Brackloon Wood is part of the Tóchar Phádraig/Patrick’s Causeway Bike Tour! Brackloon Wood is an ancient and little-known place, not far from the remarkable Boheh…
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As a pilgrim approaches the shoulder of Croagh Patrick on a clear day, waves of mountain ranges stretch towards the southern horizon. There is only…
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A seam of gold was discovered on the Reek in the 1980s: overall grades of 14 grams (0.45 ozt) of gold per tonne in at…
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Mingma Tsiri Sherpa, a man that very few know his name or how to spell it, is one of the very best high altitude climbers…
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Every year on April 18th and August 24th – on a clear day – a phenomenon known as the ‘Rolling Sun’ occurs when Croagh Patrick…
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The first snow of the season fell on the Reek on December 12th 2015. We took the ‘normal’ pilgrims route up the mountain from Murrisk…
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