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The Coomloughra Horseshoe – the best mountain ridge walk in Ireland?

  Heading towards Beenkeragh On a hot summers day in June, a few days before the summer solstice, I hiked a popular route in the Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, a compact but stunning range of mountains in the southwest of Ireland.  This circular route is known as the Coomloughra Horseshoe. The hike is around 12 km (…