Croaghanmoira North Top

Sitting on a broad, heather-clad ridge in the southern Wicklow Mountains, this quiet Tump offers a rugged perspective of the Glenmalure valley. It serves as a secondary northern outlier to the main Croaghanmoira massif, providing a fine vantage point over the dense forestry of Ballygannon and the distant Irish Sea coast.

• •The name Croaghanmoira is derived from the Irish Cruachán Máire, meaning 'Mary’s small hill,' although the specific namesake has been lost to local history.
• •The summit offers an excellent, unencumbered view across the deep trough of the Glenmalure valley toward the massive, flat-topped bulk of Lugnaquilla, Leinster’s highest peak.
• •Most walkers approach this top as part of a traverse from the main Croaghanmoira summit to the south, navigating a ridge that separates the Ballinacor woods from the open moorland.
• •The hill overlooks the historic Military Road, which was constructed between 1800 and 1809 to allow government forces access to the Wicklow highlands following the 1798 Rebellion.
• •Sitting exactly half a metre shy of the 580m mark, it serves as a mild irritant to any walker who prefers their elevations rounded up to the nearest ten.