Slieve Daeane
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How to get there:
Take the R284 from Carraroe direction Ballygawley. Driving through union Wood and passing Ballygawley lake on the right, park the car on the left just leaving Union forest approx 1km before Ballygawley village. The trail starts just after the forest on your left. Facilities: Few car park spaces on the left Walk to the summit Summit: 275m Starting off, follow the signpost for the Sligo Way. The path gradually works itself up the Daeane mountains on good forest tracks. Leaving the forest and getting slowly higher, the views become better. Following the path up the mountain through the bog, at some stage the path will drop towards a small forest on the right. Here you will have to leave the path to the left and get into the heather and bog. From here, pick the best line towards Daeane mountain and head up the mountain following the ridge path. There is no marked route, so it is up to yourself to pick the best route by reading the landscape. From the summit, you will have views as far as the Ox mountains, Sligo Town and towards Ballysodare. |
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Never climb a mountain unprepared. The weather can quickly deteriorate and visibility can change quickly with the Irish weather.
On the map below, the yellow line highlights the path to follow towards the summit
On the map below, the yellow line highlights the path to follow towards the summit