25th Nov 2024
It was in October 2021, when I climbed Mount Brandon, the highest mountain in Ireland outside the Macgillycuddy’s Reeks. I had climbed Galtymore and Lugnaquilla earlier that year, soon after travel restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic were starting to be lifted. I subsequently made videos of these climbs, and uploaded them to Youtube. So […]
24th Oct 2021
After climbing Lugnaquilla during the summer, the next mountain I had on the list was one higher up on the list of Ireland’s highest mountains. And so it was, having waited for favourable weather conditions since the summer, I had planned to climb Mount Brandon, on the Dingle Peninsula, in County Kerry. This was my […]
2nd Aug 2021
It was in mid June, when I decided to climb the highest mountain in Leinster, namely Lugnaquilla, in County Wicklow. Easing of restrictions imposed due to the pandemic meant that for the first time this year, inter-county travel was permitted. Lugnaquilla has the third-highest prominence in Ireland, with a height of 925 metres. It is […]
5th Jul 2021
It was in May. In the light of easing of travel restrictions that had been brought about at the start of the year, in response to the third wave of Covid infections, I decided to climb Galtymore. At 918m, this is the highest mountain in County Tipperary. Well, on the border between Tipperary and Limerick. […]