Mountain Explorer Experience

“It is difficult to know how to write of Coumshingaun itself. Whether you speak of it as the geography textbooks do, as a magnificent example of corrie glaciation with the loch held up by a large black moraine or whether you see it as a guidebook says ‘of unknown depth, associated with irresistible currents and evil spirits. In short whether you are practical or romantic, you are certain to be impressed. It is about a mile long, roughly pear shaped, widest at its western, precipitous end and except in winter when small streams flow down the precipices in headlong cascades, not visibly fed from any source . . . The water of the lake is constantly rippled by changing winds, sometimes steely blue in the sun, more often inky black, and always cold, though fish live in it. It is odd to speculate how they came there. I have seen it through a dazzle of sunshine, through swirling clouds of snow, through driving rain hissing off its surface and appearing and disappearing as mists eddied up and down the precipices and I have never failed to find it beautiful. Perhaps it is best to leave it at that’. – Patrick Werner

Behind the lake, the cliffs stretch up to an awe inspiring 365 metres above. The highest point in the Comeraghs at 792 metres is very close to Coumshingaun and we will summit it on the day. It is marked by a cairn with great views over the plateau in every direction.

It offers striking views of steep gullies,lakes formed by glaciers and knife edge ridges that have been carved out and shaped by nature’s delicate hands. A walking paradise to the top of Ireland.

The Comeragh mountain range offers wonderful vistas across the county and down to the sea. Described by some as Ireland’s hidded gem, the Comeraghs offer everything from a dramatic waterfall down a cliff face to the mystery of the ‘magic road’ which runs through the gap of the range.

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