View of beaches from the top of Mweelrea, c. 1976-1978
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
View of beaches from the top of Mweelrea, c. 1976-1978
Identifier
VH0054
Depiction
A broad view down a mountainside towards the sea with beaches and small islands.
Description
This is a view west from Mweelrea (Cnoc Maol Réidh) towards Doovilra, Uggool, Inishdegilmore and Inishdegil Beg. At 814m the summit of Mweelrea 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').
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').
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
M. Kane, J. Conroy, ‘View of beaches from the top of Mweelrea, c. 1976-1978’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14282, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1970s
Category
colour
landscape
off-campus
outdoors
Keywords
Connemara
mountains
Language
English
Irish
Creator
Michael Kane
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/