Barranisky is a small hill but it is difficult to reach the summit due to dense gorse and forestry growth. It is advisable to use a GPS to help track down the elusive trig pillar, although a few of us plucky MountainViewers have torn ourselves to shreds to bring the route to you!

Start at the forest entrance at T25529 80221 A which has space for 5 or 6 cars. Go up the track and take first right after 270m. Follow the track up hill. Eventually you will see the ruin of an old house at T25533 79336 B.Turn right here up a small track between the trees (be warned – don’t take the larger green road before this track as you will regret it!)
The track stops after 300m and then you must plunge into the impenetrable gorse to find the trig pillar only about 75 metres away. A faint trail may be present – but this will more likely be a whisper of where us previous pioneers have passed through, and may consist of nothing more than a slight disturbance of the gorse. The trig pillar you seek is at T256 790 C

You could also turn off the main road at T243 790 D and follow it past a number of houses until it comes to a dead end at a gate at T249 791 E, with a sign saying “Private, Keep Out”. However Eircom have an agreed access track from the “Private No Entry” gate up through the farmland to their masts at the summit of Barranisky East. From here it is an easy ramble across to the ruin mentioned earlier. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/972/comment/5731/

My plan was to park at the area called Glenteige to the west of the summit, and find a way up. Turning off the main road at T243 790 D to follow the minor road to this area, I was met with a sign which said “No Entry”. Strange, as this was a public road. I followed it past a number of houses until it came to a dead end at a gate at T249 791 E with another sign saying “Private, Keep Out”. I called to a nearby house to ask about parking and access, and was given the useful information that Eircom have an agreed access track from the “Private No Entry” gate up through the farmland to their masts at the summit of Barranisky East, As I couldn’t see another way up without crossing private land I seized upon this nugget and drove up along the track to the summit of Barranisky East, where I parked at a gate at T251 796 F. I was now about 1km NW of the main summit.

From the car I chose to follow a direct route SE across felled ground alongside the forest, until I met up with a forest track. From here I then spent a tortuous 2 hours following tracks around the hill first circling to the south, then around to the north and east of the heavily forested Barranisky looking for a way into the dense growth. I was within 100 metres of the summit on several occasions but could not find a way into the impossibly thick forestry. After retracing my steps repeatedly I was ready to concede defeat. I was heading back along the track wondering how a 280 metre hill could be explained as inaccessible when I came to a little rough track heading uphill that I had missed previously. This was at T255 793 G near the ruin of an old farmhouse. I’m not sure how I had missed it but as I followed it uphill between the trees I wondered if this could be the elusive route to the top. It ended abruptly in a small clearing with the same dense gorse and tree growth in front of me. However I found a way in and realised that someone or something had previously been through and I battled my way along, following the faint remains of their progress. This required the usual crawling, squeezing and claustrophobic fumbling through the high growth. Instinct or luck brought me to a point where I suddenly saw the trig pillar peeping from the gorse at T256 790 C. This is not a hill to be climbed for the views as the trees and gorse come to within feet of the trig pillar. GPS was needed to find the right way back into the growth to return to the track below.

The growth around the summit of this hill is too dense for a pleasant stroll, and is probably best left for the serious peak bagger. I contributed to the faint track I followed through the gorse and trees, but this may soon disappear. Even though Barranisky is the 78th smallest hill currently on MV I believe it may sometime be classed as inaccessible by MV members. So grab it while you can! Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/972/comment/3441/

Have you ever watched those old movies set in the Amazonian jungle, featuring the likes of Victor Mature or Charlton Heston hacking their way through dense undergrowth, and thought 'that looks like fun'? Well Barranisky is the hill for you.
I was determined to take the easiest route to the summit, so I followed Simon3's route as far as the old ruin at T25533 79336 B. However, there was another green road off to the right before the one mentioned, and so ensued 30 minutes of crawling on hands and knees through dense forestry. I eventually emerged, scratched and bedraggled onto the correct green road, and then spent another twenty minutes battering my way through 7ft high gorse to the summit.
The trig pillar, when it suddenly hoves into view, has something of the Raiders of the Lost Ark feel.. I would have been only mildly surprised to see a crystal skull set atop it.
A summit for the serious collector only. Or the masochist. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/972/comment/5983/

It astonished me that as of May 2010 so many as 8 people have logged climbing this place before me. While there are pleasant walks to be had around the summit, the top itself is extremely difficult involving a push of 70m through furze (gorse or whin) much of which is over head height.
Make proper preparations - bring your heavy Goretex, your overtrousers and gloves. Zip shut all pockets and consider goggles. The trig pillar at the top is hard to see from more than about 5m so I would seriously recommend using a GPS.
An easier place to start than that suggested by Wicklore is the forest entrance at T25529 80221 A which has space for 5 or 6 cars. Go up the track and take first right after 270m. Follow the main, zig-zagging track up hill heading generally SW. Eventually you will see the gables of the ruin mentioned by wicklore at T25533 79336 B. Turn right here up a reasonably good green road. This abruptly stops at 300m and then the spiritual training starts with 70m nearly due south (at 195 degrees) through furze. Some of this has a sort-of track (thanks, predecessors) however to reach the trig-pillar you may have to deviate about 4m to the right. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/972/comment/4700/

I practically fell onto the trig point. The crawl space I'd been following stopped at a massive clump of gorze which masked the pillar. I was just starting to scan the ground for possible sites when it appeared in front of me.
In all I spent about 10 minutes in the final crawl in and out, nearly losing an eye in the process.
Many thanks to those who went before me, putting up the route making the nearly impossible just about possible. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/972/comment/6275/