James Forrest has completed his record-breaking expedition in just two months. The 35-year-old walked over 1,000 km in his mission to reach the peak of all of Ireland and Northern Ireland's 600 ...

As one of Ireland's most scenic regions, the Mourne Mountains in Co. Down is the perfect location for hikers, walkers, and adventurers. Whether you're a high climber or just looking for a stroll in ...

Clifford took on every Irish mountain over 600 metres, which are known as the Vandeleur-Lynams - scaling 275 mountains in total. The Kerryman covered 929 kilometres and ascended a total of 72,000 ...

While Irish mountains are not the biggest or most spectacular, they have their own beauty which draws many visitors both domestic and international. That beauty is fragile and is already feeling the ...

Ireland’s beauty is the stuff of legends—think misty cliffs, fairy-tale castles, and rolling green hills that stretch to the ...

A guide to Ireland’s highest hundred peaks has won a top award in an international mountain literature contest. The international jury for the Banff book contest in Canada selected Irish Peaks - a ...

At least 70 people, including young army cadets, were rescued Wednesday after several of them suffered hypothermia and injuries while training in the mountains in Northern Ireland, the UK Coast Guard ...

As Ireland celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966, Myles Kinsella, a UCD student, set off alone for an ascent of Ireland's highest mountain. Tragically, he died in a fall on the ...

IRELAND has been winging when it comes to mountain rescue as the current search and rescue helicopters are “not optimal” for these type of operations, according to rescue reps. Mountain Rescue Ireland ...

It is an unseasonably cold July morning, in a secluded location in the Comeragh mountains, Co Waterford. Sheltering from the chill wind behind a rocky outcrop above a lake, I am hoping for rescue, ...

“The Mountains Wild” by Sarah Stewart Taylor; Minotaur Books (416 pages, $27.99) Grief over the loss of a loved one never leaves a family as Sarah Stewart Taylor’s razor-sharp launch of a new series ...