Louth Tour Guides

02/12/2019

After their resounding success in the Oriel Centre Dundalk Gaol earlier this year, The Frank and Walters are heading back to Dundalk for an intimate acoustic show in the Oriel Centre Dundalk Gaol on Saturday 21st March 2020.

17/09/2019

The Irish Border - a Summary Definition

28/02/2019

25/02/2019

Who wants to go to the seaside?

28/07/2018

Finding lost or hurt people in the wild

08/05/2018

15/04/2018

Surfing is and always will be associated with the Hawaiian Islands, first observed there by Europeans during the Captain Cook discovery voyages of 1778 and 1779. A time when the histories of Europe…

07/03/2018

20/11/2017

Amazing sight....

07/11/2017

Stories that are part of the landscapes around us.

29/10/2017

Happy Hallowe'en, reminding us of the origins to the modern celebrations.

20/10/2017

28/09/2017

Ever wanted to know more about your local holy well?
Would you like to take part in a community-sourced survey of Ireland’s holy wells and their associated traditions?

This citizen-research initiative encourages young people to interview your older neighbors and relatives and add their knowledge of well lore to a national database that will be given to the National Folklore Collection.

This freely-accessible and searchable resource will be an invaluable document of holy well sites, beliefs, and stories for generations to come.

24/09/2017

Ireland in the 1650s lay in ruins. Twelve years of calamitous warfare had destroyed the country's infrastructure and resulted in the death of over 20% of the Irish population. The armies of the English Commonwealth, commanded by Oliver Cromwell, emerged victorious and immediately undertook an ambiti...

24/08/2017

Ticketsolve is ticketing in your hands, with complete control over your ticketing operations, both online and at your box office.

19/08/2017

E-BIKE ESCAPES
Escaped around parts of the Cooley Peninsula today with the help of E-Bike Escapes and David O'Hanlon. There's a lot to be said for travelling uphill against the breeze doing 25kph.
Waiting to try out cycling to the Mast next week.

17/08/2017

Escape one of our themed rooms with your friends in under 60 minutes, book an award winning hen acti

27/07/2017

An Poc Fada - The Competition - The Course.

Location reference; 54.0667582, -6.3345663

The Poc Fada All Ireland Championships are the only national contests for individual players of both Camogie & Hurling competing in their relevant categories.
Since 2006 they must qualify via County and Provincial finals (prior to 2006 Counties could nominate players to compete in the Provincial finals).

At present there are four categories;

Seniors, Camogie, Boys U16 and the Comórtas Beirte (Pairs - Senior Hurlers).

Seniors Final - An Corn Setanta (The Setanta Cup)

The 12 competitors competing in this category qualify as the 4 Provincial champions, the 4 Provincial runners-up, the current champion, a wild card and 2 invitationals (in the past competitors have come from USA and South Africa).

Camogie Final - (The Camogie Poc Fada Cup)

There are 7 competitors in the Ladies event and depending on whether there is an invitional place/wildcard on offer there may be 8.
Presently the current champion, the 4 Provincial qualifiers, a qualifier from Co. Louth and a qualifier from Co. Armagh (The latter 2 counties being the hosts).
In the past the invitional/wildcard has gone to the London Cumann.

The U16 Final - (Cup to be clarified)

There are currently only 4 participants in this event, 1 from each of the 4 provincial qualifiers.

Comórtas Beirte (Pairs - Senior Hurlers) - An Corn Cualigne & An Corn Craobh Rua (The Cooley Cup & The Red Branch Cup).

Seniors & Comórtas Beirte (Pairs) Competition Overview

Starting at "An Fhána Mór" the contestants puck to "An Céide" (Stage 1 - the first turning point), from "An Céide" to "Carn an Mhadaidh" (Stage 2 - the second turning point - here they have their break). Onwards to "An Gabhlán" (Stage 3 - the third turning point) heading back to "An Fhána Mór" to finish at "An Ceann Scríbe".

When the contestant pucks his final approach shot to the turning point the distance the sliotar travels over the turning point's starting line is the start point for that contestant's first puck for the next stage. This is the procedure for Stage 2 and 3 also.

On the final stage from "An Gabhlán" to "An Ceann Scríbe" the contestant's final puck over the finish line is measured (in the event of a tie, it is this distance from the finish line to where the sliotar has landed which will decide the contest).

The competition rules are as the same for all four events.

Both the Camogie and Boys U16 competitions use a shorter course (2.5km) which has 2 stages and 1 turning point. Starting at "An Ceann Scríbe" they puck their way to "An Gabhlán" returning along the same course to "An Ceann Scríbe".

Brendan Cummins (Tipperary) is the current course record holder when in 2004 he completed the Annaverna course in only 48 pucks (hits of the sliotar). The course being 5 km in length means the average puck distance was 104 metres.

Mary Henry (Westmeath) in 2006, Lyndsey Condell (Carlow) in 2008 and Patricia Jackman (Waterford) in 2009 share the Camogie course record with 28 pucks each. The course length is 2.5 km giving an average puck of 89 metres.

In 2011 Cillian Kiely (Offaly) completed the course in 24 pocs and 24 metres an average of 103 metres per puck. Quite an achievement for an U16 Hurler!

22/07/2017

‘Scenic Carlingford Ferry’ saves drivers a 56km North-South road trip

14/07/2017

Loughrea Medieval Festival Friday 25th – Sunday 27th August
LOUGHREA, COUNTY GALWAY

Our 4th Loughrea Medieval Festival is a unique, free and not-to-be missed weekend the whole family will enjoy.

In partnership with Irish Walled Towns Network and Galway County Council, and with support from The Heritage Council.

Walled Towns Day in Loughrea, Sunday 27th August, 1pm - 5pm, at Fairgreen, Loughrea.

Thanks to Damien Goodfellow for his super poster design again this year.

“Forget-me-not” - Complimenting Heritage Week's theme 'It's In Your Nature', this year’s Loughrea Medieval Festival theme is “Forget-me-not” - a reminder of our natural heritage, but also, not to forget Loughrea’s medieval heritage, dating back to 1236.

[A legend, dating from the medieval period, tells of a knight and his lady walking beside a river. The knight picked a posy of flowers for his lady," but as he leant over to collect more, his heavy armour caused him to unbalance and he fell into the river where he started to drown. As she looked on in horror, he threw her the posy of flowers and shouted out 'Forget-me-not'.” A “Forget-me-not” is a native wildflower of Ireland.
Common Name: Field Forget-me-not
Scientific Name: Myosotis arvensis
Irish Name: Lus míonla goirt
Family Group: Boraginaceae ]

Festival brochure to follow soon.

w: www.loughreamedievalfestival.com
f: https://www.facebook.com/loughreamedievalfestival
t: https://twitter.com/LoughreaMedFest

30/05/2017

Slieve Foy from a wide and beautiful array of views.

Slieve Foye Mountain in County Louth Ireland captured over numerous hikes in varying conditions.

30/05/2017

31/03/2017

Dundalk people! Do you recognise this? I love this image from 1855. See the working windmill in the background. Thanks to Brendan Connolly who sent it me.

23/03/2017

We are beyond delighted to say that last night at the Irish Hotel Awards we won Best Chef in Leinster and Best Country House Hotel in IRELAND!! Wow!! Huge thanks to Stephane Le Sourne, Allan Maynard and their kitchen team, every member of our Ghan House family and all of our guests past and future. We are feeling very proud and happy today!!

27/02/2017

VISIT OF THE MAYOR OF A CORUNA, GALICIA AND HIS DELEGATION TO THE CAMINO SOCIETY IRELAND, TO DISCUSS:

THE CELTIC CAMINO

THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, ST JAMES CHURCH, JAMES ST, DUBLIN
SATURDAY 4th March AT 11.00AM


By invitation of the Camino Society Ireland, the Mayor of A Coruna is coming to Dublin.
He will speak at the above venue about a new and exciting development on the Camino de Santiago.
As you may know, just before Christmas last, the Cathedral in Santiago decided to permit a Compostela to be awarded to Pilgrims who have completed the journey from A Coruna to Santiago de Compostela.
However, as this is only a distance of about 75km, the Cathedral has stipulated that 25km must be completed by the Pilgrim before they start at A Coruna.
This, of course, presents both the greatest challenge and an opportunity to the Camino Society Ireland.
Where can the 25km be done?
Should it be along the old pilgrim paths in Ireland?
Would people be willing to clear the paths like they did at St Jean de Ortega and on other parts of the Camino?
Might pilgrims from the US and other places arrive here to do their 25km?
How is the 25km to be certified to the Pilgrim Office in Santiago?
Could this be a trigger for a huge upsurge in walking in Ireland?
We need to start this discussion on Saturday next, as a Meitheal, but one thing is clear, on Irish paths a sight is likely to be seen that hasn’t (with rare exceptions) been seen in hundreds of years, Pilgrims on the road to Santiago.
“Embrace the Saint”!
People might say to them.
Well, let’s embrace this opportunity.
Please try to make it on Saturday.
We need to hear all the voices.

Buen Camino

Turlough O’Donnell,
Chairman,
Camino Society Ireland.
www.caminosociety.ie

Having completed my first Camino in 2010, as I queued with everyone else outside the Pilgrims Office to receive my Compostela, already with the intention of walking the route again, one of the nume…

10/01/2017

31/12/2016

Féile na Tána 2017

Dates for Féile na Tána are now confirmed for 2017 - 3rd, 4th and 5th February.

We haven't confirmed the artists yet for 2017, but hope to have performances and workshops similar to the high standard set by these wonderful musicians last year... Seamus Begley, Mary Bergin, Michelle Mulcahy, Louise Mulcahy, Noel Hill, Liam O'Connor, Sean Mc Keown, Zoe Conway, John Mc Intyre, Brendan Mc Creanor, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, and Seosamh Neachtáin.

We would like to thank everyone who attended events last year and hope 2017 will be an even bigger success!
http://www.feilenatana.com/

07/12/2016

The reason for this is that the Greenway is a permissive path rather than a right of way. This means that the landowners allowed Louth County Council to run the Greenway across their land but without creating any legal, public right of access.