The Horseshoe, a view of Derryclare Lough from the top of Derryclare
Item
- Format
- JPEG
- Title
- The Horseshoe, a view of Derryclare Lough from the top of Derryclare
- Identifier
- VH0033
- Depiction
- Mountain and lake scenery.
- Description
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Derryclare Mountain (677m) lies at the south-eastern end of the Horseshoe ridge. This view of Derryclare Lough is taken looking south-east from near the summit.
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 particular outing and the general 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').
The Glencoaghan (Gleann Chóchan) Horseshoe ridge is approximately 16 km long. Its peaks include 7 of the major bens: Binn Leitrí (Benlettery, 577m), Binn Ghleann Uisce (Ben Glenisky, 516m), Binn Gabhar (Bengower, 664m), Binn Bhraoin (Benbreen, 691m), An Bhinn Dubh (Bencollaghduff, 696m), Binn Chorr (Bencorr, 711m) and Binn Doire Chláir (Derryclare, 677m). It also comprises some subsidiary bens, among them Binn an Choire Bhig (Benncorrbeg, 577m) and Binn an tSaighdiúra (653m). -
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, ‘The Horseshoe, a view of Derryclare Lough’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13746, Archival Record Id VHRS
- Temporal Coverage
- 1971-1972
- Period
- 1970s
- Category
- colour
- landscape
- off-campus
- outdoors
- Keywords
- mountain scenery; Twelve Bens, Connemara
- 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/
