Hungry Hill: Hungering for adventure
Hungry Hill exerts an enticing, powerful presence, undeterred by its relatively modest altitude. Irish mountains excel at compressing extensively gruelling terrain into compact proportions and Hungry Hill is a champion in this regard, warranting respectful exploration from its assailants. This is rocky country par excellence. The mountain is, nonetheless, at 2247ft (685m), the highest point of the Beara Peninsula, whose extraordinarily rugged spine is defined by the Caha Mountains. Caha derives from ceatha meaning shower, and there are certainly plenty…