Boyne Valley Walking

This Months walk took place at Rockmarshall in the Cooley Peninsula.We visited the site of the Liberator plane crash of 1942. Then we headed towards Sliabh na gCloch . Frocken Sunday was traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday of July and was part of the ancient Celtic festival of Lughnasa. We spotted some of the berries Young couples would enjoy the freedom of courtship experienced picking the berries on the hills in times gone by. 🫐 fansBoyne Valley TrailsVisitVisit LouthDiscover Boyne ValleyIreland's Ancient East

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🔔Some places have become available for this Sunday’s River walk . A great time of year to see some of the most beautiful parts of the Boyne Valley 🌀 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/boyne-river-walk-trails-and-tides-weekend-tickets-1987813712324?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=1a1627f27c3151eaf43b4daa9a769adaa2e7df512f308705c87381240abe88e60a1136e6bec5a417cb537eee198c5b8c1f448cc93b0d366e1c3965c15824b905088174cc690a7fd379408b44e1
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☀️This months walk from Carlingford was a 14km looped walk in perfect weather . New stiles added along the way and a great new coffee stop on the greenway added to a great day . Ireland's Ancient EastVisit LouthDiscover Boyne Valley@top fansLouth Local DevelopmentLouth County CouncilBoyne Valley TrailsCarlingford Lough and The Cooley PeninsulaVisit Carlingford☀️

Our next Monthly walk is part of the Trails and Tides weekend.
Join us on Sunday 31st May as we
walk along the river from Oldbridge House westwards to explore a less walked and a beautiful part of the Boyne Valley.

Sunday 31st May

⏰Meet 9.45 am at main carpark.

Booking here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/boyne-river-walk-trails-and-tides-weekend-tickets-1987813712324?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=2f90727bbd1d8e90c800cabe8e9df6bec07a86e1112c5bbf8a5d6ee43e1f723ed210fa8e4385834088b01880f3c80c6af279920291f6fa492cf7a975c2bf1094f4f7aa656940553a221a53c59a

Start 10am sharp.

Finish 3pm approx.

Distance 11km.

📍Starting Point: Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre, Oldbridge, Drogheda ,Co. Meath

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Parking at lower section of Car Park .

Walking to Bru na Boinne Centre with Cafe and toilets.

No dogs allowed other than Guide dogs.

🌀Boyne Valley Walking is a Member of Leave no Trace 🍃

Minimum Gear: Waterproof footwear essential , rain gear, gloves , hat , water and snacks. We recommend bringing a walking stick/pole. There will be muck!….but thats part of the fun. Walk is moderate grade with uneven and wet ground.

Boyne River Walk-Trails and Tides weekend Trails and Tides weekend-Join us on Sunday 31st May as we head into the trees and woods along a less walked section of the Boyne River.

Beaulieu in April for wild garlic season 🍃. Thanks to Beaulieu House, Garden & Car Museum, Drogheda for kind permission. Visit LouthDiscover Boyne ValleyIreland's Ancient East@top fansBoyne Valley TrailsLoveDrogheda

Up for Sale

The recent edition of El Correo Gallego reports that the Irish College in Santiago is for sale for €3.5m.

The College is in the old part of Santiago.It was established in 1605 to train priests for the “mission” to Ireland and shortly thereafter moved to its present location at Rua Nova. In its early years Dónal Cam O’Sullivan Bere was closely associated with it.

The College was one of a series of colleges set up in Europe after the defeat at Kinsale. Paris and Leuven/ Louvain , now both in the ownership of the State, and a pride and joy, were others and of course we lost Salamanca.

It was at Leuven/Louvain that the “Grand Project” was developed to: make St Patrick a patron of the Universal Catholic Church so that his day was celebrated throughout the Catholic world and the idea of Ireland not forgotten; to organize the collection and writing up of the old manuscripts so that our history would not be lost (work subsequently accomplished by the Four Masters) ; and to convince Spain to accept the Irish Chieftains into the Spanish Aristocracy so that some temporal power would remain in Gaelic hands.

The Colleges would then supply priests to be smuggled back to Ireland as part of the underground or in the case of Spain at least to elect to serve in the Spanish armed forces.

Two things are immediately obvious form this: first, that the defeated Gaelic Order now feared complete obliteration and secondly that Gaelic Ireland’s best chance of survival was to be from Europe with European help.

* Abridged from an article by Turlough O Donnell , member and past Chairperson of Camino Society of Ireland .