"The longest hardest high level route in Ireland"...

Details of a 91.5km 7,640 outing across the Mangertons and Dunkerrons put up on the West Cork Trail Runners page on Facebook by Peter Walker, who is wondering if anyone could run it in 24 hours. Have hiked it over a few days, it's as wild, rugged and remote as it gets on this island. If anyone fancies the extreme, have a look...

I should say the quote in the title is from Paddy Dillon's book on Irish walks. I appreciate the difficulty of a run is very subjective.

Enduro

On first look the short answer is Yes. That looks well do-able on paper (but of course its not run on paper). Would make for a great potential race.

If you're on Facebook, have a look at the IMRA page. Paul Tierney has expressed an interest too. The area between Coomcallee and Knocknagantee in the middle of the Dunkerrons is probably the toughest section, sometimes used by hardcore walkers to test navigation skills. The stretches between Knockanaguish and Dromderalough, and east of Mangerton around Beenaunmore, feature a lot of boulder fields and are pretty runner unfriendly, no trails or paths through them. Much of the parts that are easier to navigate and traverse are still heavy going underfoot. Ran 18/19 summits in the Dunkerrons last summer stretching west of Mullaghanattin - less than a third of the route - after weeks of good weather it was still draining on the legs.

Peter is putting a map together so reckon that will prompt some more interest, when people can see the route laid out.

Djoucer

Would love to give this a go later this year. Looks like a great route.

Peter has generated a map of the route...hope this link works. It's on the West Cork Trail Runners page on Facebook.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/1328420757249671?view=permalink&id=1618155124942898

Edit - I've highlighted some of the tougher sections in the comments on the link...