Carron Mountain

Rising from the Ballyhoura Mountains on the Limerick-Cork border, this Tump offers a quieter alternative to the higher Galty peaks. Largely dominated by commercial forestry, the ascent typically follows gravel tracks before opening up to views across the Golden Vale toward the sharp profiles of Galtymore and Lyracappane.

• •The name Carron is a phonetic anglicisation of the Irish word 'Carn', meaning a cairn or heap of stones. This typically refers to a summit marker or an ancient burial mound, many of which populate the ridges of the Munster Vales.
• •Most walkers approach the summit from the north via Kilfinane, using a combination of the Ballyhoura Way and forestry roads that weave through dense coniferous plantations before reaching the open heath of the upper slopes.
• •In a region dominated by the 900-metre giants of the Galtys to the east, Carron Mountain maintains a modest profile; it is a 'mountain' by name and classification, if not by sheer vertiginous terror.