Mount Eagle [Croaghane] [Sliabh an Iolair]

About Mount Eagle [Croaghane] [Sliabh an Iolair]

Located in the undulating Mullaghareirk Mountains of east Kerry, this 431m Tump offers a quiet, boggy ascent through a landscape of forestry and upland grazing. The broad summit provides a fine perspective over the Vale of Tralee, with the Slieve Mish mountains and the MacGillycuddy's Reeks visible on the horizon.

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• •The Irish name Sliabh an Iolair translates as 'Mountain of the Eagle,' referencing a time when these heights were home to birds of prey long before the arrival of the modern forestry and wind farms that now characterise the area.
• •This hill is part of the extensive Mullaghareirk range, a series of sandstone hills stretching across the borders of Kerry, Cork, and Limerick, known more for their remote bogland than for steep, rocky climbs.
• •From the 431-metre summit, you can look westward across the North Kerry limestone plain toward the Stacks Mountains and the distant Atlantic coast.
• •In a region where the peat is often deeper than the hill is high, keeping your boots dry is generally considered a more impressive feat than actually reaching the summit cairn.