Author: Adrian Hendroff
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Derryveagh Mountains, Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, List, Short Trails, Weekend Inspiration, Wild
The Best Walks in the Derryveagh Mountains
I’ve traversed many a mountain-strand, Abroad and in my native land, And it has been my lot to tread Where safety more than pleasure led; Thus, many a waste I’ve wander’d o’er, Clombe many a
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Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, Mayo, Short Trails, Trail, Weekend Inspiration, Wild
The Best Hikes in Mayo
“I confess I find such a place not lonely or depressing but inspiriting. You are thrown at the same time back upon yourself and forward against the mystery and majesty of nature and you may
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Connemara, Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, List, Short Trails, Trail, Weekend Inspiration, Wild
The Finest Walks in Connemara
The Bank has no fortune of mine to invest But there’s money enough for the ones I love best; All the gold that I want I shall find on the whins When I’m in Connemara
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Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, List, Short Trails, Trail, Weekend Inspiration, Wild
The Best Walks in the Galtee Mountains
Heading westward along the quiet country road at Glebe leads you deeper into the idyllic Glen of Aherlow, where echoes of history resonate with names like Geoffrey Keating, Eamonn a’Chnoic, Galloping Hogan, St Berrihert and
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Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, List, Short Trails, Trail, Weekend Inspiration, Wicklow, Wild
Lugnaquilla – Four Hiking Routes To The Top
Still south I went and west and south again, Through Wicklow from the morning till the night, And far from cities, and the sights of men, Lived with the sunshine, and the moon’s delight.
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Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, List, Long-Distance Hiking Trails, mourne mountains, Short Trails, Trail, uk, Uncategorized, Weekend Inspiration
The Best Walks in the Mourne Mountains
But for all that I found there I might as well be Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea. -William Percy French The Mourne mountains, the jewels of County Down that
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Slieve Donard: Four of the Best Hiking Trails
The highest mountain in the Mournes, and indeed all of Northern Ireland, is Slieve Donard (850m/2,789 feet). In ancient times, the mountain was known as Sliabh Slainge, named after Slanga, a Partholan prince of Grecian
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Cnoc na Péiste via Lough Googh Loop
These are my riches, these and the bright remembering Of ridge and buttress and sky-shouldering spire These I shall count, when I am old, of an evening, Siting by the fire. The MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, also
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Mount Brandon Trail
Only a hill: earth set a little higher Above the face of the earth: a larger view Of little fields and roads: a little nigher To clouds and silence: what is it to you? Only
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Mount Brandon From Faha
On the brow of Brandon is mist, and rest from the racing sky: the rollers break upon Brandon, Brandon the blessed, and the seagulls cry. – Geoffrey Winthrop Young Mount Brandon (952m/3,123ft) or Cnoc Bréanainn
