Lough Avoher – What’s in a Name ?

Nov 28, 2012 | Blog

To the south of Nephin Beg mountain and just east of The Bangor Trail (though barely visible from it and missed by many walkers, I would guess) lies the small Lough Avoher. You might think I should have added “and irrelevant” to my description. This is not a Lough...

Ringfort in Mayo – Lios na Gaoithe

May 8, 2012 | Blog

Hidden in the middle of one of Mayo’s countless conifer plantations lies one of the true jewels of the county. Lios na Gaoithe (The Fort of the Wind) is a large ringfort constructed sometime from the late Iron Age to the early medieval period. Scholars now tend...