Place: Maumturk mountains

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

The Islands of Ireland: Castle’s fall from Grace

The difficulties in building a castle on the mainland are considerable.

Mon, 26 Nov, 2018

From wife-carrying to faction-fighting: Sporting success comes in many shapes and sizes

What are the limits of the sporting world? Where does sport begin and end? The difficulties in answering those questions are manifest whenever you move beyond the mainstream that dominates the sporting media in the western world, writes Paul Rouse.

Fri, 17 Nov, 2017

Vintage View: Maureen O’Hara and John Ford’s fictional Inisfree

Kya deLongchamps takes a look at the work of the late, great Maureen O’Hara and John Ford’s fictional Inisfree — ‘another name for Heaven’. 

Sat, 14 Nov, 2015

Coastguard helicopter airlifts woman from Galway mountain

The Coastguard helicopter is assisting in the rescue operation of a woman injured in the Maumturk mountains in Galway today.

Sat, 14 Apr, 2012

Guide book hits out at our lack of eco-awareness

IRELAND’S 40 shades of green does not include the all-important “eco-green” and that is severely tarnishing its reputation with tourists according to travel bible, the Lonely Planet.

Tue, 22 Jan, 2008