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Good, easily navigable climb up two Carns

Track 5272 Colin Murphy 2 weeks ago
This is a good walk that takes in two Carns with relatively good terrain all the way. There is parking for a coup... walk, Len: 6.9km, Climb: 509m, Area: Foilclogh, Iveragh NW (Ireland) Foilclog||

Carrickashane Mountain: Mountain hut

Summit Comment hibby a month ago
The walk along the Wicklow Way from T08543 86765 is very agreeable, sloping gently upwards on a well-made forest track with some amazing views across the valley towards Slieve Maan and the Lu...

Sheep Island: Island Names

Island Comment Pepe a month ago
Going by Gerald Geoffrey Spencer's excellent "30 Year Study of the East Waterford Coast", the outermost of the two Sheep Islands is known as Vales Island. The large boot-shaped isle alongside...

Very tough and long trek over rough terrain.

Track 5271 Colin Murphy 2 weeks ago
This was definitely among my personal top 5 most difficult Carns. 5.5km from car to summit, much of it on unpleas... walk, Len: 11.0km, Climb: 583m, Area: Bennaunmore, Mangerton (Ireland) Bennau||

Sheep Island: The Isles of Icane

Island Comment Pepe a month ago
Three of the four Isles of Icane can be seen in this photo (Carrickanine is hidden on the far side). The stack-like island in the middle of the group is known as Eagle Rock.

Way up Cloghnagaune from the SE.

Track 5270 simon3 3 weeks ago
This is one way up from the SE. It is relatively straightforward as can be seen from the track. Unlike other rou... walk, Len: 1.3km, Climb: 17m, Area: Cloghnagaune, Wicklow (Ireland) Cloghnaga||

Beennaman: Stunning views from the peak

Summit Comment DeirdreM a month ago
ts worth including if doing Masatiompan but it's a bit of a slog through high heather. Extreme care is needed at the top as it can be hard to tell where the heather ends and where the fresh a...

Rathinny: Short steep trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh a month ago
Parked at the quay 914730 in mullinasole near the salmon inn. Then headed for the gate at 915728 from here headed to another gate opposite a short distance away and then the short sharp climb...

Tonlagee via Stoney Top.

Track 3796 simon3 4 weeks ago
Stoney Top view south.Annalecka BridgeThis walk starts from near Annalecka bridge where there is a limited amount... walk, Len: 14.4km, Climb: 659m, Area: Stoney Top, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) St||

Great Sugar Loaf: Old friend

Summit Comment hibby a month ago
The final steep approach to the summit has changed recently - what was a scree-filled near-scramble has been replaced by a carefully constructed rocky staircase made up of fairly regular, sta...

Laragh Free Car Park, Paddock, Trooperstown, Jackson's Falls

Track 5269 simon3 a month ago
An interesting route combining various less well known paths to reach Paddock Hill and Trooperstown. walk, Len: 14.1km, Climb: 538m, Area: Trooperstown Hill, Wicklow (Ireland) Tr||

Coolmore: Follow the way of the cross

Summit Comment Fergalh a month ago
Parked opposite Franciscan Friary at a bakery 868665 and headed round the back of the church to a sign for the way of the cross 867666. Then followed the way of the cross which winds uphill p...
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Arigna & Bricklieve & Curlew Area   W: Castlebaldwin Subarea
Place count in area: 8, OSI/LPS Maps: 25, 26, 32, 33 
Highest place: Carrane Hill, 458m
Maximum height for area: 458 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 408 metres,

Places in area Arigna & Bricklieve & Curlew:
N: Arigna:   Carrane Hill 458mSeltannasaggart 428mSeltannasaggart SE Slope 412m
SE: Leitrim Village:   Sheemore 178m
SW: Boyle:   Curlew Mountains 255m
W: Castlebaldwin:   Barroe North 226mBricklieve Mountains 321mKeshcorran 359m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Keshcorran Hill Céis Chorainn A name in Irish (Ir. Céis Chorainn [DCM], '[obscure element] of Corann') Sligo County in Connacht Province, in Binnion List, Bioclastic cherty limestone Bedrock

Height: 359m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 25 Grid Reference: G71280 12624
Place visited by 55 members. Recently by: Caithniadh, markwallace, markmjcampion, andalucia, conormcbandon, jlk, FilHil, Wilderness, paulbrown, melohara, justynagru, TipsyDempy, supersullivan, Aidy, finkey86
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Longitude: -8.439371, Latitude: 54.062031 , Easting: 171280, Northing: 312624 Prominence: 294m,  Isolation: 4.2km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 571236 812632,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Kshcrn, 10 char: Keshcorran
Bedrock type: Bioclastic cherty limestone, (Bricklieve Limestone Formation (upper))

Irish Place Names by Deirdre and Laurence Flanagan relates the name of the nearby village of Kesh to a wicker causeway, presumably with the name then being transferred to the village and the hill. However, ceis meaning causeway has a short vowel, wheareas this name is Céis with a long vowel. Furthermore, there seems to be no historical or archaeological evidence for such a causeway, and given that the bedrock in this area is porous limestone, which generally creates a very dry landscape, it is doubtful that a wicker causeway would ever have been needed in this area. Whatever Céis may mean, it seems that the name originally applied to the hill. Corran is a barony and ultimately the name of a people called the Coraind who inhabited this region. They are probably the Coriondi recorded on Ptolemy's map of Ireland. In the mountain are seventeen small caves in which were found the remains of animals such as reindeer, Irish elk, cave bear and arctic lemming, as well as traces of ancient human occupation. Keshcorran figures in the literary legends of Cormac mac Airt and of Diarmait and Gráinne. (One cave in the W. escarpment is Umhaigh Chormaic mhac Airt, Cormac mac Airt's Cave, for here the she-wolf reared him. ¾ m. N. of this, in Cross, is Tobar Chormaic, Cormac's Well, where Cormac's mother delayed his birth, as witness a stone with the imprint of the infant's head.) The greatest of Co. Sligo's Lughnasa celebrations was held on Garland Sunday in front of the caves of the W. escarpment [Shell Guide to Ireland]. Welsh cwys meaning ‘sod, grave’ may well be relevant as a cognate of céis, especially in view of the caves.   Keshcorran is the 1042th highest place in Ireland. Keshcorran is the most westerly summit in the Arigna & Bricklieve & Curlew area.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Keshcorran (<i>Céis Chorainn</i>) in area Arigna & Bricklieve & Curlew, Ireland
Picture: Kesh Corran top looming in the mists!		  
paddyhillsbagger on Keshcorran, 2009
by paddyhillsbagger  31 Aug 2009
We climbed this hill after Bricklieve Mtn. It's a short drive (turn left from Bricklieve on entry road from N4 and take right turn at 2 T junctions) to find yourself at 723 122 starA. There is a new gravel road going uphill to the East of this road not marked on my map which we followed to a water scheme pump house. There is room to park here if gate is open as it was for us. We headed up a small path South from here to meet a wall running East/West. Follow this West crossing a wall running roughly North. At the 2nd wall running North turn right to follow this wall up a short steep valley which flattens out with the wall on a small escarpment on your left. Follow a rough path which eventually turns left and crosses over the wall. The path roughly follows the wall on the other side and we had the wonderful experience of the large mound with Kesh Corran cairn on top looming out of the mists on our left to announce our arrival at the top. Sadly no views for us but I think they would be great on a clear day. Again another hill suitable for kids as long as you try to follow the rough pathways and not stray in to deep heather and undergrowth. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/887/comment/4066/
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