Featured Hike – Benbaun and the Glencorbet Horseshoe.
Benbaun (Binn BhĆ”n) is the highest mountain in Co. Galway and the 12 Bens range in Connemara. The name meansĀ ‘White Peak’ and at 729 metres is an impressive sight from the Inagh valley below. It sits at the head of Glen Corbet and is the subject of one of Irelands best mountain walks, the…
The Glencorbet Horseshoe, 12 Bens, Connemara
Glencorbet, at the northern end of the 12 Bens range in Connemara, Co. Galway, does not immediately inspire like it’s southern counterpart, the Glencoaghan horseshoe. And whilst on a sunny day Glencoaghan will attract many hikers, you can find relative solitude to the north. Glencorbet, like all the glens here, was formed by scouring glacial…
The Twelve Bens, Connemara, a winter excursion
2012 was one of the wettest years on record in Ireland, and particularly so in the west, so this February it seemed like a good idea to head to Connemara and see for ourselves. Not as daft as it sounds, as February can be a cold, dry and sunny month, great for long views and…