Fauscoum

Fauscoum
Kilclooney Mountain
Fauscoum, the highest peak in the Comeragh Mountains
Highest point
Elevation792 m (2,598 ft)
Prominence628 m (2,060 ft)
Parent peakKnockmealdown
ListingP600, Marilyn, Hewitt
Coordinates52°14′32″N 7°32′17″W / 52.24222°N 7.53806°W / 52.24222; -7.53806
Naming
Native nameFáschom
Geography
Fauscoum is located in island of Ireland
Fauscoum
Fauscoum
Location within island of Ireland
LocationCounty Waterford, Ireland
Parent rangeComeragh Mountains
OSI/OSNI gridS317105
Topo mapOSi Discovery 75

Fauscoum (Irish: Fáschom), also known as Kilclooney Mountain, is a mountain in County Waterford, Ireland. With a height of 792 m (2,598 ft), it is the highest mountain of the Comeragh Mountain Range and the second highest mountain in County Waterford after Knockmealdown.

Summit cairn on Fauscoum

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Over Fauscoum, Ireland". Peakbagger.com.
  2. ↑ "Fáschom / Fauscoum". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Fauscoum". mountainviews.ie.
  4. 1 2 "Kilclooney Mountain". peakvisor.com. Retrieved 16 June 2026. Fauscoum (Irish: Fáschom), also known as Kilclooney Mountain, is [..] the highest mountain of the Comeragh Mountain Range and the second highest mountain in County Waterford after Knockmealdown.
  5. ↑ "Coumshingaun to Mahon Falls Hike". wildirishwalks.ie. Retrieved 16 June 2026. Standing as the highest point of the Comeragh Mountains, Fauscoum also comes in as the second highest point in County Waterford (behind Knockmealdown) and the 22nd highest mountain in all of Ireland