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Route No:
2737
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Crag:
Annach Re Mhor
Aranmore Island
Barnesmore Gap - Biddy's Buttress
Barnesmore Gap - McDaid's Buttress
Ben Bulben
Ben Cormac (Lough Barra)
Bingorm Central (Lough Barra)
Bingorm East (Lough Barra)
Bingorm West (Lough Barra)
Binion Crags - Clonmany
Black Zawn (Breaghy Head)
Carrickfinn - Harbour crag
Carrigan Head (Black Rock)
Cathar Castle
Cooney Rock
Crag of Dan
Croc an affrain
Crohy Head South
Cruit Island
Cruit Island - Albatross Sea Wall
Cruit Island - Albatross Zawn
Cruit Island - Aughnish Point
Cruit Island - Back To Black Wall
Cruit Island - Black Wall
Cruit Island - Block Wall
Cruit Island - Cruit Cave
Cruit Island - Deep Gash Crag
Cruit Island - Far West Buttress
Cruit Island - Farmhouse Crag
Cruit Island - Flying Wedge Wall
Cruit Island - Forgotten Wall
Cruit Island - Frankonian Wall
Cruit Island - Golfers Crag
Cruit Island - Inis Oileantraigh
Cruit Island - Jock's Wall
Cruit Island - Lost Wall
Cruit Island - New Dawn Wall
Cruit Island - Scalpachore Wall. West Face
Cruit Island - Silent Wall
Cruit Island - The Outdoor Climbing Wall
Cruit Island - Torboy
Cruit Island - Traderg Wall Area
Cruit Island - Wall of Winter sun
Cruit Island - Wave Wall
Cruit Island - Western Island
Cruit Island - Zinken Wall
Cruit Island- Fogg Wall
Cruit Island- New Dawn Wall
Crummies Bay (Port Na Sionnach)
Culdaff (Dunmore Head) Left Crags.
Culdaff (Dunmore) Finbarr Wall
Culdaff - Dunmore Head
Culdaff - Dunowen (Brazil Rock)
Culdaff - Dunowen (Campsite Area)
Culdaff - Dunowen (Pinnacle Bay)
Culdaff - Galavoir Point
Dawros Head
Doagh Island
Donegal Bouldering
Dunaff Head, Binnastooka
Dungloon (Kinnego)
Dunsevrick
Eglish (Ceasefire Wall)
Eglish (Easter Wall)
Eglish (Far Easter Wall)
Eglish (Middle Easter Wall)
Eglish (The Gatepost)
Eglish - Glenbrittle Wall
Eglish - Teardrop Wall
Eglish Valley - The Outpost
Eglish, Kitchen Wall
End's of the Earth Crag
Errigal
Fogg Wall
Glascairns Hill
Glenagivne Wall (The Music House)
Glenagivne, Doherty\'s Folly
Glenveigh/Glenlack
Gola - Binatoke Back Wall
Gola - Binatoke NE Wall
Gola - Binatoke SW Wall
Gola - Binn an Rosuailt
Gola - Easter Wall
Gola - Gripple Wall
Gola - Inland Crag
Gola - Island Wall
Gola - Island Zawn
Gola - John’s Wall
Gola - Main Wall
Gola - Mhachaire na nGall Walls
Gola - Narrow Zawn
Gola - NW Zawn Area
Gola - NW Zawn End Wall
Gola - Owey Wall
Gola - Scoilt Uí Dhugáin
Gola - South Walls
Gola - South West Corner
Gola - Southside Buttress
Gola - Torglass Island
Gola - Twin Cave Buttress Area
Happy Valli Crag
Hawk Rock
Horn Head
Illanamarve - Inis Bo Finne Island
Irrenedox
Island View
King Mintiagh (Barnanmore)
Leenan Head
Lough Belshade (Belshade Buttress)
Lough Belshade (Blaeberry Buttress)
Lough Belshade (High Crags)
Lough Belshade (Two Tier Buttress)
Lough Belshade, Red Gully
Malin Head (Bamba\'s Buttress)
Malin Head (Devil\'s Bridge Area)
Malin Head (Dunaldragh Isle)
Malin Head (First Headland)
Malin Head (Magdalen Walls)
Malin Head (Sea Area Malin)
Malin Head (The cauldron)
Malin Head (Uncle Monty's)
Malin Head ,Skildren Mor.
Malin Head - Nobble Amphitheatre
Malin Head The Bow
Malin Laundry
Malinbeg (Alba Wall)
Malinbeg (Duan Head)
Malinbeg (Main West Wall)
Malinbeg (Narrow Zawn)
Malinbeg (North End)
Malinbeg (Prawn Zawn)
Malinbeg (South End)
Malinbeg (The Island)
Melmore - Boyeeghter Bay
Melmore- Altweary Bay
Melmore- Rosses Point
Melmore-Lough Beg
Mountain Bike Routes
Mountain Bike routes Inishowen
Muckish (Balor's Buttress)
Muckish (McSwyne's Buttress)
Muckross Head
Owey - Fluted Buttress
Owey Island (East)
Owey Island (West)
Owey Island, Torglass Offshore Area
Poisoned Glen (Ballaghageeha Buttress)
Poisoned Glen (Bearnas Buttress)
Poisoned Glen (Creag Na Mbreac)
Poisoned Glen (Last Small Buttress).
Poisoned Glen (The Castle)
Poisoned Glen (Trinity Buttress)
Poisoned Glen (West Buttress)
Poisoned Glen, Guinness Walls
Pollnalong
Port A Doris
Port Bay
Ramore Head, Portrush
Rathlin O'Byrne
Rocky Gap
Roskeeragh Point
Runkerry
Sail Rock
Scalp na gCapail
Sea Stack: Humped Ridge Stack
Sea Stacks and Pinnacles
Skelpoonagh Bay
Slieve Snaght
Sturrall Headland
Test Crag NI
The Crow's Nest
Tor Na Dumhcha
Tory Island
Tremone Bay
Umfin Island
Union Woods - Union Wall
Warm Bay Point
Winter Routes.
Winter Routes. Bluestacks
Winter Routes. Errigal
Winter Routes. Horse-Shoe Coire
Winter Routes. Mac Uchta.
Winter Routes. Maumlack.
Winter Routes. Muckish
Winter Routes. Poison Glen
Winter Routes. Slieve Snaght
Zermsnams
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Inishowen, Co Donegal. Map OS 1:50,000 Sheet 3 The Ride This very hilly route, follows part of the “Inishowen Scenic Loop” on a good track, before it “takes off” on a turf cutter’s track across the bog. The second half of the route is a long climb and descent on a minor tarmac road. Due to its elevation, there are extensive views across the mouth of the Foyle, North Derry and Antrim coasts. Starting and finishing at the “Drunken Duck”. Time 2-2.5 hours Distance 14Km Terrain <span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,\'Times New Roman\',\'Bitstream Charter\',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;\">Hilly route, mainly on tarmaced and non-tarmaced lanes. Bog track can be swampy in one or two places!</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"></span> Approach Through Moville, and take the upper road above Greencastle towards Shroove. The Drunken Duck will be on the left. It may not be open as, like many other rural pubs, it struggles with the current draconian drink driving laws. The Route<b></b><i></i><u></u><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"></span> From the Drunken Duck ( Sheet 3; Gr C 673 425), follow the road North East for less than a kilometre, turning up hill at Gr C 680 430 (where the main road turns back South downhill to the beach/lighthouse). A substantial climb takes you up to the old wartime lookout post on top of Inishowen head, and the track continues past the picnic area/information board (where St Columba left Ireland for Iona, and climbed the hill for a last look at Derry and the “Auld Sod”), in a North West direction, before turning SW at Gr C 660 452, and going uphill again. The track has been badly damaged here by quads and 4x4s, but is still passable. Ignoring one turn to the right (to an isolated shed) turn right at Gr C 655 446 onto bog tracks over Glenane Hill, keeping left and continuing to a gate/wall. The track continues on the other side to Craig. Out of courtesy, stop and say “thank you” at the first house on the right (The Music House), when you go through the second gate. The lane you just came down is private, and belongs to Mr. Anthony McHendry, a musician and generally hospitable man. A long climb from Craig, leads over Barnes Hill/Crockmore, and descending, take the left fork at Gr C 641 426, turning downhill again at Gr C 649 428, and first left again (at Gr C 650 424), finally descending to Tawnawaddy. Turn left, and just over two kilometres along this elevated road will lead back to the “Drunken Duck”, which hopefully will be open!
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