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Tory Hill - Frochans Loop
Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny
Dog friendly
Family friendly
Free to visit
Free car parking
Tory Hill - Frochans loop is the longer of two walks (Sliabh Greine loop is shorter) developed on the hill through the TrailKilkenny Programme.

Tory Hill - Frochans loop:

A-B. Starting from the car park, enter Carrickinane Woods through a metal barrier. Follow the purple (and green) arrows along the forestry track for 500m to reach an uphill track on your left. This is the point from which the loop ‘proper’ begins and to which you will return on your homeward journey. Continue straight ahead.

B-C. Continue to follow the purple (and green) arrows – ascending gently along the forest roadway for a further 1.5km to reach a left bend near the top of Tory Hill. The easier green loop continues straight here – you turn left following the purple arrows along a grassy path heading to the summit.

C-D. The loop ascends quite steeply now to reach the large cross which marks the summit. From here take the narrow track which leads downhill to reach the end of a forestry road and concrete foundations (these were for masts that were previously proposed at this site). You rejoin the green loop here and continue straight onto a grassy downhill track.

D-A. Follow the grassy track downhill and turn left when it joins a forestry track. After another 200m you rejoin the forestry road you left on your outward journey (see B above). Turn right here – it’s only 500m to the trailhead.

Trail details
Type
Loop trail
Contact details
Mullinavat,Kilkenny,Republic of Ireland
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