Recollections of past events
The first walk of May was the Wednesday evening "Cuckoo" walk led by Goretti Campbell. Alas on this occasion the regular visitor to Cush forest did not sing for us and so the group made a detour to the grassy knoll and surrounding areas. Subsequent Wednesday evening...
April 12th brought the return of our Wednesday evening walks in the greater Galtee area. James Bourke led the first one in the scenic Glen of Aherlow area, starting from the Christ the King statue. A group of 8 braved the elements and walked to the Millennium Stone....
Report written by Denny O'Dwyer What a fab morning we had for the Slievenamuck Half-Marathon walk. Twenty four walkers took part in the event, which was done at a leisurely pace allowing people to take plenty of photos and to enjoy the views around Moore Abbey and the...
Report written by Kevin Finn: What a wonderful A walk we had today, from Carrigeen mountain taking in Templehill, Lyracappul, Galteemore, Galtee beag, Knockeenatoung, Kings Yard. It began in the dry with calm winds and favourably forecast for a little light rain and...
Today's B walk in the Southern Galtees was led by Noel McGrath, who was a member of the very first Galtee Walking Club committee. There were some new faces on the walk, which took off from the scenic Galty Castle area. Thanks to Roger Seaward for the wonderful photos....
The Galtee Challenge will be held on Saturday June 24th. This year, in addition to the self-navigated full Galtee Challenge from Cahir to Anglesborough, we are offering the option of a shorter route from the Black Road to Anglesborough either self navigated or as part...
Today's "A" walk was made extra special as we hosted our neighbouring club, the Cork Backpackers.Co‐led by John Lonergan of the Galtee Walking Club and Fiona Shanahan, who is a member of both clubs, the group of 29 took off from Cush car park under a hovering drone...
The formation of the Galtee Walking Club was the brainchild of Billy Kingston, Helen Morrissey and Mandy Parslow, who were all members of Aherlow Fáilte. They presented their ideas at a meeting in O'Heneys in Bansha on January 21st 2003, and a committee formed soon...
Cush car park was very busy tonight!!Shortly after 6pm an air of excitement started to fill the area, as 22 enthusiastic hikers, led by Martina Lonergan, headed for Lough Curra in the Galtee Mountains for the last full moon of 2022, aptly known as "the Cold Full...