Recollections of past events
The warm, balmy start to September provided excellent conditions for the first walks of the month: a B+ walk across the Knockmealdown mountains from Bay Lough to Mount Melleray, led by James Bourke, and a C walk in the Glen of Aherlow, led by Eddie McGrath. The B+...
Our last walk of Summer was held this evening, with Roger Seaward leading his first walk with the club. Had the evening been clear, the group could have enjoyed fine views of the rare blue supermoon! Nevertheless, the group of 8 completed an 11 km loop from Ballydavid...
The Fei Sheehy Challenge is a 3-day hill-walking challenge set up to remember Fei Sheehy, an 8 year old girl who sadly died of Osteosarcoma in 2012. The challenge involves crossing three mountain ranges in Munster - the Comeraghs, the Galtees and the Knockmealdowns -...
July got off to a flying start, with a group of Galtee Walking Club members heading to the Iveragh Peninsula in Kerry for joint walks with the Cork Backpackers Club in the Dunkerron mountain range. The "A" walk involved the 6-peak Mullaghanattin horseshoe, which...
From a committee perspective the month of June was dominated by the annual Galtee Challenge (see Record Participation in Galtee Challenge 2023 for separate write-up). As well as this large event, several walks - mainly Wednesday evening walks - filled our calendar. 3...
A steady stream of traffic pouring into the small village of Anglesborough in Co. Limerick, just after 6am on Saturday June 24th, meant it was not an ordinary Saturday morning! Instead it was the day of the biggest event in the Galtee Walking Club's annual calendar,...
1. Sheila Lenihan Sheila Lenihan is aiming to complete the Galtee Challenge for the 18th time this year. She only missed one year, due to a wedding, but completed the walk at a later stage that year. We asked Sheila a few questions about the Challenge. What are your...
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....