Happy Christmas 2024
Happy Christmas 2024Wishing all our customers a Happy & Peaceful Christmas. And to thank you all for your support in 2024 and previous years. We very much rely on map…
Donegal Plots
Donegal PlotsWork has started on two new 1:25,000 maps for Donegal covering the Bluestack & Derryveagh areas. I’m currently working up a base map plot for the Bluestack region using…
Dúchruach
DúchruachPictured here is the rocky wild summit of Dúchruach with two of it’s several locháns. It lies less than three kilometres as the crow flies from the well known Diamond…
She Summits
She SummitsAmong the various different users that find value in our maps are the various groups of mountain runners and trail runners etc. Mountain racing organised by the Irish Mountain…
Bluestacks
BluestacksOur valued & patient Donegal customers will be glad to hear that I’ve started out on two new maps for parts of Donegal. These are planned to be printed on…
Ordnance Survey Map Prices
Ordnance Survey Map PricesThe retail price of a standard Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Discovery sheet in 2024 is €8.80 inc VAT at 13.5%. Looking at an old price list from 2005…
Finance Bill 2024
Finance Bill 2024The Finance Bill 2024 was passed in early November, paving the way to the current general election.I would like to advise the Irish map user community that once…
Learn to Navigate
Learn to NavigateThe Irish hills are not generally high or even particularly rocky by international mountainous standards. But they have their own challenges, it’s not for nothing that we live…
Night Walk & False Teeth
Night Walk & False TeethI was out with Tullow MC on Friday evening gone, a small group of ten headed up to the Moats of Craan & Mount Leinster crossing…
Knockmealdown Update
Knockmealdown UpdateThanks to Maureen O’Brien for spotting and sending on details of a substantial new track that has recently been constructed across the Knockmealdown hills at Knockshanahullion. The northern part…