Learning Irish and hillwalking in Dingle

Pet O’Connell goes hill walking in Dingle, and brushes up on her Irish language skills while she’s there.

LEARNING the Irish language has much in common with hill- climbing. Plenty of stamina is required; there may be obstacles waiting to trip you up; but the sense of achievement will hopefully be worth the sweat.

Learning the Irish language while simultaneously hill- climbing presents another challenge entirely.