Heritage Week Placenames
For Heritage Week that’s in it, I’d like to highlight the work of Breandán Ó Cíobháin who over a period of a dozen years documented many placenames of Iveragh in…
Fundraiser Events
In recent years Ireland has experienced a steady increase in the number of people seeking out the benefits of outdoor exercise. Good for both mind and body. Associated with this…
Local Placenames in the Comeraghs
Users of EastWest Mapping maps often ask where we find the local placenames shown on same. The answer is never straightforward as there can be multiple sources with different versions…
Killarney
I’m making progress preparing draft map detail for a new Reeks map. Having laboured for several weeks earlier in the year on the housing, shopping and industrial estates of South…
Rain Gauge
You may come across all sorts of odd things if you wander off the beaten track in the hills. This is a brass rain gauge, twin walled like a flask…
Eas Caorthainn Duinn
This I’m fairly certain is Eas Caorthainn Duinn – the waterfall of the rowan. Rowan also known as Mountain Ash or Quicken trees survive well enough in upland areas and…
Old Kerry Fields
One of the quiet pleasures in compiling map detail is the observing of different layers of time and history laid on top of each other. It can be relatively modern…
Birch
You’ll often come across birch trees growing on the edge of bogs in upland areas. They are a colonising tree, one of the early trees to get established on cleared…
Visiting Glendalough
If you’re visiting Glendalough this summer and looking to pick up one of our detailed maps for your outing, then you might like to check out the new Adventure.ie store…
Cow & Calf Rock
Thanks to map user Paul O’Callaghan for sending on this photo of the Cow & Calf Rock located in Upper Glenasmole in the Dublin Mountains. This large granite boulder is…
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