Like many hundreds of other people around Ireland and abroad, I was saddened earlier this week to hear of the passing of Joss Lynam (1924-2011). I knew Joss first through…

Prince William's Seat and Knocknagun. These are the OS names for two popular hills between Glencullen & Glencree and people often enquire as to the identity of Prince William. It…

Where is Kanturk and Brown Mountain? I've always thought that Kanturk was the area of low hillocks and crags, opposit Cloghoge and overlooking the Inchavore but I've discovered recently that this…

From Clive: I went up and found God's Well using your new info.... It's a spring, with exceptionally clear water. May or may not have had stonework around it, its…

This is a name I've come across up near Scarr & the Bracket Rocks - I thought it was the Lough Spit Stone on account of view of Lough Dan…

Augh or Agh in a placename is generally thought to come from one of three sources, depending on the situation of the name: Áth - a ford, Achadh - a…

11 December 2011 From Mountain Meitheal: after a hard but rewarding day the bridge is open again for service. While some work remains to be done after Christmas the bridge…

Clive came across this old ruin, photographed below, in Dunran forest. Later, when researching placenames, we made a connection with the following from Wright's Guide to Wicklow, 1827. "After a…