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North Mayo Area , E: Ballycastle Hills Subarea
Feature count in area: 19, all in Mayo, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 23, EW-WNN
Highest Place: Maumakeogh 379m

Starting Places (9) in area North Mayo:
Bangor Trail Head, Carnhill, Carrowmore Wood, Erris Head, Portacloy Bay, Proesoon, Sralagagh West, Termon Hill Road, Tower Hill South

Summits & other features in area North Mayo:
Cen: Pulathomas: Barnacuillew 260m
E: Ballycastle Hills: Knockaghaleague 237m, Knockboha 186m, Maumakeogh 379m
N: Benwee Head Cliffs: Benwee Head 255m, Barradeegin 229m, Glinsk 304m, Illanmaster 238m, Illanmaster Island 105m, Porturlin Hill 155m, Srahataggle 182m, Tawnaghmore 340m
S: Bangor Erris Hills: Carrafull 269m, Knocklettercuss 370m, Knocknascollop NW Top 244m, Sheean 295m, Slieve Fyagh 335m
W: Belmullet: Aghaglasheen 132m, Termon Hill 103m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Maumakeogh, 379m Hill Mám an Cheo A name in Irish,
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(Ir. Mám an Cheo [GÉ], 'pass of the mist'), Mayo County in Connacht province, in Range Highpoint, Binnion Lists, Maumakeogh is the highest hill in the North Mayo area and the 1004th highest in Ireland.
Grid Reference G03703 36823, OS 1:50k mapsheet 23
Place visited by: 11 members, recently by: eamonoc, Carolyn105, TommyV, Fergalh, LordKelvin88, Garmin, Keithbrogan, chalky, FilHil, sandman, IncaHoots
I visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member for this.)
Longitude: -9.478868, Latitude: 54.27116, Easting: 103703, Northing: 336823, Prominence: 294m,  Isolation: 8.2km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 503674 836826
Bedrock type: X-bedded sandstone and siltstone., (Minnaun Sandstone Formation)
Notes on name: 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.
  Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Mmkgh, 10 char: Maumakeogh

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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: mountainviews.ie/summit/868/comment/20648/
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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 Sralaga (G06922 37808) and head towards summit at A (G03703 36823) app 3.5km away keeping right at end of bog pass to Famine cottage at B (G05762 37618) 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: mountainviews.ie/summit/868/comment/14727/
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