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Derryveagh Mountains Area   S: Doochary Subarea
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Croaghleconnell Hill Cruach Leac Chonaill A name in Irish (prob. Ir. Cruach Leac Chonaill [PDT], 'stack of Conall's flagstone') Donegal County in Ulster Province, in Binnion List, Coarse biotite granite & granodiorite Bedrock

Height: 266m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 11 Grid Reference: B84100 05700
Place visited by 10 members. Recently by: MichaelG55, Lucky1, trostanite, Fergalh, chalky, Garmin, Harry Goodman, Brambler, ahendroff, hgboyle
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Longitude: -8.248611, Latitude: 54.8987 , Easting: 184100, Northing: 405700 Prominence: 195m,  Isolation: 4.5km
ITM: 584053 905687,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crg266, 10 char: Crghlcnl
Bedrock type: Coarse biotite granite & granodiorite, (Main Donegal Granite)

Leac Chonaill is the name of a stone near the holy well of St. Conall. Recesses on it are said to be the marks of the saint's knees and elbow (Kay Muhr, Celebrating Ulster's Townlands, p. 23). Leac Chonaill also gives its name to the townlands of Derryleconnell Far and Derryleconnell Near.   Cruach Leac Chonaill is the 1252th highest place in Ireland. Cruach Leac Chonaill is the most southerly summit and also the second most westerly in the Derryveagh Mountains area.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghleconnell (<i>Cruach Leac Chonaill</i>) in area Derryveagh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: View SE to Croaghleconnel from the R252.
 
Worth a visit.
Short Summary created by Harry Goodman  5 Nov 2012
Park at B8557807434 starA on the R252, beside but not blocking an entrance track into an old quarry. Walk 200m E along the road to B857074 starB. Turn right and follow waymarked posts across a patch of trackless peaty ground and then a rough track to B855066 starC. Leave the track and go right (SW) up a long (1.7k) but gentle undulating slope to B8425906016 starD on the N end of the summit ridge (obvious in clear conditions but an important checkpoint in mist). Turn left (S) and follow along the rocky ridge for 350m to the summit marked by a cairn and trig pillar.
Alternatively take the minor road SW off the R252 at B867065 starE and at B863058 starF follow a waymarked track NW to B855066 starC. Leave the track and go left SW uphill as described above. In clear conditions the views from the top give a 360 degree sweep around NW past the Derryveagh/Glendowan Mts., then S to the Bluestacks and finishing along the Atlantic seaboard from Slievetooey to Aranmore Is. A short but very worthwhile walk. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/986/comment/5745/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghleconnell (<i>Cruach Leac Chonaill</i>) in area Derryveagh Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Looking N to Crovehy from Croaghleconnel summit.
A hill to enjoy but save it for a fine day.
by Harry Goodman  30 Oct 2012
This truly is a small hill to enjoy. I climbed it on 22 Oct 12 and, having been there, was surprised that none of the three mv members who had been there before me thought it worthy of comment. Although small in height it is nonetheless a substantial hill. I parked at B8557807434 starA beside, but not blocking, the entrance to a track leading into an old quarry. I walked 200m E along the R252 to B8572007414 starG where I turned right and followed waymark posts across a patch of trackless peaty ground for some 500m to join a rough but substantial track at B8551806928 starH just S of L Ahatta. I then continued S along the track to its high point B8554606628 starI about 1k from the start of the walk. Turning right off the track I started a long (1.7k) but gradual climb up SW to the top. On the way up I passed a cairn (Pt 283) about 1k along B8479206036 starJ which would act as a checkpoint in poor visability. Continuing up W I then reached the N end of the rocky summit ridge B8425906016 starD where a turn left (S), obvious in clear weather but more difficult in mist, led me along for 350m to the summit, marked by a cairn and trig pillar B8411205744 starK. On the day I was there I had a beautiful, clear, 360 degree sweep around NW past the Derryveagh/Glendowan Mts. then S to the Bluestacks and finishing along the western Atlantic seaboard from Slievetooey to Aranmore Is. A short walk of 5.5k, 195m ascent, easily completed in two hours but save it for a fine day with good visability. Anyone with a need for a greater burst of energy could consider combing this walk with a walk to Crovehy from the same starting point and following the way marked way N shown on the OSi Sheet 1 3rd Edition. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/986/comment/14846/
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