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…
Blackstairs & Mount Leinster Map
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.…
Moanyer Well
Moanyer Well Nestled in a clump of sedges and sphagnum, this little pool called Moanyer Well is deserving of it’s own name high up on the shoulder of Mount Leinster.…
Carlow Walking Festival
The Carlow Walking Festival takes place over the last weekend of the month – from 30th September to the 2nd October. There will be a variety of hillwalks and rambles…
Clonegal ~ Cluain na nGabhal
This heron is catching small fish at the banks of a wide pool where the Slaney and Derry rivers meet. Swimming there in the hot weather last week was quite…
Glaslacken Slate
The rural countryside is full of local interest, there are often little things to be spotted if you take the time to stop & ponder. The photo here was taken…
Borodale ~ Dún an Óir
If you’re travelling to the Rosslare ferry this summer in Wexford and have time for a wee detour, it’s well worth taking a break at the small forest recreation area…
Ballycrystal Update
This is a small update to our Blackstairs & Mount Leinster map. An extension has been added to the Ballycrystal walking trail loop. But it will also be of interest…
Floors of Craan
You don’t associate glaciation much with Mount Leinster & Blackstairs, they were likely covered or nearly so by the ice sheets of the past. However there is one small example…
Giolleamh Éigin
Recently I posted a photo of a huge boulder called the Beggars Rock but rocks don’t need to be large to have been named. If you come across any sort…