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…
Placenames & Heritage
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 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…
JB Malone and the Evening Herald (John Bernard) JB Malone (1913-89) was a prolific writer and promoter of hillwalking from the 1930s through to the 1970s. He did much for…
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 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…
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…
Cruach na TintríCruach na Tintrí is the name of a lumpy hill just north of Mulranny in Co.Mayo, you’ll find it on our Wild Nephin 1:25K map. It’s called Claggan…
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…
Coms Coums Corries & Kyas Those who walk the Irish uplands will be familiar with bowl like lakes nestling into the slopes under the peaks. Often backed by cliffs, the…
Cloch a’ AmhaircMap update for our Wild Nephin 1:25,000 print map.When I was surveying our Wild Nephin map in 2015, local hill farmer Patrick Moran of Dooghill kindly helped with…