Scenic Walks in Cork.
Author: TEEGAN, Sean.
Dublin: Mercier Press, 1998. 124 pages. Maps. Paperback.
“Scenic Walks in Cork is a collection of ‘circle’ walks of varying length and character, all of them on roads that wander up and down and across the slopes of the Boggeragh Mountains which separate the valleys of the Lee and the Blackwater. The slopes are criss-crossed by kilometres of traffic-free byroads with lush green grassy spines, which offer many days of delightful walking, enhanced by the scenery and antiquities in which the entire Boggeragh area abounds.
The byroads go from the fertile foothills up into the moorlands of the heights. They find their way from north to south and from east to west, closely following the natural contours of the land. Their high points afford spectacular long-distance vistas in all directions, beyond County Cork into Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.
The Boggeragh country has a wealth of archaeological monuments. Stone rows, stone circles, wedge tombs and ring forts form the milestones of the walks, and an abundance of wild flowers, hedgerows, furze and bogland add brilliant colour.”
ISBN: 1856352285
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