Priest's Leap
- Connects
- Derryduff More – Fourdorus
- Tonight
- 7°CHeavy rain · Wind 33 km/h SW
Priest's Leap is a mountain pass at 461 m in County Cork, Ireland. It links Derryduff More and Fourdorus.
All facts
- Saddle
- 461 m
- Lowest point
- 192 m / 91 m
Priest's Leap: the climb from each side
Crossed by: Priest's Leap
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Priest's Leap 3D map
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Priest's Leap terrain and contours
25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Priest's Leap elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Priest's Leap weather
Tonight · Heavy rain · 7°C (45°F) · 15.0 mm · Wind 33 km/h SW
Priest's Leap forecast for about 461 m.
- Tonight7°15.0 mm33 km/h SW
- Sat7°12°24.8 mm42 km/h W
- Sun6°9°12.8 mm32 km/h W
- Mon6°13°22.1 mm36 km/h SW
- Tue8°9°2.2 mm31 km/h W
- Wed8°11°1.1 mm17 km/h W
- Thu7°10°13.7 mm28 km/h SE
- Fri2°10°5.2 mm15 km/h N
- Sat0°8°0.1 mm18 km/h NW
- Sun-1°7°0.3 mm13 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Priest's Leap
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Priest's Leap, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
5.1 km NW
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 68% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.5% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 676 m low point 27 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4 km of Priest's Leap.
Summit list 7
- 1The Priest's Leap519 m 0.8 km WSW
- 2Coomhola Mountain472 m 1.9 km SSE
- 3Knockboy South Top533 m 2.1 km ESE
- 4Knockboy706 m 2.2 km ENE
- 5Knockboy North Top649 m 2.3 km NE
- 6Barraboy Mountain Far East Top456 m 3.0 km W
- 7Derroograne468 m 3.5 km SSW
Where Priest's Leap sits
- Region
- County Cork4Ireland107Europe2,143
Nearby places
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Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-04-29)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
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- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)