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North Mayo Area   E: Ballycastle Hills Subarea
Place count in area: 19, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 23, EW-WNN 
Highest place: Maumakeogh, 379m
Maximum height for area: 379 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 294 metres,

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Maumakeogh Hill Mám an Cheo A name in Irish (Ir. Mám an Cheo [GÉ], 'pass of the mist') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Binnion List, X-bedded sandstone and siltstone. Bedrock

Height: 379m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 23 Grid Reference: G03703 36823
Place visited by 11 members. Recently by: eamonoc, Carolyn105, TommyV, Fergalh, LordKelvin88, Garmin, Keithbrogan, chalky, FilHil, sandman, IncaHoots
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Longitude: -9.478868, Latitude: 54.27116 , Easting: 103703, Northing: 336823 Prominence: 294m,  Isolation: 8.2km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 503674 836826,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Mmkgh, 10 char: Maumakeogh
Bedrock type: X-bedded sandstone and siltstone., (Minnaun Sandstone Formation)

The neolithic farming complex of the Céide Fields lies on the northern slopes. Mám an Cheo is the title of a poem which talks of agricultural life and coring (Ir. comhar, co-operation between neighbours in the tasks of farming). It is available in Amhráin Chearbhalláin (Poems of Carolan, Irish Texts Society, edited by Tomás Ó Máille, 249-51), though it is one of the poems in the collection not attributed to Carolan.   Maumakeogh is the highest hill in the North Mayo area and the 1000th highest in Ireland.
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by sandman  19 Jul 2012
I would not make a trip especially to visit this hill and would only do it as a summit bagging excerise. Park at G06922 37808 starA and head towards summit at G03703 36823 starB app 3.5km away keeping right at end of bog pass to Famine cottage at G05762 37618 starC which will allow you to ford the stream even on a wet day, From the cottage its a slog over heather and boggy high grass to the summit - do not hand rail the forest as the under foot conditions are better to the right. You need height before views appear across to Downpatrick Head, Belderg Harbour Glinsk - Nephin and its neighbours. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/868/comment/14727/
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Picture: Cottage Ruins		  
Wet and Boggy
by TommyV  9 Sep 2019
I followed the directions provided by sandman and I would second his opinion that this one is a summit bagging exercise. Very little to recommend about this one! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/868/comment/20648/
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