Knockaunapeebra

About Knockaunapeebra

This broad, peat-covered summit in Waterford’s Comeragh Mountains offers a quieter alternative to the range’s more famous edges. Rising to 724 metres, its high plateau provides a steady, windswept walk with expansive views reaching across the Nire Valley towards the neighbouring Knockmealdown Mountains to the west.

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• •The name is derived from the Irish Cnocán an Phíobaire, which translates as 'The Little Hill of the Piper'. In Irish folklore, names referencing musicians often suggest sites where fairy music was reputedly heard or where travelling pipers traditionally rested.
• •It is most frequently climbed as part of a traverse from the Nire Valley, forming a high-level loop that takes in the dramatic northern corries and the neighbouring summit of Kilclooney Mountain.
• •To the north, the summit offers a clean line of sight toward the isolated mass of Slievenamon, while the eastern view is dominated by the sprawling, lake-dotted plateau of the main Comeragh range.
• •The summit area is a classic example of Irish mountain bogland; finding the exact highest point often involves a slow, careful dance between peat hags and dark, standing water.