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Silvermine Mountains East Top: East Top is Easy Top

Summit Comment Leatra 2 weeks ago
You can make it to the top in 15 minutes, as I did, if you don't mind being short of breath for your attack on the West Top. If you ran it'd be even less.

Coppanagh: I'd go now if I were you.

Summit Comment chelman7 3 weeks ago
Still relatively easy to get to, the forest is reclaiming the trig. Will require hacking in 18-24 months I'd guess.

Silvermine Mountains West Top: Fab hill

Summit Comment Leatra 2 weeks ago
Nothing much else needs to be said about the West Top. The views of Keeper to its immediate south, Lough Derg to the northwest and across the tumbled landscape of north Munster, all the way t...

Dargle Gorge near Enniskerry, North Side.

Track 5370 simon3 3 weeks ago
This is a route that starts in Enniskerry and follows the top of the deep gorge in which the river Dargle runs towards walk, Len: 5.9km, Climb: 97m, Area: Wicklow (Ireland) ||

Hell or high water

Forum: General Colin Murphy a month ago
I visited Powerscourt Waterfall during the summer as part of a 15 km walk, and the place was packed with tourists having picnics, few of them paying much attention to the waterfall, which was...

Bree Hill: Bree no longer a breeze

Summit Comment chelman7 3 weeks ago
There are many fine tracks around this hill, including a couple that go close enough to the summit to lure you into a false sense of security. But that last summit push through undergrowth an...

Rostrevor: Kilbroney Forest Park with description

Track 5369 Onzy 3 weeks ago
Nice outing in the lower Mournes in the varied, scenic and very well kept forest park above Rostrevor. walk, Len: 17.3km, Climb: 659m, Area: Slievemartin, Mourne Mountains (Ireland) ...

Binn Chaonaigh: Havoc on the Maamturks!

Summit Comment jackill a month ago
In late September I was acting as staff on a Scouting Ireland event called "Mountain Havoc" in Connemara.Mountain Havoc is a series of 4 challenge events for older scouts(15-18 years) where t...

Mount Kid: A small grassy hill top with amazing views towards the sea and beyond

Summit Comment Superterence a month ago
Parking also available at the forest entrance W03378 40976. Walk up towards the cross roads, 100m or so, then enter the mountain field on your right and follow a small duel track all the way ...

Corraun Hill: Corraun at the double

Summit Comment Colin Murphy a month ago
Shot shows the trig pillar and large cairn that mark the summit of this mountain, which was our second stop on a Corraun East Top-Corraun walk. Set off along the track recommended by darrenf ...

Errisbeg Loop from Dog's Bay Beach

Track 5368 simoburn 3 weeks ago
We walked from Dog's Bag beach over the headland to Gurteen beach and followed the road in towards Roundstone vil... walk, Len: 10.0km, Climb: 361m, Area: Iorras Beag, South Connemara (Ireland) ||

Knocknacloghoge: Viewed across Lough Dan

Summit Comment melohara a month ago
Knocknacloghoge viewed across Lough Dan
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Mayo Islands Area
Place count in area: 103, OSI/LPS Maps: 22, 23, 24, 30, 31, 37, 38, CBE, CBW, EW-ACC 
Highest place: Inishturk, 189.3m

Places in area Mayo Islands:
An Teach Beag 84mAn tOighean 78mAnnagh Island (1) 14mAnnagh Island (2) 23mBallybeg 5mBarranagh Island 7mBartragh Island 26mBills Rocks 5mBlack Rock (3) 71mCaher Island 25mCalf Island (2) 25mCarraig na Faola 45mCarrickawilt 9mCarrickmoylenacurhoga 10mCarricknaglamph 16mCarricknaweelion 20mCarrigee 11mClynish 42mCollan Beg 25mCollan More 46mCone Island South 15mCrovinish 23mDerrinish 21mDorinish Beg 15mDorinish More 25mDún Briste 50mDuvillaun Beg 14mDuvillaun Mór 60mEagle Island 55mErris Head Island 55mFinnaun Island 5mFreaghillan East 13mFreaghillan West 19mFrehil Island 17mGaghta Island 8mGovern island 10mHeath Island 5mHorse Island (2) 25mIllanambraher 25mIllanataggart 28mIllanballa 5mIllancroagh 8mIllanmaw 15mIllannaconney 13mInishaghoo 14mInishbee 29mInishbiggle 34mInishbollog 18mInishcannon 25mInishcarrick 21mInishcooa 27mInishcoragh 24mInishcorky 14mInishcuill 26mInishdaff 31mInishdalla 5mInishdasky 31mInishdaugh 23mInishdeashbeg 15mInishdeashmore 19mInishdegil Beg 12mInishdegil More 32mInishdoonver 26mInisheeny 22mInisherkin 30mInishfesh 26mInishgallon 45mInishglora 22mInishgort (1) 29mInishgowla 28mInishgowla South 21mInishilra 18mInishimmel 15mInishkea North 24mInishkee 26mInishlaghan 5mInishlaughil 43mInishleague 27mInishlyre 26mInishmolt 16mInishnacross 36mInishoo 29mInishquirk 44mInishraher 33mInishturk (1) 189.3mInishturkbeg 51mInniscottle Island 26mIsland More 42mKid Island 86mKnocknaskea (Inishkea South) 72mLeamareha 7mMoynish More 37mMuckinish 36mNo Name Island 8mPig Island (1) 55mRoeillaun (1) 30mRosbarnagh Island 37mRosmore Island 28mRossnafinna Island 5mRusheen Island 9mShanvallybeg 20mStags of Broadhaven (central) 97mStags of Broadhaven South 94m

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Carraig na Faola Island Mayo County in Connacht Province, in Irish Islands List

Landing grid ref.: F83700 48100
Reachable "On Foot " N
Height: 45m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 22 Grid Reference: F83700 48100
Place visited by 2 members. Recently by: Niamhq, bryanjbarry
Island visited by 2 members.
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Longitude: -9.790142, Latitude: 54.368262 , Easting: 83700, Northing: 348100
ITM: 483675 848100,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crg45, 10 char: CrgnFl 45


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