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Reeks Placenames Query 2: Cnoc na Toinne

Highlighting another wee query relating to Breandán Ó Cíobháin’s placename research for the Reeks area, undertaken about fifty years ago. Turn left or east at the Top of the Ladder…

Reeks Placenames Query 1: An Barr Caol

As per previous post, I’ve been reading carefully though Breandán Ó Cíobháin’s placename research for the Reeks area, undertaken about fifty years ago. A number of the names he lists…

Placenames in the Reeks

In terms of hill names, the historical record of mountain names in the Reeks is patchy. The Ordnance Survey Six Inch maps of the 1840s and the subsequent derived One…

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…