Please note that all Saturday walks will leave from the car park of the Institute of Technology, Sligo at 10.00 am. It is advisable to check the recommendations on our safety page, particularly if you intend doing a Challenging walk.
You are advised not go to the start of a walk without first getting in touch with the listed contact person for the walk.
Calendar of Saturday Walks to end February 2018
Saturday 30th. September 2017 Gleniff Horseshoe
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 2½ hours, Difficulty: Easy, Terrain: mountain road with hills. Contact: Maggie Beal 086/0303429
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Challenging Luke’s Bridge, Cauldron, Benwisken
Please read our safety page before attempting to do this challenging walk
Distance: 12 km approx, Duration: 4½ hours approx, Difficulty: tough but well worth it. Terrain: track , mountain – some steep parts. Contact Eamon Gaughan 086 0590323
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Saturday 7th. October 2017 Coolaney Mast
Distance: 11 km approx. Duration: 2.5 hours approx. Difficulty: Moderate but with several climbs. Terrain: Track and road. Contact: Carita Horan 086/2288707 and Pauline Boland 087 9240082
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Challenging Thur Mountain
Please read our safety page before attempting to do this challenging walk
Distance: 13 km approx. Duration: 4½ hours approx. Difficulty: moderate. Terrain: Track, trails, road. Contact: Stephen Clarke 071-9144589 or 086 1934135
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Saturday 14th. October 2017
Ballygawley Woods/Lough Lumman
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 3 hours. Difficulty: moderate. Terrain: track and trails. Contact: Jim Raftery 087 6796135
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(Challenging) Glan Church/Wind Farm
Please read our safety page before attempting to do this challenging walk
Distance: 13 km approximately. Duration: 4¾ hours approximately. Difficulty: hard but very rewarding, some steep climbs. Terrain etc Track/Bog. Contact: Tony Flanagan 087 6996532
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Saturday 21st. October 2017 Coney Island
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 3 hours approx. Difficulty: Easy Terrain: Beach and Track. Contact: Evelyn McDonnell 087 9671327
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Saturday 28th. October 2017 Slish Wood to Lough Lumman
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 3 hours. Difficulty: moderate. Terrain: track and trails. Contact: Eileen McManus 086 361 5096
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Saturday 4th. November 2017 Dunmoran Strand/Aughris
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 3 hours approx. Difficulty: Easy Terrain: Beach and Track. Contact: Michael Boland 087 2074488
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Saturday 11th. November 2017 Union Woods
10 km approximately. Duration: 3 hours approximately. Difficulty: Moderate. Terrain: Forest tracks. Contact: Veronica Murphy 087 984 3253
and (Challenging) Fawnlion
Please read our safety page before attempting to do this challenging walk
Distance: 9 km approx, Duration: 3½ hours approx. Difficulty: moderate, but with several long climbs. Terrain: trail, road and open mountain. Contact: Jim Newman 087 6452857
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Saturday 18th. November 2017 Raghly to Cloonagh (bus to start)
One of the most stunning coastal walks you could ever do. It will include a visit to the Bronze Age promontory fort at Knocklane.
This is a linear walk and a bus will pick us up at the cars at the end point of the walk at Cloonagh, near Ballyconnell, and drop us off at the start of the walk at Raghly. From there we will walk back to the cars at Cloonagh. There is a charge of €5 pp for the bus, which will be collected by the walk contact person who in turn will pay the driver. If you wish to participate, it is essential that you text the walk contact person well in advance to make sure of your place.
Please note that we will leave as usual at 10 am from the car park at Sligo I.T. after pooling cars. We will then drive to Cloonagh, the finish point of the walk, where we will be bussed to the start.
Distance: 12 km approximately. Duration: 4 hours. Difficulty: moderate. Terrain: Track, trail and road. Quite flat, with only one sharp but short climb. Some passages of stony ground where care is required. Contact: Ann O’Malley 087 9843279 and Vinny Blighe 086 156 3974
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Saturday 25th. November 2017 Lurganboy Maggie
Distance: 11 km approx. Duration: 2.5 hours approx. Difficulty: Moderate but with several climbs. Terrain: Track and road. Contact: Maggie Beal 086/0303429
and (Challenging) Keelogyboy from the Doons
Please read our safety page before attempting to do this challenging walk
Distance: 10 km approx, Duration: 3½ hours approx. Difficulty: moderate, but with several long climbs. Terrain: trail, road and open mountain. Contact: Jim Newman 087 6452857
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Saturday 2nd. December 2017 Streedagh
Distance: 10 km approx, Duration: 3 hours
approx, Difficulty: easy Terrain: Track, beach and road. Contact: Carita Horan
086/2288707 and Pauline Boland 087 9240082
And (Challenging) Killery
Please read our safety page before attempting to do this challenging walk
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 4.5 hours approx. Difficulty: steep climbs, often very wet and tough going. Terrain: Track, road and open mountain. Beautiful views. Contact: Contact: Stephen Clarke 071-9144589 or 086 1934135
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Saturday 9th. December 2017 Saddle Hill
Distance: 12 km approx, Duration: 4 hours approx. Difficulty: moderate, but quite long. Terrain: trail and road. Contact: Tony Flanagan 087 6996532
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Saturday 16th. December 2017 Knockvicar
Distance: 12 km approx, Duration: 3½ hours, Difficulty: moderate Terrain: track and trail Contact: Mary Jordan 086/3485567
And (Challenging) Keelogyboy
Please read our safety page before attempting to do this challenging walk
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 31/2 hours. Difficulty: long climb at start, otherwise moderate. Terrain: track /bog – some steep parts. Contact: Eamon Gaughan 086 0590323
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Saturday 23rd. December 2017 Highwood
Distance: 9 km approx, Duration: 3 hours approx. Difficulty: moderate, Terrain: trail and road. Contact: Michael Boland 087 2074488
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Saturday 30th. December 2017 Gleniffe Horseshoe
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 2½ hours, Difficulty: Easy, Terrain: mountain road with hills. Contact: Maggie Beal 086/0303429
And (Challenging) Leeane
Please read our safety page before attempting to do this challenging walk
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 31/2
hours. Difficulty: moderate. Terrain: road, track, open mountain – some steep
parts. Contact: Tony Flanagan
087 6996532
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Saturday 6th. January 2018 Cairn’s Hill/Garravogue
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 31/2 hours. Difficulty: moderate. Terrain: footpaths, tracks, some rough ground in woods. Contact: Eamon Gaughan 086 0590323
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Saturday
13th. January 2018 Lough Meelagh
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Saturday 20th. January 2018 Rosses Point
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 3 hours approx. Easy. Coastal walk-beach, track and a little bit of road. Contact: Evelyn McDonnell 087 9671327
And (Challenging) O’Donnell’s Rock
Please read our safety page before attempting to do this challenging walk
Distance: 13 km approx. Duration: 4½ hours approx. Difficulty: moderate. Terrain: Track, trails, road. Contact: Stephen Clarke 071-9144589 or 086 1934135
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Saturday 27th. January 2018 Sramore Loop
Distance: 10 km approx, Duration: 3½ hours approx. Difficulty: moderate, but with several long climbs. Terrain: trail and road. Contact: Jim Newman 087 6452857
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Saturday 3rd. February 2018 Slish Wood to Lough Lumman
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 3 hours. Difficulty: moderate. Terrain: track and trails. Contact: Eileen McManus 086 361 5096
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Saturday 10th. February 2018 Bricklieves
Distance: 9 km approximately. Duration: 3 hours approximately. Difficulty: Moderate.Terrain: Track and open mountain. Contact: Jim Raftery 087 6796135
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Saturday 17th. February 2018 Ballyconnell Coastal Walk
Distance; 9 km approx. Duration: 2½ hours, Difficulty: Easy, Terrain: track, trail, road. Contact: Bríd Howley 085/7469534
And (Challenging) King’s Gully/The Dam
Please read our safety page before attempting to do this challenging walk
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 4 hours approx. Difficulty: tough climb at start, otherwise moderate. Terrain: trails, rough mountain. Contact: Stephen Clarke 071-9144589 or 086 1934135
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Saturday 24th. February 2018 Luke’s Bridge Under Benbulben
Distance: 10 km approx. Duration: 3 hours approx, Difficulty: easy, Terrain: track and road. Contact: Michael Boland 087 2074488
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