Day two of our walk of the Ballyhoura Way started with our visiting the Slí Eile Saturday Market for breakfast. We parked a car at our destination (the Ballinaboola Trailhead), then drove back to Burton Park in Churchtown where we parked the other car. A big thank you to all at Burton House and Slí…
The Ballyhoura Way – part of the Beara Breifne Way The Ballyhoura Way (89km) is one of the many trails that forms part of the 700km Beara Breifne Way, Ireland’s longest national waymarked trail. Using two cars, one at the start of the route, and one at the end, we needed to take account of…
Ardmore is one of my favourite places to spend a few hours, whether it’s walking the beach with a coffee in my hand, or walking the five kilometre loop from the village around the coastal cliff walk and back into the village again. I have lots and lots of photographs of Ardmore from many many…
Day 2: Cappawhite to Milestone Distance: 19.6km This latter half of the Multeen Way was a very handy walk along roads and trails, taking us in total about five hours including a short detour to the high point of Foildarg along the way. We parked a car opposite the old post office in Milestone (below)…
Day 1: Tipperary Town to Cappawhite Distance: 20.7km The Multeen Way, from Tipperary Town to Milestone, is part of a 700km long walking trail from Dursey Island in Cork to Blacklion in Cavan and known as the Beara-Breifne Way. We decided in August 2021 to begin walking the Beara-Breifne Way, taking it section by section,…
Day 8: Millstreet to Shrone Distance: 25km Time: 9 hours including lunch and breaks At long last! After a couple of months break for holidays, etc., we were finally getting to complete the last section of our 183km journey from Clogheen in Tipperary to Shrone in Kerry. We opted to travel down to Cork on…
Day 8: Boggeragh Wind Farm to Millstreet Distance: 25.3km Time: 6 hours, 53 minutes including lunch and breaks (Moving Time 5 hours, 40 minutes) I think this was one of the nicest sections of the entire Blackwater Way that we walked, despite the road walking at the end. The tracks were easy to follow with…
Down in Mayo on holidays and I was out for a drive around the Killary Fjord, when I saw a sign for the Aasleagh Falls and stopped to take a look. Parking A little camper van was parked opposite a stile that leads to the waterfall, and I pulled in behind it. It’s a small…
Day 7 Bweeng to Boggeragh Wind Farm Length: 22km Time: 5 hours, 39 minutes including lunch and breaks The last time we were in Bweeng, we had left the car parked at the church yard which was about a kilometre away from where the Blackwater Way finishes up. No longer rookies, this time we parked…
Day 6 Killavullen to Bweeng Length: 24.57km Time: 5 hours, 52 minutes including lunch break and coffee stops Logistics We started this section of the walk where we left off the last day when we walked from Ballyhooly to Killavullen. That meant we started walking from Glenagear Woods (Coordinates: 52.1186275,-8.5273093) just outside Killavullen as I’d…