JB Malone and the Evening Herald
JB Malone and the Evening Herald (John Bernard) JB Malone (1913-89) was a prolific writer and promoter of hillwalking from the 1930s through to the 1970s. He did much for…
JB Malone and the Evening Herald (John Bernard) JB Malone (1913-89) was a prolific writer and promoter of hillwalking from the 1930s through to the 1970s. He did much for…
Achill Greenway Update The Great Western Greenway is a popular recreational cycling route that runs from Westport to Achill Sound, more or less along the line of the Great Western…
Ben Bury & William Bald A Scottish surveyor called William Bald surveyed an important map of Co.Mayo in the years 1809-16. It’s a very impressive and completely original work, surveyed…
Mweelrea Plot For the past several months I’ve been tipping away at the detail plot for new 1:25000 mapping for the region between Killary Harbour & Clew Bay. So essentially…
Mowing the MonumentAround this time 25 years ago, the towns & villages of Wexford, Wicklow & Carlow reverberated to the marching of local groups of pikemen & women. Formed to…
Cruach na TintríCruach na Tintrí is the name of a lumpy hill just north of Mulranny in Co.Mayo, you’ll find it on our Wild Nephin 1:25K map. It’s called Claggan…
WW2 Look Out Posts The Republic of Ireland was not directly involved in World War 2 from 1939-45, a period called The Emergency here. It was broadly supportive of the…
Coms Coums Corries & Kyas Those who walk the Irish uplands will be familiar with bowl like lakes nestling into the slopes under the peaks. Often backed by cliffs, the…
Wicklow Way Update Map update for Wicklow 1:25,000 print maps & Wicklow Way Map Guides. Thanks to Aaron Byrne of Wicklow Partnership for supplying details of a recent re route…
Cloch a’ AmhaircMap update for our Wild Nephin 1:25,000 print map.When I was surveying our Wild Nephin map in 2015, local hill farmer Patrick Moran of Dooghill kindly helped with…