If there's anything left of Cairn Y it's very hard to find. There is a large clearing in roughly the area where the cairn is supposed to be, so I guess that's it. There's nothing to see here and the difficulty you'll encounter in reaching really doesn't make it worth the effort.
The monument was plundered for building materials in the mid 1800s, which is a real shame. A report from the 1800s states that Cairn Y was the largest and most prominent of all the Loughcrew Cairns!
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Patrickstown Hill can be reached in two ways. You can park at the main Loughcrew parking site, climb Carnbane East where cairn T is and then wander over to Patrickstown Hill, or you can park on the east side of the hill and follow the track that starts opposite the small car park there (N 603 782). To find this car park follow the N154 south from Oldcastle towards Kells. The car park is about 7km from Oldcastle on the left. It really is very difficult to reach this site and not really worth the enormous effort it requires.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Coumaraglin NW (Co. Waterford) |  Aghamore (Co. Leitrim) |  Cairn X2 (Co. Meath) |
 Keadeen (Co. Wicklow) |  Maeve's Cairn (Co. Sligo) |  Muckduff Upper (Co. Wicklow) |
