Mweelrea & The Reek Map to Print
Mweelrea & The Reek Map to PrintAfter a long haul, I’m glad to say that our new Mweelrea & The Reek map at 1:25,000 scale is with the printer. It…
Mweelrea The Reek
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…
Hill Names around Mweelrea
Hill Names around MweelreaOriginal mapping requires careful checking of placenames and who better to ask than those who live and make their livelihoods there. Mweelrea/ Muilrea was dealt with in…
Mweelrea from Glassillaun Beach, Connemara, Co Galway, Ireland.
Mweelrea & Muilree
Mweelrea & Muilree I was discussing placenames with several local hill farmers last week in the Mweelrea area and was interested to hear their pronunciation of the name of this…
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…
Ben Bury & William Bald
Ben Bury & William Bald A Scottish surveyor called William Bald surveyed an important map of Co.Mayo in the years 1809-16. It’s a very impressive and completely original work, surveyed…
Mweelrea Plot
Mweelrea Plot For the past several months I’ve been tipping away at the detail plot for new 1:25000 mapping for the region between Killary Harbour & Clew Bay. So essentially…