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Donegal Winter Climbing
1 A climbers guide to Donegal Winter Climbing By Iain Miller www.uniqueascent.ie 2 Crag Index Muckish Mountain 4 Mac Uchta 8 Errigal 10 Maumlack 13 Poison Glen 15 Slieve Snaght 17 Horseshoe Corrie (Lough Barra) 19 Bluestacks (N) 22 Bluestacks (S) 22 www.uniqueascent.ie 3 Winter Climbing in Donegal. Winter climbing in the County of Donegal in the North West of Ireland is quite simply outstanding, alas it has a very fleeting window of opportunity. Due to it’s coastal position and relatively low lying mountains good winter conditions in Donegal are a rare commodity indeed. Usually temperatures have to be below 0 for 5 days consecutively, and down to -5 at night, and an ill timed dump of snow can spoil it all. To take advantage of these fleeting conditions you have to drop everything, and brave the inevitably appalling road conditions to get there, for be assured, it won’t last! When Donegal does come into prime Winter condition the crux of your days climbing will without a doubt be travelling by road throughout the county. In this guide I have tried to only use National primary and secondary roads as a means to travel and access. There are of course many regional and third class roads which provide much closer access to the mountains but under winter conditions these can very quickly become unpassable. The first recorded winter climbing I am aware of, was done in the Horsehoe Corrie in the early seventies and since then barely a couple of new routes have been logged anywhere in Donegal each decade since that! It was the winter of 2009/2010 that one of the coldest and longest winters in recorded history occurred with over 6 weeks of minus temperatures and snowdrifts of up to 12m in the Donegal uplands. -
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, -
Autumn Gathering 2017 Hosted by Crannagh Ramblers Donegal Co
Autumn Gathering 2017 Hosted by Crannagh Ramblers Donegal Co Co Hills & Trails Walking Club North West Mountaineering Club Individual Members Individual Members Friday October 13th – Sunday October 15th Organising Committee Helen Donoghue, Seamus Doohan, John Grant, Rosemary Mc Clafferty, Catherine Mc Loughlin, Norman Miller, Diarmuid Ó Donnabháin, Mary O Hara. Crannagh Ramblers The Crannagh Ramblers, 20 Years a-Growing....Fiche Bliain ag Fas The Crannagh Ramblers's inaugural walk took place on Sunday 15th June 1997. The late John Doherty, the club's founder, led the walk of 12 members on Mamore Hill, Urris. 3 of those 12 founding members are still regular walkers with the Ramblers! Since then the club has grown to 38 members. Based in Inishowen the group got its name from the Crana river on which the town of Buncrana is built. The Crannagh Ramblers is a Cross-Border club with many of its members from Derry. The club is an active hillwalking group which meets regularly. Memorable club holidays include trips to Austria and Slovenia. Our annual holidays have brought us to the Mourne Mountains, Slieve League and the Wicklow Hills. On our 20th anniversary we reminisce on the very many happy occasions we have enjoyed and the new friendships we have made. We remember in particular our founder and leader, the late John Doherty. The club has erected a plaque in his memory on Mamore hill, the hill he chose to launch the club. We are delighted that our club has grown over the years and is still very much a lively, vibrant club. -
Inspection of Lake House Private Nursing Home, Portnablagh, Dunfanaghy, Co
Nursing Home Inspectorate Team HSE – West Finn Valley Centre Stranorlar Lifford Co. Donegal Telephone: 074-9189084/9189085/9189086 Facsimile: 074 9189067 26th April 2007 Ms. Maud Gray Proprietor Lake House Private Nursing Home Portnablagh Dunfanaghy Co. Donegal Inspection Report Re: Inspection of Lake House Private Nursing Home, Portnablagh, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 and the Nursing Home (Care and Welfare) Regulations 1993. Dear Ms. Gray, The Health Service Executive Nursing Home Inspection Team from a Medical, Nursing and Environmental Health perspective inspected Lake House Private Nursing Home, Portnablagh, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal on 6th March 2007. The inspection commenced at 10am and was completed by 5pm. This inspection was unannounced. There were 54 residents on this date. The Nursing Home is currently fully registered for 57 residents. Issues identified in the previous Inspection Report dated 18/07/2006 have been satisfactorily addressed. Current Inspection The following issues require your attention and action. Article: 19.1 In every nursing home the following particulars shall be kept in a safe place in respect of each dependent person:— (f) a record of drugs and medicines administered giving the date of the prescription, dosage, name of the drug or medicine, method of administration, signed and dated by a medical practitioner and the nurse administering the drugs and medicines; Article: 29 The registered proprietor and the person in charge of the nursing home shall: (a) make adequate arrangements for the recording, safekeeping, administering and disposal of drugs and medicines; (b) ensure that treatment and medication prescribed by the medical practitioner of a dependent person is correctly administered and recorded. -
WILKINSON and IRVINE
WILKINSON and IRVINE Richard Wilkinson By Gladys Wilkinson Lawrence ,•-f~"'s?~~,r;:E:", "~ -:--:~ ~ '."''··' Mrs. Richard Wilkinson (Nee Sarah Rees) and son David Euge:ie, 1 ?(H Gladys Wilkinson1 1921 Rees Wilkinson D:1vicl Eugene \Vilkir.scn, 1929 • •,,,. .. ~ ~·• • "' • \,'."' . ·'II •. ~- • --.\)i ··-. •: . ' ;, : '. ~•, • f \ •• \: .,. • i , ,~,. l ~ • Wilkinson Home, Lincoln, Nebraska WILKINSON-IRVINE The history of the Wilkinson family is, largely, the history of England. The oldest City in England lis London. London was largely carved out of the oldest county in England, Kent, and we have records of Wilkinsons in Kent as early as the ye~r 650 A. D. The Durham Wilkinsons were a branch of the Kentish family. If you will look at the map of England you will see that Durha1n is in the_ N. E~, not far from the Scutch border, and that whole border land was simply one seething hell for hundreds of years due to the various Wars and Raids that continued for at least 500 years, and did not come to an end unti! M'arie Stuart's son who became King of Scotland, was made King of England because of his Tudor Grand mother,. who was the sister to Henry VIII. Due to this border warfare, thousands of sturdy Scots and English moved into Ulster, north Ireland, where they were joined by ho1·des of French Huguenots. Londonderry was the Protestant Capitol of the World for many years, and if it had not been for the Battle of the Boyne, fought near Londonderry, when the entire Stuart (or Catholic Army) was defeated by the Protestant Armies variou::;ly led by Huguenots, English, Scots and the like under the general leadership of King William III ( then King on the English throne and himself the Prince of Orange), they would be living there now. -
Donegal Primary Care Teams Clerical Support
Donegal Primary Care Teams Clerical Support Office Network PCT Name Telephone Mobile email Notes East Finn Valley Samantha Davis 087 9314203 [email protected] East Lagan Marie Conwell 074 91 41935 086 0221665 [email protected] East Lifford / Castlefin Marie Conwell 074 91 41935 086 0221665 [email protected] Inishowen Buncrana Mary Glackin 074 936 1500 [email protected] Inishowen Carndonagh / Clonmany Christina Donaghy 074 937 4206 [email protected] Fax: 074 9374907 Inishowen Moville Christina Donaghy 074 937 4206 [email protected] Fax: 074 9374907 Letterkenny / North Letterkenny Ballyraine Noelle Glackin 074 919 7172 [email protected] Letterkenny / North Letterkenny Railway House Noelle Glackin 074 919 7172 [email protected] Letterkenny / North Letterkenny Scally Place Margaret Martin 074 919 7100 [email protected] Letterkenny / North Milford / Fanad Samantha Davis 087 9314203 [email protected] North West Bunbeg / Derrybeg Contact G. McGeady, Facilitator North West Dungloe Elaine Oglesby 074 95 21044 [email protected] North West Falcarragh / Dunfanaghy Contact G. McGeady, Facilitator Temporary meeting organisation South Ardara / Glenties by Agnes Lawless, Ballyshannon South Ballyshannon / Bundoran Agnes Lawless 071 983 4000 [email protected] South Donegal Town Marion Gallagher 074 974 0692 [email protected] Temporary meeting organisation South Killybegs by Agnes Lawless, Ballyshannon PCTAdminTypeContactsV1.2_30July2013.xls Donegal Primary Care Team Facilitators Network Area PCT Facilitator Address Email Phone Mobile Fax South Donegal Ballyshannon/Bundoran Ms Sandra Sheerin Iona Office Block [email protected] 071 983 4000 087 9682067 071 9834009 Killybegs/Glencolmkille Upper Main Street Ardara/Glenties Ballyshannon Donegal Town Areas East Donegal Finn Valley, Lagan Valley, Mr Peter Walker Social Inclusion Dept., First [email protected] 074 910 4427 087 1229603 & Lifford/Castlefin areas Floor, County Clinic, St. -
Irish Landscape Names
Irish Landscape Names Preface to 2010 edition Stradbally on its own denotes a parish and village); there is usually no equivalent word in the Irish form, such as sliabh or cnoc; and the Ordnance The following document is extracted from the database used to prepare the list Survey forms have not gained currency locally or amongst hill-walkers. The of peaks included on the „Summits‟ section and other sections at second group of exceptions concerns hills for which there was substantial www.mountainviews.ie The document comprises the name data and key evidence from alternative authoritative sources for a name other than the one geographical data for each peak listed on the website as of May 2010, with shown on OS maps, e.g. Croaghonagh / Cruach Eoghanach in Co. Donegal, some minor changes and omissions. The geographical data on the website is marked on the Discovery map as Barnesmore, or Slievetrue in Co. Antrim, more comprehensive. marked on the Discoverer map as Carn Hill. In some of these cases, the evidence for overriding the map forms comes from other Ordnance Survey The data was collated over a number of years by a team of volunteer sources, such as the Ordnance Survey Memoirs. It should be emphasised that contributors to the website. The list in use started with the 2000ft list of Rev. these exceptions represent only a very small percentage of the names listed Vandeleur (1950s), the 600m list based on this by Joss Lynam (1970s) and the and that the forms used by the Placenames Branch and/or OSI/OSNI are 400 and 500m lists of Michael Dewey and Myrddyn Phillips. -
Buncrana, Donegal CHO1
Buncrana, Donegal CHO1 Item Type Report Authors Cullen, Louise;O'Kane, Joan Publisher Health Service Executive (HSE) Download date 29/09/2021 17:20:41 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10147/626821 Find this and similar works at - http://www.lenus.ie/hse PRIMARY CARE TEAMS POPULATION HEALTH PROFILE 2018 BUNCRANA, DONEGAL CHO1 Population 2016: 15,235 • Population Change Census 2011-2016: -1.0% This profile gives facts on health in this area. It is intended to inform health professionals, local authorities and the general public and enable them to improve health services and reduce health inequalities. Key facts • During the years 2011 to 2016, the numbers of children aged between 0 and 4 years has fallen in Buncrana PCT by 21% and in CHO1 by 10% suggesting that the birth rate is declining (similar to the National trend (decrease of 7%) • There has also been a considerable decline in those aged between 20 and 34 years since census 2011, similar to the trend for CHO 1 and Ireland but the rate of change for Ireland has been lower. This data suggests that people in this age group are moving within and emigrating from Ireland • The biggest change in the population from 2011 to 2016 occurred with a 54% increase in the 70-74 age group in Buncrana PCT, compared to a rise of 24% Nationally • 70% of the population in Buncrana scored marginally below average or disadvantaged deprivation levels compared to 48% for Ireland, with 37% living in disadvantage areas in Buncrana ( 23% Nationally) • The age dependent population nationally is 53%, with the figure in Buncrana considerably higher at 60%, due to both higher young (39% in Buncrana PCT compared to 32% for Ireland) and old dependent population of 21% (compared to Nationally, 20%). -
The MOUNTAINS of IRELAND
The MOUNTAINS of IRELAND PREFACE The appeal of the mountains is, to some extent, a personal and subjective thing: each of us has some particular and individual response to the beauty of the hills. To that extent, this book, which attempts a brief survey of the Irish mountains, is a personal impression. These are the features of the different groups which I myself select as their special characteristics. And with this description of the hills, I have tried to include some account of the history and geology of the mountain country, and to venture to indicate some of the meanings of the Irish place-names. Ireland is not a mountainous country in the ordinary sense of the word. Yet her small groups of mountains dominate the far more extensive plains, and are themselves true mountains and not mere hills. Each range, too, differs from all the rest, so that the Irish highlands include almost all the variations to be found in mountain scenery, from the smooth uplands of the Wicklow hills to the broken rocks of the Reeks at Killarney and the bare quartzite of the Twelve Bens. Mountaineering is still a young sport in Ireland and the hills are not as well known as they should be either to the Irish people themselves or to our visitors. And to the extent that the mountains are not known, this account of them is a signpost to the hills. D.D.O.P.M. August 1955 S L I E V E A U G H T Y Perhaps the most striking impression of these uplands, through which the Shannon has to carve its way from the levels of the Central Plain to the open sea below Limerick, is gained by sailing up from that town to Lough Derg, when the river, and its canalised section above the powerhouse at Ardnacrusha, seem to be leading one into the depths of the hills Mils which are framed by the white concrete bridges spanning the canal section, symmetrical, like a Japanese painting. -
Potential Booley Sites in County Donegal Derived from Archaeological, Textual and Oral Accounts of Booleying Within County Donegal
Potential Booley Sites in County Donegal Derived from archaeological, textual and oral accounts of booleying within County Donegal Homestead/Home Ordnance Survey Booley Site(s) 3 Ordnance Survey Map, Source 5 Area/Home Townland 1 Map, 1905, 1905, Booley Townland Townland Name & Name & Reference 2 4 Reference Number Number Baile na Bealtaine Sliabh na Errigal An Earagail / Errigal Ó Danaghair (1983b) Bealtaine/ Beltany Mountain or mountain The huts were located at a place Mountain 33,42 range 42 (logainm.ie) called Ard na Seamar , near Na Trí Phíopaí on the border of Sliabh na (logainm.ie) Bealtaine and Gaoth Dobhair , on a Mín na Cuinge Meenacung 33,42 level area, with a stream coming Mín Lárach Meenlaragh 24 down from an upland-lake called Altán 34,43 Alltán /Altan Loch an Duine . The name of the Machaire Rabhartaigh Magheroroarty 24,33 (logainm.ie) stream is An Sruthán Geal , and beside this stream the shielings were situated. There were also the remains Mucais (East) An Mhucais /Muckish of booley huts up at Altán and east Árdaí Mór 24,33 Mountain or mountain Mucais and other places in the hills, An Ardaidh range 25, 34 (logainm.ie) and by appearance they were very Mhór /Ards More numerous, that is, that each (logainm.ie) household possibly had their own hut (Ó Danaghair 1983b). Cill Ultra 24 1 Home areas relate to their respective booley sites in column three. If a group of home areas is given together, all are relative to the corresponding booley site or sites. 2 Townland name is given here if different in spelling from previous column. -
AN Tordú LOGAINMNEACHA (CEANTAIR GHAELTACHTA) 2011
IONSTRAIMÍ REACHTÚLA. I.R. Uimh. 599 de 2011 ———————— AN tORDÚ LOGAINMNEACHA (CEANTAIR GHAELTACHTA) 2011 (Prn. A11/2127) 2 [599] I.R. Uimh. 599 de 2011 AN tORDÚ LOGAINMNEACHA (CEANTAIR GHAELTACHTA) 2011 Ordaímse, JIMMY DEENIHAN, TD, Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gael- tachta, i bhfeidhmiú na gcumhachtaí a tugtar dom le halt 32(1) de Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 (Uimh. 32 de 2003), agus tar éis dom comhairle a fháil ón gCoimisiún Logainmneacha agus an chomhairle sin a bhreithniú, mar seo a leanas: 1. (a) Féadfar An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) 2011 a ghairm den Ordú seo. (b) Tagann an tOrdú seo i ngníomh ar 1ú Samhain 2011. 2. Dearbhaítear gurb é logainm a shonraítear ag aon uimhir tagartha i gcolún (2) den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Ordú seo an leagan Gaeilge den logainm a shonraítear i mBéarla i gcolún (1) den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Ordú seo os comhair an uimhir tagartha sin. 3. Tá an téacs i mBéarla den Ordú seo (seachas an Sceideal leis) leagtha amach sa Tábla a ghabhann leis an Ordú seo. TABLE I, JIMMY DEENIHAN, TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 32(1) of the Official Langu- ages Act 2003 (No. 32 of 2003), and having received and considered advice from An Coimisiún Logainmneacha, make the following order: 1. (a) This Order may be cited as the Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2011. (b) This Order comes into operation on 1st November 2011. 2. A placename specified in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number is declared to be the Irish language version of the placename specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order opposite that reference number in the English language. -
Happy Christmas and Good Wishes for the Coming Year 2002
THE Happy Christmas and Good Wishes for the Coming Year 2002 Welcome to our first edition of The Creeslough View, which you will find is filled with memorabilia, nostalgia, heritage and local history, - the story of life presented by members of our community. The purpose of the Creeslough View is to give the locals an opportunity to document stories, poems, and old photographs to remind us now and again of our past on which we build our future. Because so much happens throughout the year in Creeslough it was felt it would be a shame not to document it. It is hoped the Creeslough View will enable smaller clubs and voluntary organisations to show off their achievements throughout the year. The social history of this locality has changed dramatically, but all the more is the need to record and acknowledge for tomorrow’s world, the spirit and common good, the close knit and dependence on others as a community, and the many characters who sustained it during the difficult times. We would like to thank each and every one of you that contributed to the Creeslough View. For the photographs and the stories, and a special thankyou to the sponsors for their generous support. I must also thank John Doak for all his work in preparing the material for printing. Because we received so much material for this edition, it was impossible to include it all. But rest assured it will be printed in the next edition next year. Again happy Christmas and thank you for purchasing the Creeslough View Declan Breslin 1 THE Muckish Mountain BY CHARLIE GALLAGHER "Muckish proud with her Muckish today has the same end a sand quarry.