Sean Rothery is a retired architect and architectural historian, he still lecturers in Ireland and abroad. More importantly Sean is an Honorary Member of the […]
“A Long Walk South” by Sean Rothery (reviewed by Niall Ennis)
Tag: Walking
The Coffin Stone
(by Gerry Moss, from IMC Newsletter Summer 2011)
"Most walkers frequenting the Wicklow hills will be familiar with The Coffin Stone, that cluster of boulders just above the saddle between Djouce and War Hill … The origin of The Coffin Stone’s proper name dates back to the dawn of history, to a time when those mystical, mighty hunter-warriors, Na Fianna, roamed across Erin’s green isle, in pursuit of deer, derring-do, dust-ups and damsels-in-distress … I feel it is only right that I should pass this story on, so that the legend be kept alive."
How the West was 1. Green, 2. White, 3. Gold
(by Declan Cunningham, from IMC Newsletter Spring 2010)
Staying at home has never been so green or so good, especially when climbing snow-covered Mweelrea in the winter sunshine.
Mountain Leader Award
(by Allister Gerrard, June 2008)
How to achieve the ML, with one holder’s personal experiences.
Memory Lane
(by Gerry Moss, from IMC Newsletter Winter 2002)
The "privatisation" of a mountain path in Wicklow.
Corsica's GR20
(by Denzil Jones, from IMC Newsletter Autumn 2004)
15 days on the "toughest of all of the Grande Randonnée routes. … Nothing can equal this route in intensity as it crosses the most majestic sites at the heart of this most versatile and highly coloured island”.
Corsica’s GR20
(by Denzil Jones, from IMC Newsletter Autumn 2004)
15 days on the "toughest of all of the Grande Randonnée routes. … Nothing can equal this route in intensity as it crosses the most majestic sites at the heart of this most versatile and highly coloured island”.
Night Hawks
(by Gerry Moss, from IMC Newsletter Winter 2004)
Boyhood memories of a winter hike in Wicklow.
Winter Trekking in Western Atlas Mountains
(by Anne Gilton, from IMC Newsletter Spring 2003)
A week in the lesser-known Western Atlas in Morocco
Putting the boot in
(by Gerry Moss, from IMC Newsletter Spring 2003)
An eventful day on the Wicklow hills.