, in Binnion List, Red conglomerate, sandstone & mudstone Bedrock

Height: 391m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 80 Grid Reference: W42527 95648
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Longitude: -8.839616, Latitude: 52.110246 , Easting: 142527, Northing: 95648 Prominence: 176m,  Isolation: 4.6km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 542489 595705,   GPS IDs, 6 char: MntHlr, 10 char: MntHlry
Bedrock type: Red conglomerate, sandstone & mudstone, (Old Red Sandstone (undifferentiated))

Mount Hillary is the 975th highest place in Ireland. Mount Hillary is the most northerly summit in the Boggeragh Mountains area.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mount Hillary (<i>Mullach Allaíre</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: East from the Cross
 
Eagles Hill
Short Summary created by jackill  4 Feb 2011
Park at the forest entrance just above Fr Murphys Bridge outside Banteer W39408 96108 starA, room for 6 cars. Walk up the forest track , turn right , then right , the right again on a good track all the way to the summit. Note the track starting at W41024 95949 starB is now covered in brush from felled trees but can be reached if you turn off the road at approx. W41277 96000 starC. The summit is marked by 4 masts and a trig pillar.The best views are to be had by continuing to W43080 95236 starD and heading east through the forest on the south side of the ride , then across a field to the cross at W43593 94840 starE. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/852/comment/5611/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mount Hillary (<i>Mullach Allaíre</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: The track to the east summit and the cross (just visible)
A short but fun trip to the top
by thomas_g  9 Feb 2012
Park at W4225197135 starF (room for 6 cars). Head straight up the hill, ignoring the walking trail markers. At the T junction at W4212896588 starG, enter the woods behind the information board, there is a visible trail. Now climb up the stream bed, which is steep in spots and could be very wet after lots of rain. When you emerge on the forest track at the top, turn left and then next right, you are following the red marked trail in reverse now.
Still following the marked trail. after taking a right you'll come to a cross of forest tracks, the summit is straight on, but if you want to head for the cross, turn left here (sorry no grid ref) and at W4304095272 starH enter the woods, you'll see from the picture below that the track that was once there is now impassible (I passed it twice even with a GPS ref). You'll need to parallel the track through the woods and soon the cross will come into view. It's a worthwhile detour, the views are pretty decent.
Having back tracked to the summit, I started a very windy descent along the marked track so I entered the woods again at W4228495688 starI following a rough path down through the trees to another forest track at W4215995934 starJ, cross straight across and before long you'll be back at the top of the stream bed from earlier. I followed the blue marked trail back to the car, but the more adventurous could go back down the stream bed. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/852/comment/6677/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mount Hillary (<i>Mullach Allaíre</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: View from cairn near cross towards summit area.
 
Forested top.
by simon3  4 Feb 2011
From near the cross W43593 94840 starE this is the view NW towards the main summit which as you can see in the picture has various telecom towers on it. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/852/comment/6233/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mount Hillary (<i>Mullach Allaíre</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: galtees from the Boggeraghs
rossbeighed on Mount Hillary, 2008
by rossbeighed  6 Dec 2008
the view of galtymore from mount hillary.. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/852/comment/3470/
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salee on Mount Hillary, 2008
by salee  3 Dec 2008
gentle walking along coillte tracks, access from carpark on the north or west, several way-marked ways in different colours for different lengths - all very easy. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/852/comment/3463/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Mount Hillary (<i>Mullach Allaíre</i>) in area Boggeragh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Mt Hillary east
 
rossbeighed on Mount Hillary, 2008
by rossbeighed  6 Dec 2008
Climbed Mount hillary from the North from the coillte forest opening south of banteer. there is a map of the walks at the entrace.
There are actually two peaks btw. on the east its marked by a cross looking east towards mallow, on the west is the highest point looking west towards mushera and claragh mountain. the trig pillar here registers 1280 feet on my altitude watch but dont know how accurate that is.
have to say the views were great for such a small effort. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/852/comment/3469/
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