After a couple of years of covid cancellations, the Donegal Climbfest returned this year. The Colmcille Climbers put on a great event with plenty of […]
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Tag: Ireland
Galtees Trip, January 2017
Emma Hand, Sé O’Hanlon, Gerry Galligan, Peter Wood and I met up in the Ballyhoura Hostel in Kilfinane on the Friday night. On Saturday morning […]
2015 Newbies Head to The Burren
Some of the new members from the 2015 New Members Programme got together on 26-28 September in the Burren, Co Clare. One of our number […]
Paddy O’Leary Interview on Newstalk’s “Talking History”
Paddy O’Leary, author of the recent book the history of Irish climbing, The Way That We Climbed (Collins Press) was recently interviewed for Newstalk’s Talking […]
Paddy O'Leary Interview on Newstalk's "Talking History"
Paddy O’Leary, author of the recent book the history of Irish climbing, The Way That We Climbed (Collins Press) was recently interviewed for Newstalk’s Talking […]
Slieve Beg – 15 Star Climbing
I finally got to Slieve Beg in the Mournes with Dave Keogh last week, one that been on the to-do list for a while. The […]
Luggala, Revised Topo, Selected Climbs, Sept 2014
Hi all, I have revised some of the topos for Luggala. I have asked people more familiar with the crag than I am, compared notes […]
Prelude Nightmare
PN is a special climb. When I first started climbing, my second day out on a two day course was a “taste of multipitch” climbing. […]
A Delicate Thread of Time
Dolerite columns tumble upwards in a perpetual state of symbiosis, both fortress and fragile mirror. Time that once danced, flowed and free now co-opted into […]
An American in Gola
Last August I unexpectedly had the most amazing climbing experience. I was secluded with 10 crazy people on a tiny island off the West coast […]