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Tipperary Trails
Tipperary County Council kindly shared this great brochure of Tipperary Trails. A copy of the brochure can be found here. Some great ones to get you out and about. I will do more detailed individual posts on some of the trails in the future but for now, I hope ye enjoy this.
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Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail Walking Festival 2019
Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail Walking Festival takes place this year from 8th-10th March 2019. The entry is €20 a day or €50 over the 3 days. It is a great opportunity to see the amazing scenery of Mayo. Walks start each day at 8:30am sharp. Starting points are: 8th March – Corleys Pub Ballintubber 9th March – Aughagower Village 10th March – Murrish Carpark (Base of Croagh Patrick) Full details below and find out more at http://www.croaghpatrickheritagetrail.com or email info@croaghpatrickheritagetrail.com Also take a look at our post on Croagh Patrick itself here. See below exciting footage from last year’s Heritage Trail. Route & Distance: Friday 8th March – Balla to Ballintubber (18km) 8.30am Sharp…
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Lough Boora Discovery Park
Transformed from its previous incarnation as a commercial bog where peat was harvested to heat homes around the country, today Lough Boora Discovery Park is home to countless species of birds and wildlife, fish-filled lakes and a permanent exhibition of huge outdoor sculptures. These sculptures give the park an other-worldly feel, created using the old industrial materials of the bog such as locomotives, rail-line and timber, all crafted into magnificent works of art. The park is in a continuous state of flux depending on the season. Birds depart or arrive, breed and rear their young. Plants flower and fungi appear and disappear, while the resident animals go about their lives.…
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The Offaly Way
The Offaly Way is a linear route linking the Slieve Bloom Way, (at Cadamstown) to Lemanaghan Monastic Site, and to the Grand Canal Way. Only 37kms long, it nonetheless includes areas of mountain and riverside as well as long stretches of bogland. Though the highest point is only 140m, much of the Way commands wide views over a comparatively flat landscape. The route has ecclesiastical and prehistoric interest. The Way starts in Cadamstown, with the Slieve Bloom Way less than 2 km away. Just north of here is an interesting geological formation where a fine outcrop of rock has been exposed by erosion caused by the Silver River. The waterfalls…
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Weekly Walks in the Slieve Bloom Mountains
The Slieve Bloom Mountains are a mountain range in the midlands of Ireland that span through Offaly and Laois. The highest point is a modest 527M but the scale of the mountains are extensive. The mountain range is bordered by towns such as Clonaslee, Mountrath, Roscrea, Rosenallis, Clonaslee, Cadamstown Kinnitty and Mountmellick. The Slieve Bloom mountains are amongst the oldest in Europe and once they stood at 3700M before weathering and erosion reduced them to the current size of 527M. The walking trails range from looped walks, long distance way-marked walks or unguided walks but don’t forget a map and compass if you are not going as part of a…
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Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail Walking Festival
Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail Walking Festival takes place this year from 9th-11th March. The entry is €20 a day or €50 over the 3 days. It is a great opportunity to see the amazing scenery of Mayo. Walks start each day at 8:30am sharp. Starting points are: 9th March – Corleys Pub Ballintubber 10th March – Aughagower Village 11th March – Murrish Carpark (Base of Croagh Patrick) Full details below and find out more at http://www.croaghpatrickheritagetrail.com or email info@croaghpatrickheritagetrail.com Also take a look at our post on Croagh Patrick itself here.
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Connemara National Park – Diamond Hill Walks
The Connemara National Park is 2,957 hectares of scenic mountains, expanses of bogs, heaths, grasslands and woodlands. It has a visitor’s centre located in Letterfrack and from this center you can easily do a number of walking trails of Diamond Hill. This allows you to enjoy the scenery of part of this fantastic national park. Not all the trails are buggy-friendly so ask at the centre. Along with the Diamond Hill trails, the visitor’s centre also has a children’s playground, picnic areas and a tea room. It is also only about 10 minutes drive from Kylemore Abbey, another fantastic place to visit. For more information, see http://www.connemaranationalpark.ie The carpark to the visitor’s centre is…
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Waterford Greenway
The Waterford Greenway (or Déise Greenway) opened in March of 2017 and offers 46km of off-road cycling and walking trails from Waterford City to Dungarvan. While we concentrate on walking and hiking at takeahike.ie, cycling the greenway is highly recommended and bikes can be rented from a number of companies such as: Greenway Waterford Bike Hire The Greenway Man Waterford Greenway Bike Hire The map and images below are taken from waterfordcouncil.ie (WaterfordGreenway2017Map) From the Waterford City side of the Greenway, the start is shown below.
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Map of Walks & Hikes
Loads to be added to this map. Any suggestions are welcome. Email takeahike.ie@gmail.com
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Hellfire Club – Drone Aerial Photos
We received these great aerial photos of the Hellfire Club and Montpelier Hill from Anthony Kelly in Dublin. These were taken from his drone. It looks great from above! Looking forward to seeing some more of these drone photos here and on his Instagram @miamikelly30 Also, check out our page on the Hellfire Club at https://takeahike.ie/2014/11/29/take-a-walk-to-the-hellfire-club/
