Cooley Map Update ~ Foyles Way
Cooley Map Update ~ Foyles WayThe Cooley region of Louth was badly affected by heavy rain and floods at the end of October, damaging several roads and flooding property etc.…
Cooley Map Update ~ Foyles WayThe Cooley region of Louth was badly affected by heavy rain and floods at the end of October, damaging several roads and flooding property etc.…
Galtee Map Update ~ Ballyhoura Way If you have a copy of our 1:25,000 scale map of the Galtees, see the map extract here for details of a change to…
Hill Names around MweelreaOriginal mapping requires careful checking of placenames and who better to ask than those who live and make their livelihoods there. Mweelrea/ Muilrea was dealt with in…
EastWest Maps in Use A lot of work and expense goes into making good quality mapping. Therefore it’s always reassuring to see our maps being put to good use, where…
Well the budget came & went last week. The astute of you may have noticed that from 1st Jan, VAT on ebooks and audio books will be 0%. Which is…
Mweelrea & Muilree I was discussing placenames with several local hill farmers last week in the Mweelrea area and was interested to hear their pronunciation of the name of this…
Laminated v Polyart Maps Maps to be used in outdoor environments ideally need to be flexible, tough and waterproof. They are used on both fair days and in foul weather.…
Formna There are a number of common words that apply to a hill in Ireland: Knock or Cnoc, Slieve or Sliabh, Ben or Binn, Crook or Cruach etc. Here’s one…
VAT ~ Valued Added Tax or Sales TaxIf you’ve been keeping an eye on the news this past month, you’ll have seen or heard that the government raised the 9%…
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…