Coolcoscreaghan

About Coolcoscreaghan

Tucked away in the Sperrins of County Londonderry, Coolcoscreaghan is less a mountain and more an elevated exercise in solitude. At 378m, it offers sweeping views of the Errigal parish and enough wind to make you reconsider your life choices while trudging through the heather.

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• •The name derives from the Irish Cúil Coiscreacháin, which translates to the 'corner of the sedgy place,' a linguistic warning that your waterproof boots are about to be tested.
• •It sits within the civil parish of Errigal, an area once dominated by the powerful O'Cahan clan before the 17th-century plantations reshaped the landscape.
• •Geologically, it forms part of the eastern foothills of the Sperrins, consisting of ancient metamorphic rocks that have been weathered into these characteristic rounded hummocks over millennia.
• •The surrounding townland shares its name with the hill, a common feature in Ulster geography where the landscape and the local land divisions are inextricably linked.
• •The summit cairn is so understated that you may find yourself accidentally walking over the peak and halfway to Limavady before realizing you've actually finished the ascent.