Reflection of the Twelve Bens in Lough Inagh, Co Galway, Ireland.
Eastern Bens
Eastern BensThe Glencoaghan horseshoe walk is a popular but long & tough hill walk in the Twelve Bens or Pins as you prefer. Here’s a bit of a handier route…
Connemara Mountains Map
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…
Memorials
MemorialsI have mixed opinions regarding personal memorials on the Irish uplands. After all many of our heights are crowned with great cairns laboriously built to commemorate some ancient king or…
Marconi Aerial Sites
Marconi Aerial SitesMany visitors to Conamara will be familiar with the Marconi station at Derrygimlagh near Clifden which is now promoted as a visitor attraction. Those willing to take on…
More Mayo Hills
More Mayo Hills If you take the scenic road from Leenane around Killary, passing by Aasleagh Falls and on towards Delphi and Doolough, then you’ll pass these three hills on…
Formna
Formna There are a number of common words that apply to a hill in Ireland: Knock or Cnoc, Slieve or Sliabh, Ben or Binn, Crook or Cruach etc. Here’s one…
WW2 Look Out Posts
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…
Connemara Mountains Map Update
Connemara Mountains Map Update Thanks to Patsy Cahalan and Proinsias de Paor for supplying details of two notable cairns that lie between Cruach Láir and Tonald Hill on our Connemara…
Maamturks Challenge 2022
The mighty Maamturks Challenge is back on again this year and will be held on the 9th April coming. Twenty five hard kilometres of steep climbs and equally steep descents…
Western Way – New Edition
To advise that we have a new edition of our popular Western Way map guide which details the route of this 100 kilometre scenic walk from Oughterard in Galway to…