Place: Ballyhouras

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

home and gardens

Donal Hickey: Breeding habits of harrier

Some new insights into the extinction-threatened hen harrier have come to light in a study by a rural development group in Co Cork.

general

Meet the contractor out to bust illegal dumpers

home and gardens

Gougane Barra, Co Cork

general

New guide has walkers taking to the hills of Dublin and Wicklow

general

O’Sullivan Bere trail is Ireland's Camino

property

A slice of rural paradise

Rose Martin is taken with this former hunting lodge on four acres at Ballyhooly, Co Cork

Sat, 09 Feb, 2013

Making money on the mountain

Dan MacCarthy meets a couple who have added to their farm income by embracing agri-tourism

Thu, 22 Mar, 2012

Last three pupils leave as village school closes doors

A SCHOOL principal today begins a sad and lonely task in the Co Limerick hamlet of Ballyorgan which nestles in the Ballyhouras mountains.

Thu, 09 Sep, 2010

Calling all dirty muckers for a hike in the hills

FANCY getting down and dirty for some good clean fun on the run?

Tue, 11 May, 2010

THE ‘hair-dryer’ dressing- room treatment of one of his under-achieving teams by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is legendary in sport at this stage, but if there is anyone in the GAA who would give the great man a run for his money, it’s Galway’s fiery hurling manager John McIntyre.

Mon, 22 Feb, 2010

Sleeping giants bid to rekindle magical days at headquarters

MAGICAL days for Limerick’s Blackrock GAA club ahead of tomorrow night’s All-Ireland Club JHC final against St Colmcille’s of Tyrone.

Fri, 12 Feb, 2010

Public debate for hen harrier zones

A FULL public consultation process will be undertaken wherever sites are proposed for designation as hen harrier Special Protection Areas (SPAs), said Junior Environment Minister Batt O’Keeffe, when he recently announced that preparatory scientific work to confirm the suitability of possible sites and to define their boundaries is under way.

Thu, 04 Aug, 2005