Sliabh Beagh Adventures

Sharing this lovely walking event as part of the 25 years anniversary celebrations!

Walk Sliabh Beagh – Celebrate the Knockatallon Way! 🌿
Join us for a guided group walk along the breathtaking Trá Walk, one of the most loved Knockatallon waymarked trails on Sliabh Beagh.

📅 Saturday, 26th July 2025
📍 Sliabh Beagh Hotel, Knockatallon, Co. Monaghan, H18 H985
🕤 Registration: From 9:30am
🚶‍♀️ Walk Starts: 10:00am sharp
📏 Distance: Approx. 12km
⏱️ Duration: 2–2.5 hours
🌄 Terrain: Gravel paths & moorland
⚠️ Difficulty: Moderate

🧭 This looped trail offers stunning views, peaceful forest tracks, and the wild beauty of Lough Antrawer.

👟 Gear Up: Hiking boots recommended. Bring a rucksack with water & snacks.
🍰 Refreshments provided on return to the hotel.

🎉 Free Event – part of our 25th Anniversary Celebrations, marking 25 years of the Knockatallon Way Marked Walks.

The Alliance for Insurance Reform has launched its 'Enough is Enough' campaign, calling for an end to unjustifiable personal injury claims. We support this campaign and ask that everyone gets on board, insurance not only affects small businesses but has a huge impact on local communities.

There will a in-person public consultation event for the Sliabh Beagh Eco-tourism Destination project which is being funded under the Shared Island Programme. It is scheduled for Tuesday 1st August from 6-9pm (drop-in style), at the Sliabh Beagh Hotel, Knockatallon, Co Monaghan.

This is a great opportunity for individuals and communities to get involved and have their input into the future developments of Sliabh Beagh.

There is lots happening this weekend at Knockatallon's Annual Hooley in the Heather Festival from Friday 2nd June to Sunday 4th June 2023. And with the weather set to stay, why not make Knockatallon your place for sunshine this weekend.

Friday 2nd June - KaceyD in the main bar

Saturday 3rd June - More Power To Your Elbow Doors open at 9.30pm, €15 admission

Sunday 4th June - Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones Doors open at 9.30pm, €15 admission

Sunday 4th June - Bonfire Sports with a wide range of entertainment on the day, from our much loved races to a kids outdoor disco. Other entertainment includes an 40x30ft Inflatable Maze, Penalty Shoot Out, Basketball Hoop Zone, 12ft High Giant Inflatable Darts Game and an Inflatable Archery Game. Gates open at 3pm.

Also happening Vintage Display at Knockatallon grounds from 3pm and a fundraising Cake Sale in aid of St. Josephs National School Knockatallon.

Monaghan Tourism
Monaghan County Council

Bike Week Events are happening all over Monaghan next week from 13th - 21st May. Unfortunately, due to circumstances outside our control, we are unable to participate in this fantastic event.

Make sure and support Monaghan County Council

Check out this audio link - it gives insight into the difficulties being faced by businesses all across the country in relation to Adventure Tourism.

Fáilte Ireland raises concerns over high cost of insurance for businesses in tourism sector Aisling Moloney speaks to the adventure tourism industry about the existential threat posed by rising insurance costs, as Fáilte Ireland warns it could undermind our overall tourism offering.

"The issue of having to stop trading, because the insurance is too expensive is exclusive to Ireland," Mr Lapeyère said.

He said that "in no country do we hear of outdoor companies having to stop trading because their premium is too high."

"The problem at this level is Irish, 100% Irish," he added.

Tourism firms face closure due to high insurance costs High insurance costs and difficulties obtaining cover for businesses operating in the tourism sector have the potential to seriously undermine Ireland's overall tourism offering, Fáilte Ireland has warned.

We were happy that the weather held off for this morning's hike out to Sliabh Beagh's highest point. It was nice to see so many familiar faces back on the hills with us, as well as lots of new faces.

Hopefully this won't be our last hike, with more to come.

Notice of Temporary Closure

We regret to inform you that we will be temporarily suspending all activities and bookings, and closing the doors to our coffee shop from April 10, 2023.

Like many businesses in the leisure industry, we have experienced great difficulty in sourcing fair insurance cover. We have worked tirelessly over the last number of months trying to obtain adequate cover prior to our renewal date this month. Unfortunately, there is no competition in the leisure insurance market in Ireland. As a result, our premiums have risen substantially year-on-year to the point at which running a small family business becomes unviable. This is all despite there being no meaningful change in the nature of our business or the rigorous safety protocols that we have in place to mitigate risk.

If the issues in the Irish insurance market aren’t addressed, the future of the tourism and leisure industry in Ireland looks bleak.
At this point, we have contacted all those that had bookings with us over the coming months and regrettably informed them of cancellation.

As you may know, we are a family-run business, and this has not been an easy decision to make. For the last two years, we have worked hard to promote the Sliabh Beagh area through guided hikes and cycles. Our goal is to encourage people of all ages to get outdoors and enjoy Sliabh Beagh. We will still be doing what we can to support that purpose, albeit on a smaller scale.

We appreciate your support since first opening in April 2021. It has been a pleasure meeting so many new people and we have thoroughly enjoyed the adventure over the past two years. We’ll be working away in the background trying to find a solution to this. In the meantime, if you have any questions concerning the suspension of business and bookings or about Sliabh Beagh in general, we’re available at any time.

- Darren, Donna, Fiona, Kelly and Martin

If you have questions or concerns, please Call or WhatsApp us 0873822663 or [email protected]