Cruach na Tintrí
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…
Placenames & Heritage Notes
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…
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…
Bog Drainage There’s been a lot of talk recently regarding the re wetting of lands, for various reasons including the absorbing of winter rains and to assist wildlife habitats etc.…
Black Mountain or Sugarloaf near Donard, Wicklow When looking into placenames, it often pays to look at the ground - as placenames often relate to the physical appearance or nature…
Seven Sisters The number 7 is considered to have special properties in many cultures around the world, including Ireland. Just think of all the associations; seven days in the week,…
Coumshingaun or is it? Type Coumshingaun into Google and you'll get a plethora of photos of what is arguably Ireland's finest corrie or coum. Once the source of a small…
Comeragh Placenames Part 7 To conclude this series on the Comeragh hill names, we'll look at the group of hills overlooking Clonmel. The main feature here is the Glenary valley…
Comeragh Placenames Part 6 North of Beárna Bhéil a' Bhealaigh or The Gap lies some six kilometres of high ground known to hillwalkers as the Knockanaffrin Ridge. Locally this ridge…