Mountaineering Club near the top of Mweelrea, c. 1976-1978
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Format
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JPEG
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Title
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Mountaineering Club near the top of Mweelrea, c. 1976-1978
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Identifier
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VH0029
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Depiction
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Seven people high on a mountain range.
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Description
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A small group of the Mountaineering Club's members climbing towards the summit of Mweelrea (Cnoc Maol Réidh), one of the Twelve Bens in Connemara. At 814m its summit is the highest point in Connacht.
In 2022 Michael Kane gave a vivid account of the activities of the Mountaineering Club in its early days. See 'Michael Kane's account of the Mountaineering Club c. 1971-72'.
The Mountaineering Club was established in 1970. Its membership in 2023 was over 1000.(Mountaineering Club, 'About us'). The Library archives contain a number of documents relating to the club. These were placed in the care of the University by Aengus Finnegan, Secretary 2010-2011 (Mountaineering Club, 'Archive').
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Michael Kane's account of the Mountaineering Club c. 1971-1972
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References
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Personal communication: Michael Kane (email, interview and written account)
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Bibliographic Citation
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M. Kane and J. Conroy, 'Mountaineering Club near the top of Mweelrea, c. 1976-1978', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13727, Archival Record Id VHRS
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Period
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1970s
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Category
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colour
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group
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off-campus
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outdoors
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Keywords
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Connemara; mountains; Twelve Bens
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Language
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English
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Irish
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Publisher
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University of Galway Library
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Rights
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This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
