Keeper Hill

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Mountain in County Tipperary, Ireland

title: "Keeper Hill" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["marilyns-of-ireland", "mountains-and-hills-of-county-tipperary", "mountains-under-1000-metres", "special-areas-of-conservation-in-the-republic-of-ireland"] description: "Mountain in County Tipperary, Ireland" topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeper_Hill" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in County Tipperary, Ireland ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]

Field	Value
name	Keeper Hill / Slievekimalta
other_name	Sliabh Coimeálta
photo	KeeperHill.jpg
photo_caption	Viewed from the west
elevation_m	694
prominence_m	627
location	County Tipperary, Ireland
range	Silvermine Mountains
map	island of Ireland
map_relief	yes
map_caption	Location in Ireland
coordinates
grid_ref_Ireland	R823667
topo	OSi Discovery 59
easiest_route	Way marked from Doonane carpark through Ballyhourigan woods
listing	P600, Marilyn, Hewitt
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Name

Keeper Hill, also known as Slievekimalta, gets its name from a little-known tale about Sadb, daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles, raising her children Eogan and Indderb on this mountain after they had been rejected by their father Ailill Aulom, king of Munster.

Geography

The mountain is about 15 km east of Limerick City. Keeper Hill is the highest mountain in the Silvermines (and the wider Shannon area) and the 58th highest in Ireland. There is a stone circle in Bauraglanna townland on the northeastern slopes, known as Firbrega ('false men').

Access to the summit

There is a looped walk around the lower shoulders of Keeper Hill, to which the ‘hardy’ walker can add the ‘trek’ to the summit. This loop walk is part of the National Looped Walks and is marked using the standard purple National Looped Walk directional arrows.

Historically, a Lughnasadh gathering was held on the summit each August.

Conservation

On the slopes of Keeper Hill is a woodland of 3,300 hectares, mostly of non-native conifers. The 300 hectare summit is blanket bog and Nardus grassland, considered of ecological importance. Keeper Hill is designated a Special Area of Conservation.

References

[http://www.logainm.ie/67267.aspx Slievekimalta or Keeper Hill]. [[Placenames Database of Ireland]].
[https://mountainviews.ie/summit/117/ Keeper Hill]. MountainViews.ie.
[http://mountainviews.ie/summit/705/ Slieve Felim]. MountainViews.ie.
Tempan, Paul (2006). [http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/NMAJ%20vol%2046%2010%20Two%20Mountain%20Names-%20Slieve%20Felim%20and%20Mauherslieve,%20by%20Paul%20Tempan.pdf "Two Mountain Names: Slieve Felim and Mauherslieve"] {{Webarchive. link. (3 September 2021 . ''North Munster Antiquarian Journal'', volume 6. pp.120-122)
[http://www.shannonregiontrails.ie/FindaTrail/Walking/Treks/TrailName,8016,en.html Keeper Hill Trek], Shannon Region Trails
[https://archive.today/20130217194735/http://www.npws.ie/protectedsites/specialareasofconservationsac/keeperhillsac/ Keeper Hill SAC], [[National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland). National Parks and Wildlife Service]]

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