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The Best of NI & Donegal SIX DAY TOUR - APPROX 840 MILES If you’ve ever dreamed of traversing the Mourne Emerald Isle. You’ll explore ancient kingdoms, cross Mountains, cruising to the Giant’s Causeway or riding scenic sea loughs, visit medieval villages and see the Wild Atlantic Way by motorcycle, this trip is for you. several spectacular Game of Thrones filming locations. Expect panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Enjoy a six-day motorcycle tour across more than 800 Sea, magical glens and peaks, and unspoiled beaches, miles of incredibly beautiful coastline, awe-inspiring plus some of the finest coastal touring routes in the mountains and the wide lush green landscapes of the world. MOUNTAIN CASTLE SCENIC HARBOUR FERRY TOWN DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY4 DAY5 DAY6 FIND US: [email protected] 83 Lany Road, Moira, BT67 0P1, Northern Ireland +44 (0)7703360411 Day One Route Day Two Route Day Three Route • MOIRA • MOIRA • LIMAVADY ROE PARK RESORT • SLIEVE GULLION • CARRICKFERGUS CASTLE • LONDONDERRY • COOLEY MOUNTAINS • CARNLOUGH HARBOUR • BUNCRANA • CARLINGFORD • CUSHENDUN • FORT DUNREE • FERRY TO KILKEEL • TORR HEAD • GAP OF MAMORE • MOURNE MOUNTAINS • MURLOUGH BAY • BALLYLIFFIN • NEWCASTLE • BALLYCASTLE HARBOUR • CARNDONAGH • SLIEVE CROOB • BALLINTOY HARBOUR • MALIN HEAD • DROMARA • DUNLUCE CASTLE • PORTALEEN • MOIRA • PORTRUSH • CULDUFF • PORTSTEWART • GLENEELY • DOWNHILL • GREENCASTLE FERRY • BENEVENAGH • MAGILLIGAN • LIMAVADY ROE PARK RESORT • LIMAVADY ROE PARK RESORT Day Four Route Day Five Route Day Six Route • LIMAVADY ROE PARK RESORT • LETTERKENNY • LETTERKENNY • LETTERKENNY • GLENVEIGH CASTLE • GLENTIES • RAMELTON • FALCARRAGH • ARDARA • RATHMULLEN • GORTAHORK • GLENESH PASS • PORTSALON • BLOODY FORELAND • SLIEVE LEAGUE CLIFFS • DOAGH BEG • BUNBEG HARBOUR • DONEGAL TOWN • FANAD HEAD • KINCASLOUGH • PETTIGO • CARRICKART • BURTONPORT HARBOUR • ENNISKILLEN • DOWNIES ATLANTIC DRIVE • DUNGLOE • MOIRA OVERNIGHT • DOE CASTLE • GLENDOWAN MOUNTAINS • CREESLOUGH • LETTERKENNY • LETTERKENNY FIND US: [email protected] 83 Lany Road, Moira, BT67 0P1, Northern Ireland +44 (0)7703360411.

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The Irish Mountain Ringlet [Online]
24 November 2014 (original version February 2014) © Peter Eeles Citation: Eeles, P. (2014). The Irish Mountain Ringlet [Online]. Available from http://www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=1 [Accessed November 24, 2014]. The Irish Mountain Ringlet Peter Eeles Abstract: The presence of the Mountain Ringlet (Erebia epiphron) in Ireland has been a topic of much interest to Lepidopterists for decades, partly because of the small number of specimens that are reputedly Irish. This article examines available literature to date and includes images of all four surviving specimens that can lay claim to Irish provenance. [This is an update to the article written in February 2014]. The presence of the Mountain Ringlet (Erebia epiphron) in Ireland has been a topic of much interest to Lepidopterists for decades, partly because of the small number of specimens that are reputedly Irish. The Irish Mountain Ringlet is truly the stuff of legend and many articles have been written over the years, including the excellent summary by Chalmers-Hunt (1982). The purpose of this article is to examine all relevant literature and, in particular, the various points of view that have been expressed over the years. This article also includes images of all four surviving specimens that can lay claim to Irish provenance and some of the sites mentioned in conjunction with these specimens are shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 - Key Sites The Birchall Mountain Ringlet (1854) The first reported occurrence of Mountain Ringlet in Ireland was provided by Edwin Birchall (Birchall, 1865) where,
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