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Nephin Begs Area   NW: Slieve Carr Subarea
Place count in area: 28, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 23, 30, 31, CBW, EW-ACC, EW-WNN, EW-WNS 
Highest place:
Slieve Carr, 721m
Maximum height for area: 721 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 646 metres,

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Slieve Carr Mountain Corrshliabh A name in Irish, also Corslieve, also Curslieve an extra EastWest name in English (Ir. Corrshliabh [OSNB*], 'conspicuous/pointed mountain') Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Banded, graded and X-bedded quartzites. Bedrock

Height: 721m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 23 Grid Reference: F91494 14500
Place visited by 173 members. Recently by: orlaithfitz, rosduke, compassman, chelman7, Aidan_Ennis, discovering_dann, benjimann9, wintersmick, DarrenY, abeach, Jimmy600leavey, Haulie, poopoobasto, nupat, NualaB
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Longitude: -9.658119, Latitude: 54.068304 , Easting: 91494, Northing: 314500 Prominence: 646m,  Isolation: 2.5km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 491469 814513,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SlvCr, 10 char: Slieve Car
Bedrock type: Banded, graded and X-bedded quartzites., (Bangor/Corslieve Formation)

Also known as Slieve Cor or Corslieve. The Discovery map links the name Corslieve with a neighbouring peak (541m) situated about 3 miles to the south, but the Ordnance Survey Name Book and William Bald's map of Mayo (1830) show quite clearly that it is simply an alternative for Slieve Carr, with the same elements inverted. A cairn on the summit is named Laghtdauhybaun on the old ½ inch map, but is unnamed on the Discovery map. This is probably derived from Ir. Leacht Dáithí Bháin, 'burial monument of white Dáithí'. There may be a connection with Dáithí, a king of Connacht and reputed last pagan high-king of Ireland (see Slieve Alp). This peak is named Curslieve on Bald’s map of Mayo (1830).   Slieve Carr is the highest mountain in the Nephin Begs area and the 98th highest in Ireland. Slieve Carr is the most northerly summit in the Nephin Begs area.

Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/94/
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Challenging, peaceful and remote with great view .. by group   (Show all for Slieve Carr (Corrshliabh))
 
The little tin bothy .. by wicklore   (Show all for Slieve Carr (Corrshliabh))
 
The Edge of Europe .. by CaptainVertigo   (Show all for Slieve Carr (Corrshliabh))
 
This is really remote! .. by wicklore   (Show all for Slieve Carr (Corrshliabh))
 
the hard and the easy ways .. by bryanmccabe   (Show all for Slieve Carr (Corrshliabh))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slieve Carr (<i>Corrshliabh</i>) in area Nephin Begs, Ireland
Picture: From here it is around 4.5km to the summit.
 
Easier ascent up a green carpet.
by simon3  23 Apr 2012
Having read the dire descriptions of trips up Slieve Carr ("14kms from nearest road", "staying at tin bothy", "accumulated height gain is 1266m") we decided on an easterly approach. We found one way up but realised it could be improved, so the route described here is not what we did but what we suggest.

Park at F 9759 1664 starK outside a sometimes locked gate. Ask permission at the house at F9657 1602 starL. Proceed along a forest track over a newish bridge into the forest. The track winds its way to a small lake at around F945145 starM. Head SSE along a fence to open ground.

It is possible but dangerous to ascend directly to the summit from here. Hazards include very high slope and unstable quartzite scree. A preferable route is to contour from the previously mentioned point of emergence from the forest to around F923123 starN which is the start of a comparatively gentle ascent up a SE spur. Steep at first, this spur is carpeted with gorgeous green moss. Eventually the gradient drops and you find yourself on a magnificent ridge heading North to the summit. There is a huge cairn at the summit with a small wooden cross apparently commemorating an aircraft crash (or so we were told by a local).

The views on a good day are immense, from much of the Achill/Corraun peninsula to solitary Nephin to the east, by way of Nephin Beg to the south. Track 1545 show the prototype of this route. it took 6hours 20m for 18.7km, somewhat longer than necessary but way shorter than the routes using the Bangor Trail.

Viewing the ground and with the benefit of hindsight, there may well be other easterly routes available perhaps using the tracks in the more mature forest to the south of the route described. bryanmccabe mentions F936124 starJ as one possible forest end. Remember however that the rivers and streams are not necessarily passable. Even in a dry period crossing the main north-south river would have been difficult without the bridge. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/94/comment/6782/
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