Category: Ireland
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Discover the Best Hikes in Cork: A Guide to Ireland’s Scenic Trails
Explore the breathtaking landscapes of Cork with this comprehensive guide to the best hikes in the region. Get ready for an adventure of a lifetime!
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Hiking, Ireland, Long-Distance Hiking Trails, mourne mountains, northern ireland, Short Trails, Trail
Exploring the Best Hikes in the Breathtaking Mourne Mountains
Discover the most scenic and challenging hikes in the Mourne Mountains. Our comprehensive guide includes trail descriptions, difficulty levels, and stunning photography.
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Company Update, Feature, Ireland, Map Reading, Mountain Leader, mountain safety, Mountain Skills, Navigation skills, Partnerships
OSi Maps are now available on HiiKER
With full coverage of the Republic of Ireland in 1:50k detail – OSi (Ordnance Survey Ireland) maps complete any hiker’s toolkit. These richly detailed maps have been the work of Ordnance Survey Office since 1824 and later became a state body under the Ordnance Survey act of 2001. Used by hikers, walkers, mountain leaders and…
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Hiking, Ireland, Lake District, Map Reading, Mountain Leader, mountain safety, Mountain Skills, mourne mountains, Navigation skills, Partnerships, peak district, Scotland, United Kingdom, Wales, Wicklow, Yorkshire
HARVEY Maps are now on HiiKER
HARVEY maps have been a valuable asset to walkers and hikers alike for over 5 decades. This family business that started by Robin and Sue Harvey back in 1977, has grown to be one of the most popular mapping companies in the UK and Ireland. Because of this rich history in the UK hillwalking and…
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Connemara, Hiking, Ireland, Map Reading, Mountain Leader, mountain safety, Mountain Skills, Navigation skills, Partnerships, Wicklow
EastWest Maps now on HiiKER
Along with a major upgrade to the HiiKER Apps, we are delighted that HiiKER now features all of the Digital EastWest maps. This exclusive partnership brings the exceptional detail of EastWest maps to the most comprehensive application for Walkers and Hikers in Ireland (and around the world). EastWest maps are used by hikers and walkers…
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Hiking, Interview, Ireland, Map Reading, Mountain Leader, mountain safety, Mountain Skills, Navigation skills, United Kingdom
What is a Mountain Leader?
My husband Tom just completed his Mountain Training but it wasn’t until a chance meeting with one last year that we found out what an ‘ML’ was, what they do and that Tom could become one – a seed was planted. So, I wanted to run through a few of the basic details about the…
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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 crag, cross’d many a moor, But, by my halidome, A scene so rude, so wild as this. Yet so…
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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 feel dimly something of your own littleness and your own greatness; for surely man is as great as he is…
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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 among the Twelve Pins. William Percy French The N59 from Galway to Clifden always fills me with expectancy and…
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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 St Pecaun. To the north of the Glen, the River Aherlow twists and turns, just like the ridge of mountains…
