Slievenamon, Sliabh na mBan 720.2m mountain, South East Midlands S: Slievenamon Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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South East Midlands Area S: Slievenamon Subarea

Place count in area: 34, OSI/LPS Maps: 28A, 28B, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60
Highest place:

Slievenamon, 720.2m
Maximum height for area: 720.2 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 711 metres,

Places in area South East Midlands:

Knockaulin 171m
E: Barrow:

Clogrennan Hill 336m

Newtown Hill 208m
N Cen: Timahoe Hills:

Ballaghmore Hill 268m

Cullenagh Mountain 317m

Fossy Mountain 332m

Hewson Hill 261m

Rock of Dunamase 198m
N: Croghan:

Croghan Hill 234m
N: Newbridge Hills:

Dunmurry Hill 233m

Hill of Allen 219m
S: Mullinavat:

Coolnahau Hill 265m

Corbally Hill 285m

Mount Alto 276m

Tory Hill 292m
S: Slievenamon:

Knockahunna 502.8m

Sheegouna 553.5m

Slievenamon 720.2m

Slievenamon North-West Top 564m
S: Windgap:

Carricktriss Gorse 314m

Carrigadoon Hill 296.9m

Faranaree Hill 283m
SE: Brandon Hill:

Brandon Hill 515m

Coppanagh 365m

Croghan 365m
W Cen: Durrow:

Ballynalacken Hill 314m

Caponellan Hill 253m

Knockmannon Hill 315m
W Cen: Slieveardagh:

Clomantagh Hill 349m

Knocknamuck 340m

Monabrogue 284m
W: Horse & Jockey:

Kill Hill 241m

Killough 235m

The Rock of Cashel 125m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Slievenamon Mountain Sliabh na mBan A name in Irish (Ir. Sliabh na mBan [OSI], 'mountain of the women') Tipperary County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Red, brown conglomerate & sandstone Bedrock

Height: 720.2m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 67 Grid Reference: S29857 30729
Place visited by 499 members. Recently by: Miriamowens, Jimmel357, AnthonyJ, StJohn, ccartwright, laurenkavanagh, Josephineobrien, johnwaterford, Helgabee, rosduke, jjbireland700s, patman1974, MichaelG55, LorraineG60, Aidan_Ennis
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Longitude: -7.561814, Latitude: 52.427683 , Easting: 229858, Northing: 130729 Prominence: 711m, Isolation: 1.1km, Has trig pillar
ITM: 629800 630778, GPS IDs, 6 char: Slvnmn, 10 char: Slvnmn
Bedrock type: Red, brown conglomerate & sandstone, (Carrigmaclea Formation)

This mountain is steeped in mythology. The name is derived from the following legend: Fionn Mac Cumhaill sat waiting at the top while women raced up it to win his hand. Since Fionn and Gráinne were in love, he had shown her a short-cut and she duly won the race. Yeats preferred the name Knockfefin. The mountain rises from the plain of Femen, which represents ‘woman’ or ‘femininity’. The song Slievenamon is the Tipperary anthem. Slievenamon is the highest mountain in the South East Midlands area and the 100th highest in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/95/

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A distinctive, iconic peak; no challenge to summi .. by group (Show all for Slievenamon (Sliabh na mBan))

MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slievenamon (<i>Sliabh na mBan</i>) in area South East Midlands, Ireland

simon3 on Slievenamon, 2003

by simon3 6 Dec 2003

One place to start is just north of Kilcash at S317288 star

D. (To get to this, go north of Kilcash for about 500m, take a left turn and follow the road for about 400m). Here a rough signposted track leads off to the west, up the mountain. Most of the route up the mountain is on a substantial track, some of it to the west of a forestry plantation.
At the top of this track is a concrete bunkhouse with bits of decaying aerial near it. One possible place to aim for on the flattish summit is a trig pillar as shown below. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/95/comment/766/

History and Folklore .. by wicklore (Show all for Slievenamon (Sliabh na mBan))

I climbed Slievenamon on 5 April 2007 Easter Week .. by deswalk (Show all for Slievenamon (Sliabh na mBan))

I climbed Slievenamon from the same starting poin .. by mneary34 (Show all for Slievenamon (Sliabh na mBan))

Slievenamon is a much under-rated climb/walk. It' .. by bogtrotter_ie (Show all for Slievenamon (Sliabh na mBan))

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