Townland Boundaries
Townland BoundariesAs many here will know we have a dense network of some 60,000 townlands on the island of Ireland. Townlands have little enough relevance now in urban areas but…
Placenames & Heritage
Donegal Fieldwork
Donegal FieldworkReturning from a few days fieldwork in Donegal, where I checked some areas of map detail for features. The difference between any map and a better map is always…
The Much Maligned Sappers
The Much Maligned SappersThere is a popular narrative concerning Irish placenames, that the 19th century British army sappers who mapped Ireland didn’t understand Gaeilge and that as a result they…
Croghan
Croghan Croghan is a prominent pointy hill, just inland from Arklow in Co.Wicklow. Named from the Irish ‘Cruachán’ – the little stack or reek. That’s what it’d be called locally anyway,…
Errigal Moraines
Errigal MorainesSome interesting contour detail on the back or north side of Errigal mountain in Donegal. The 5 metre contour interval brings out the humps and hollows typical of this…
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Achill Commonage
Achill Commonage This ad caught my eye recently as it touches on a few matters of interest for those that seek out the wilder places. It relates to the sale…
Coumshinaun in Winter
Coumshinaun in WinterMario Macrory of Muddy Boots Guiding took this fine winter photo of Coumshinaun in the Comeraghs last week and which clearly shows several of the notable features of…
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…
Night Walk & False Teeth
Night Walk & False TeethI was out with Tullow MC on Friday evening gone, a small group of ten headed up to the Moats of Craan & Mount Leinster crossing…
Hut Sites & Sheep Pens
Hut Sites & Sheep PensThis is Blanche’s Pen, a small sheep pen or ‘pin’ used in the past by local hill farmers to gather a few ewes in, so one…
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