AI & Mapping
AI & MappingPart nine of a series on Irish Mapping: past, present & future.Back in 2020, I wrote a blog piece on ‘auto mapping’ in New Zealand. Similar projects progressed…
Blackstairs & Mount Leinster Map
Marian Year Crosses
Marian Year CrossesFor the day that’s in it, it’s worth noting that this is the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Marian Year celebrations in Ireland. Pope Pius had designated this…
Ballinakill Rock
Ballinakill RockWhilst compiling new detail for a complete overhaul of our Blackstairs & Mount Leinster map, I came across the site again of the Ballinakill Rock. This is a large…
Contour Plot
Contour Plot Here’s a contour plot of a new piece of work that I’ve started on. If you know your Irish hills, it shouldn’t take too long to figure that…
Mowing the Monument
Mowing the MonumentAround this time 25 years ago, the towns & villages of Wexford, Wicklow & Carlow reverberated to the marching of local groups of pikemen & women. Formed to…
Cillín
Cillín Of the various landmarks to be found in rural Ireland, surely one of the most poignant is the Cillín - literally the little church, but a name usually associated…
German Heinkel Aircrash
German Heinkel Aircrash on Blackstairs Mountain The top photo here is taken just below the top of Sturra or Blackstairs Mountain. We're having a break in the remains of the…
Giant’s Chair
Giant’s Chair The Blackstairs Challenge Walk is coming up in a few weeks time on the 20th May. It is 30+ kilometres in length and traverses the full range on…
Blackstairs & Mount Leinster Map Update
Blackstairs & Mount Leinster Map Update Thanks to map user Pat Lambert, who has reported that a new substantial deer type fence is being erected along the forest SW of…
School & Mass Paths
We are all encouraged to walk & cycle more now as a means of local transport. Cycle lanes and Greenways are built at some cost to encourage sustainable local transport.…