2011

Children of Lir Hike Kilgalligan

This was a planned cycle by the Royal Canal and backroads to Mayo. Here are the links for each day’s cycle. Day 1: Dublin Mullingar Day2: Mullingar Strokestown Day3: Strokestown Charlestown Day4: Charlestown Newport The trip was completed by Sinead McDermott, Alastair McDermott, Paul Morton, Bruce Ryan, Mike McCarthy, Mike Millar, Joe McDermott. Back up […]

This was a training trip. Sinead and I just doing another warm up for the September cross Ireland cycle with Paul Morton and friends. There is a nice biking and hiking route from Castlebar and the National Museum at Turlough, to Bohola on grassy back roads, even linking up to Kiltamagh!!! Almost no traffic, forests, […]

Official opening of The Great Western Greenway Story: Great day …this opening of The Great Western Green way. The Taoiseach [Prime Minister] Enda Kenny led the peloton as we set out from Westport, to Newport, Mulrany and into Achill Sound. It is wonderful to have a Taoiseach who can participate comfortably in such a cycle […]

This was a special trip with some new and some old friends. We began our journey in Dublin visiting many places associated with James Joyce and Ulysses. Bloom’s day was a treat, breakfast in the Gresham Hotel with the usual dignatories, Lord mayor etc. and excellent excerpts from Ulysses, well performed. Our second stop was […]