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  The Ballindysert or Rathgormack Formation View across the wooded rim of the Formation over the hidden Suir Valley towards Slievenamon. Carrickatobar and Toor Hills are seen centre-right. The Ballindysert or Rathgormack Formation is a low platform, averaging about 150 metres elevation, perched above the Suir Valley in north Waterford, stretching for over 20 kilometres from a little east of Harney`s Cross in Glenpatrick to Portlaw. The platform can clearly be seen from Knockanaffrin Ridge, or along the Military Road in Glenpatrick, to the south. Everywhere the platform is fairly flat, if a little undulating. Near Glenpatrick it is characterised by a few low hills, most of them wooded e.g. Raven`s Rock, Carrickatobar, Toor or Carrigcaum. Further east, beyond Ardmore or Windgap, the soil improves, the elevation drops a little towards Carrick-on-Suir and Portlaw, and there is more rolling farm land. The Rim A particularly striking feature seen along most of the Formation`s length is the r
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 The Mahon Valley Mahon Falls and Knockaunapeebra from the saddle on Comeragh Mountain The Mahon Valley is unquestionably one of the most dramatic and scenic places in the Comeraghs. Driving up the valley from Mahon Bridge at the bottom to Mahon Falls at the top you find yourself growing ever more enchanted by the awe-inspiring vistas of this magnificent glacial valley. Better still, why not walk up along the Crough Wood Trail for a while and then continue to the top on the winding road to take in the many features of this magnificent valley? Glaciated Valley Par Excellence Along with the Nire Valley the Mahon Valley is considered to be one of the best examples of a glaciated valley in the Comeraghs. It is over 3 kilometres long, 600 to 800 metres wide, and stretches from Mahon Falls in the north to Crough Wood and Croagh Hill near Mahon Bridge in the south. It drops in elevation from about 400 metres at the Falls to 200 metres at the mouth and possesses the classic u-shaped profile o
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 Knockanaffrin Ridge View from the Mass Rock north across Coolishal Wood to Slievenamon The Mass Rock The name Knockanaffrin means the hill of the mass – “Cnoc an Aifrinn”, reminding us today of penal times when Catholics were persecuted for practising their religion. The name can be seen on documents relating to the Cromwellian Settlement of 1654, a full 50 years before the systematic introduction of the various penal laws. There is what is believed to be an authentic mass rock near Carrigsheegowna on the ridge`s north-eastern slopes. On high ground near the crest of the ridge, the mass rock`s location would have afforded good views towards both Nire and Suir Valleys, thus giving worshippers time to disperse before the arrival of the “red coats” from Clonmel.   The Seven Sisters Knockanaffrin is also known today as the “Seven Sisters”, a reference perhaps to the rocky prominences which jut up from the ridgeline. Shauneenbréaga, Carrigsheegowna, Knocksheegowna (with its Trig Pill
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