Mountains and the Irish - a forgotten Heritage : August 2023

Background

Background: There are no very big mountains on the island of Ireland. The highest Irish mountain, Carrauntoohill (Corrán Tuathail) is a little higher than 1,000m. There is no summit that cannot be reached by walking, yet there are many regions that are enjoyed by hillwalkers, hikers and climbers. Although the altitude of such regions is hardly more than Spain's Meseta, due to the combination of altitude and latitude such terrain is agriculturally unproductive , being used mainly as rough grazing for sheep. Many people enjoy mountain activities such as hiking and climbing in Ireland and over the centuries many people have travelled from Ireland to perform feats of mountaineering in the Greater Ranges of the world.

Thursday, August 24, 2023

The following are some of the people involved with mountains, mainly during the 19th Century. There will be further additions to the list in due course.

John Ball 1 Mary Burtchell

Charles Barrington 2 Susan Gavan Duffy

Richard Barrington 3 Elizabeth Hawkins-Whithed

James Bryce 4 Elizabeth Le Blond