Mountaineering Club near the top of Mweelrea, c. 1976-1978

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Format

JPEG

Title

Mountaineering Club near the top of Mweelrea, c. 1976-1978

Identifier

VH0029

Depiction

Seven people high on a mountain range.

Description

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').

Michael Kane's account of the Mountaineering Club c. 1971-1972

References

Personal communication: Michael Kane (email, interview and written account)

Contributor

Michael Kane

Bibliographic Citation

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

Spatial Coverage

Mweelrea, Co. Galway

Cnoc Maol Réidh, Co. na Gaillimhe

Temporal Coverage

1976-1978

Period

1970s

Subject

University of Galway

Sports

Mountaineering

Clubs, societies and unions

Hiking

Keywords

Connemara; mountains; Twelve Bens

Language

English

Irish

Publisher

University of Galway Library

Rights

This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Item sets

Michael Kane album

Visual History Retired Staff Collection IMAGES

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Title	Alternate label	Class
Michael Kane's account of the Mountaineering Club c. 1971-1972		Text