Benbaun, the highest peak of the Twelve Bens in all its glory
Item
- Format
- JPEG
- Title
- Benbaun, the highest peak of the Twelve Bens in all its glory
- Identifier
- VH0032
- Depiction
- A mountain with traces of snow at the summit.
- Description
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A view of Benbaun (Benbawn or An Bhinn Bhán ), at 729m the highest of the Twelve Bens, seen from the Horseshoe ridge.
This is one of 7 photographs taken during a day in 1971 or 1972 that the UCG Mountaineering Club spent hiking in the southern Twelve Bens. For the other 6 photographs see 'A day on the Horseshoe ridge'.
In 2022 Michael Kane gave a vivid account of this day on the Horseshoe and the general activities of the Mountaineering Club. 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
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Personal communication: Michael Kane (interview and written account)
Published sources:
Galway Tourism, 'The Twelve Bens' [with map and hiking trails], https://www.galwaytourism.ie/connemara/the-twelve-bens/. Accessed 24 June, 2023.Mountaineering Club, 'About us', https://nuigmc.com/about-us/. Accessed 20 June, 2023.
Mountaineering Club, 'Archive', https://nuigmc.com/wiki/index.php?title=Archive. Accessed 20 June, 2023.
- Contributor
- Michael Kane
- Bibliographic Citation
- M.Kane, J. Conroy, ‘Benbaun, the highest peak of the Twelve Bens in all its glory’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13744, Archival Record Id VHRS
- Spatial Coverage
- Twelve Bens
- Temporal Coverage
- 1971-1972
- Period
- 1970s
- Category
- colour
- landscape
- off-campus
- outdoors
- Keywords
- Connemara
- Twelve Bens
- Mountains
- 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/
