Hill Walking 2002




Hill Walking in Connemara

Hill Walk 1 On the way up!
Hill Walk 2 Hurrah! We made it to the top!
The senior classes go hill-walking every year. This year we climbed Benbaun which is the highest mountain in Galway. It is 730metres in height. We thought that we wouldn’t be able to go hill-walking this year because the weather had been so bad but on Wednesday 19th June we set off with Pádraig, Mrs. Farrell and Miss McMahon to climb the highest mountain in Galway! We took lots of rests and kept together and before long we were at the top! We were lucky that it didn’t rain and that there were no clouds on top of the mountain. There was a lovely view from the top and our teacher pointed out the other ‘Bens’. We could also see Mweelrea Mountain - 803m, which is the highest mountain in Connacht. Maybe we’ll climb it some day! We had to be careful coming down because the ground was wet.We went to 'Supermacs' in Galway afterwards. We had a great day!

Last year we climbed Derryclare Mountain, one of the Twelve Bens.
Since 1997 we have climbed the following mountains in Connemara:

  • Lackavrea 398m,
  • Benlevy 416m,
  • Lugnabrick 494m,
  • Derryclare 677m.
    • Hill Walk 3 Are we there yet?
    Hill Walk 4 On the way down!