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The Ultachs

The Ultachs from directly overhead

The Ultachs is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 414 m. Cuilcagh stands 666 m to the northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Ultachs Memorial, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 25 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
To commerate the settlers from Ulster (The Ultahs) who came to live on the mountainside in the early 1800's.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates54.12035, -7.91791

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bencroy: 0.5 mi
  • Knockacullion: 1.6 mi
  • Benbrack W Top: 2.0 mi
  • Cloghnacommerky: 2.1 mi
  • Bartonny Top: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Site of Dernasmallan church: 4.2 mi
  • Republican Garden of Remembrance: 6.2 mi
  • Forde's Castle: 6.4 mi
  • Saint Patricks Church: 6.5 mi
  • John Joe McGirl: 6.6 mi
Springs
  • Saint Patrick's Well: 4.9 mi
  • Iron Spa Well: 5.1 mi
  • Sulphur Spa Well: 5.3 mi
  • Saint Patrick's Well: 5.8 mi
  • Spa Well: 5.9 mi
Parks: 40
  • Ultachs Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Aggie's Fairy Trail Park: 6.2 mi
  • Fairgreen: 9.9 mi
  • Corlona Bog: 10.9 mi
  • Russell Quay: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 35
Artworks: 26
  • Danu: 7.1 mi
  • Triskele Mizmaze: 12.3 mi
  • Point of Contact: 13.0 mi
  • Tonra Memorial: 13.5 mi
  • Street Art Tree: 13.7 mi
Museums: 15
Gardens: 12
  • Walled Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Walled Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Pleasure Grounds: 12.0 mi
  • Community garden: 13.6 mi
  • Daisy Hill Gardens: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Carrignahasta: 3.7 mi
  • Carrignahasta: 3.8 mi
  • The Playground: 4.3 mi
  • Playgroud: 4.3 mi
  • Pollnagapple Natural Arch: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Tullydermot Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Scardan Waterfall: 8.3 mi
  • Cascades Waterfall: 10.8 mi
  • Roogagh Waterfall: 21.6 mi
  • Creamery Waterfall: 22.9 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Moneensauran Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 3.6 mi
  • Moneen Boleybrack Mountain Special Area of Conservation: 7.8 mi
  • Gubnafarna Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 8.8 mi
  • Hanging Rock and Rossaa Forest National Nature Reserve: 11.4 mi
  • Wildlife Area: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 20.0 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 20.0 mi
  • Fowley's Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Kilglas: 22.1 mi
  • Hazelwood: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Rynn Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Annagh Lough Beach: 21.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Marble Arch: 10.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of The Ultachs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
CuilcaghNE 38°666 m7.0 mi
CuilcaghNE 38°666 m7.0 mi
Sliabh an IarainnSW 229°585 m2.9 mi
KnockacullionWSW 242°562 m1.6 mi
The PlaybankNNW 343°542 m4.4 mi
BenbegNE 46°539 m5.7 mi
BencroyW 274°518 m0.5 mi
BenbrackENE 61°502 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3517:5818:45
June solstice04:5921:1022:09
September equinox07:1818:4619:33
December solstice08:5015:0016:11

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7610256648

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