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Caha Mountains Area Printable format Maximum height for area: 685 metres Summits in area: 38 OS Map(s): 57, 63, 71, 78, 84, 85, 88 for all tops Set Area Map On     Hungry Hill Mountain Cork County Cnoc Daod A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. Cnoc Daod [OSI] or Daod [T6000], 'hill of the tooth/set of teeth')) Height: 685 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 84 for top Grid Ref: V76088 49726 Latitude: 51.686853 Longitude: -9.792489 ITM: 476065 549793 Prominence: 400m   Isolation: 1.8km Hungry Hill is the title of a novel by Daphne du Maurier based on the story of the family of her friend, Christopher Puxley, whose family acquired Dunboy Castle and its lands after the defeat of Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare. The copper mines located on the hill in the novel are in reality further west near Allihies. The second element of the Irish name, Cnoc Daod, has long been regarded as obscure, but it is probably simply a dialectal variant of déad meaning ‘tooth’, ‘jaw’ or ‘set of teeth’. A family living at the foot of the hill are known locally as the Bun Daods. Hungry Hill is the highest mountain in the Caha Mountains area and the 130th highest in Ireland. Hungry Hill is the second most southerly summit in the Caha Mountains area. Hungry Hill is the third highest point in county Cork. Our data has reached 93% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Hungry Hill Page 1 2 Next page >> Expand pics.   lewvalton  3 May 2007 HUNGRY HILL - SOUTH WEST RIDGE SCRAMBLE. Grade 1. This is a very fine easy scrambling route. The well-defined ridge line rises direct to the summit in a series of low rock steps Most are easy; any harder options can be taken or avoided at will. Take the r.hand turn off the R572 at Rossmackowen Bridge (grid ref: V745475 (Point A) OSI map 84) where a few parking spaces that will not displease the (very friendly) farmer can be found further up the road. Follow the track round to Loch Park a short distance round from which the bottom of the ridge is very obvious. Barry Keane in his Collins Press Beara guide instructs to start from the obvious notch in the ridge further on, but this is to miss the initial section, which seems a shame. The summit views are very fine, especially down into the entrancingly beautiful Gleann Mhoir to the north. A quick descent can be made via the grass rake on the south face below the ridge (see photo). If attempting a circuit of Comnagapple be very sure to stick to the broad West ridge as much as possible. The incredibly rough 'benches' of ribbed rock that define the Caha easily become a dispiriting maze and destroy any notion of distance measured 'as the crow flies'. As it is, the ridge path is rough and not all that obvious. Descents are possible with care straight down from the west ridge. If making the circuit, aim to stay above the Glas Lochs to pick up the boreen leading down (733499 (Point B)) from which turns off the path leading back across to Comnagapple and Loch Park and the start. Point A: V745 475 Point B: V733 499 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 4.67) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. simon3  27 Apr 2003 Richard Mersey’s book “The Hills of Cork and Kerry” has this apt description which I couldn’t hope to improve on: “This mountain is also called Cnoc Daod, and, by those to its south, Angry Hill. It is 2,251 feet high and is the crown of the Cahas both in altitude and in shape. Just as a crown has hard vertical sides and a soft flat top, so does this hill. Every approach to Hungry Hill is up steep rock until you reach the 2,000 (610m) contour. There you gain, as it were, the velvet of the crown – one square mile of cushiony turf.” Note: at 685m it is not as high as either Ahinkeen 692m or Knockboy 706m which today, at least, are included in the Cahas. The photo shows the pull up the North East side of Hungry Hill. This is the direction you would come if you were following a route from Derryclancy. It looks quite a bit more intimidating than it is. By heading to the base of the cliffs and then walking up and to the right of the picture it is possible to go along grassy slopes between the slabs. That said, it would be a good bit harder in poor visibility. (Comment Rating 3.91) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics.   simon3  27 Apr 2003 This photo shows a huge and very visible cairn at spot height 667 on the OS 1:50k map. The actual summit complete with trig pillar is on the skyline and is some 500m North across the “cushiony turf”. (Comment Rating 3.78) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average seanandbrita  9 Sep 2004 This was the first time we've gone hill walking, and we hadn't exactly been planning on it, but the weather was great and we couldn't resist the challenge. We started from the south side, on the road from Glengarrif to Castletownbere. About 4 miles after Adrigole police station there is a track on the right hand side of the road where we parked. You can take this track further up the hill if you want. It seemed rough but drivable. We headed in a generally north-westerly direction. It started out a bit scrambly and rough, 3 or 4 fences to climb over, but nothing too difficult ,and passed some walking track markers no. 28-31. After a while it evened out to a gentle slope, beautiful views of the bay behind us - enjoy this bit and then prepare for the pretty steep incline ahead! It gets a good bit steeper, and soon enough you're climbing. Once we got to this point we were closer to the west side of the hill and from here we pretty much headed directly up to the summit, following a dry river bed every now and then. After 1 3/4 hours we reached the top, but were unfortunately surrounded by cloud..... Well worth it though. (Comment Rating 3.71) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. milo  29 Apr 2003 Two special memories are : A Russian armada of some fifty trawlers and support ships filling Berehaven below me one Good Friday in the mid-eighties : A walking friend being overtaken by a 'strong weakness' from hunger on this very summit and the mighty steak which was administered in Casys Hotel by way of a cure. Picture shows the summit from the shoulder of Derryclancy with Coomadavallig Lake (Comment Rating 3.58) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Nice "Bouldering" Site Expand pics.   dwrenne  21 Aug 2007 Climbed 19/08/2007. A nice morning with a forecast for rain coming from the North west later, so I started at 9:30 from the main road. I couldn't find it at first as I was looking for the Rossmackowen Bridge but the road has been widened, so the original bridge is in on the right, just about where the mountain looks like it should be climbed from. I walked up the lane for a about a 1 KM and came to Tara cottage and the steel gate. From there I followed the track to the left until I came under the mountain proper and the path seemed to head in the wrong direction towards the small hut. At that point I headed straight up a gully to the right and some steep scrambling, stopping for a wheeze every 20 meters or so. After an hour the first cairn comes into view and then I was up. Had a snickers and then headed for the larger southerly cairn. It looks like someone has put quartz rocks every 10 meters or so along the path which looks like something from Hansel and Gretel. The decent is quite steep but is well signed with yellow paint on rocks. Once the flatter area is reached you are nearly at the lake. At that point there looks like some great bouldering country as the photo shows, with 7-10 meters climbs and access to the top for a rope. (Comment Rating 3.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average COMMENTS for Hungry Hill Page 1 2 Next page >> (End of comment section for Hungry Hill. Recent comments about other mountains below.) RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS Page 1 2 3 4 5 .. 19 Next page >> Forum: General Re: Overlooked wicklore 6 hours ago. Padodes asks can Bray Head be added to the MV list of hills. As padodes points out, Bray Head is in a beautiful location overlooking the Irish Sea and sits between Bray and Greystones in Wicklow. ...    Mountain Comment Hangmans Hill madfrankie 13 hours ago. The small cliff-girted rise to the left of foreground is Crockauns' minor 374m top. Behind that, on left, is Hangman's Hill. 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