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📍Nephin

Nephin is Ireland's highest standalone mountain at 806 metres, as well as the second highest peak in Connaught.

Situated near the village of Lahardane and west of Loch Conn the views from the top are breathtaking. 

Length: Approx 4 hours 

Height: 806m 

What to wear: Waterproof hiking boots (because of the boggy nature), waterproof pants (advisable, but not necessary), warm top, hat and gloves (depending on time of year). Make sure to look at the forecast and plan accordingly. 

How to get there: Type in 'Nephin Car Park' into Google Maps and it will lead you to the starting point of the climb. From there, there is a trail which you can follow all the way up and down the mountain. 

Tips: Bring plenty of water, and a few snacks. 

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19:06 on Saturday the 26th of September, 2020.

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Jamie Dornan: ‘I lost my father this year. It’s a combination of things that have made me want to do good things in my 40s’

Coming from Northern Ireland imbued Belfast star Jamie Dornan with humility, resilience and humour. Now, after the loss of his father and on the cusp of a new decade, he says that he’s tackling his self-doubt and trying new challenges outside acting.

The internet thinks Jamie Dornan should play Captain Britain. Jamie Dornan thinks the internet is losing the run of itself. “I’ll tell you what happened there,” he says, over Zoom from his home in Oxfordshire. (Lovely fireplace, high ceilings.) “I’ve been doing press non-stop since September, pretty much. Someone said to me, ‘Do you have any interest in getting into a Marvel movie?’ I’m so clueless about that world. I don’t know if Marvel and MCU [Marvel Cinematic Universe] are even the same thing.”

I tell him I have a stepdaughter who advises on ‘the canon’. “Oh God. Listen, I don’t have a clue,” he says. “Basically, I said, ‘Well, you know, I met Kevin Feige, who runs Marvel.’ But it’s not that I’ve met him recently , and we weren’t talking about a specific thing. I’ve met him because I’m an actor,” he says, laughing.

“Then I did The Fall and nobody thinks you’re funny after that. You’re not the go-to guy if you’ve played Paul Spector, so it took me a while to get back to that. And what a great way to do it with Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who are geniuses.”

Then there’s Wild Mountain Thyme , which was less intentionally funny. Irish audiences gave it a right pasting. Having watched the movie through (it’s currently streaming on Amazon Prime), I didn’t find it as dire as the skewerings would suggest. Besides, by all accounts from north Mayo, both Emily Blunt and Dornan couldn’t have been more charming or obliging.

“We felt massively welcomed there,” Dornan says. “It was mad. When we arrived, driving into Crossmolina and Ballina, they had big posters up, saying, ‘Welcome Hollywood’. We thought it was hilarious. It was a great experience. It employed a lot of people in that part of the world. The bars and restaurants were very busy while we were there. Not everyone’s gonna love everything you do, but we had a blast.”

Meanwhile, Christopher Walken in the wilds of the West. How did that go? “Chris kept himself to himself for the most part. He wouldn’t have been out on the pints with us in the evenings, but he loved it. It was an honour to have someone like that play your father.”

In March, Dornan lost his own father to Covid-19. Professor Jim Dornan, a renowned Belfast obstetrician and gynaecologist, had been diagnosed with a form of leukaemia. Dornan’s mother, Lorna, died from pancreatic cancer when he was 16.

Dornan has spoken of his disappointment that his father isn’t around to witness the response to Belfast , Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical movie and Dornan’s latest project. It centres around Buddy, (newcomer Jude Hill) growing up in Belfast amid the beginning of The Troubles. Caitriona Balfe and Dornan play Buddy’s mother and father, with Ciarán Hinds and Judi Dench as the grandparents.

It’s a quintessentially Northern Irish coming-of-age story. Coming from the region — Dornan hails from Holywood, Co Down and grew up in Belfast — does he feel the responsibility of a story so close to home?

“Big time. Also because it’s Ken’s story, or semi-autobiographical. Much of it happened, and happened to Ken. When [he] was nine years old, in 1969, at the beginning of the conflict, they made a very difficult decision to leave Ireland and that weighed very heavily on them. It chronicles the period of time when the family are making that decision.”

Dornan’s been no stranger to playing Northern Irish roles, but this one is different. “I’ve got to play people from Belfast, but never in a movie called Belfast , something that’s so poignant and represents the conflict this way — and the normal, everyday, hard-working people who didn’t ask for the conflict and who were so affected by it. Also, it’s because we’ve seen Northern Ireland through a very politicised lens, through a sectarian lens, but we’ve never seen it through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy.”

Humanising the Troubles is important. In 2023, the Belfast Agreement turns 25. A whole generation has grown up outside the shadow of sectarianism and violence. Renewed nationalism in Ireland and Britain and the touchpaper of Brexit present new challenges. Politically, the Troubles can be an unfashionable subject.

In Ireland, there’s a chance we might not remember. Abroad, there’s a risk they’ll never forget.

“People think it’s like the Gaza Strip,” Dornan explains of telling people he comes from Northern Ireland. “Whether people don’t want to admit it, that’s what they think. I’m telling you, I’ve seen it for 20 years. Sometimes, people would be gasping that you’re from there. It’s shocking to me. Then you remember the news every night, you remember all they were being fed in different parts of the world were very violent images. And not just for two or three weeks, or three or four months,or even five or six years, but for 30 years.

“They’re seeing these images and going, ‘Jesus, that place looks rough’. So, it’s not total ignorance to what’s going on, it’s just the perception. Anything that can help to show there’s really good people in Northern Ireland — in the whole island — the better to change the idea that it’s a dark place. Of course it’s a dark place, and the history is real, but it’s filled with brilliant, funny, resilient people.”

Resilience. A few weeks previously, while I was working on a profile of Co Tyrone-born Nextdoor CEO, Sarah Friar, resilience and humility came up again and again.

“Those sort of attributes are forced on you,” Dornan agrees. “You might have a slightly in-built tendency towards attributes like that. But they’re usually born out of something. They’re born out of the fact you’ve had to find resilience because you’ve had it pretty rough, when you’ve been backed into corners and you’ve had people’s foot on your throat for a long time. That need to be able to battle your way through and get through the hard times, and, often, that way has been humour.

“That’s not unique to Northern Ireland, that’s all of Ireland. We find humility and humour in the darkest places. And again, travelling all over the world for 20 years, that gets you into trouble when people don’t understand. I’ll be with my mates, a lot of Irish lads, and we’ll be with American agents, and they won’t be able to believe what we’re laughing at, but I think [Irish people] tend to respond the same way.”

Humility and ambition can be uneasy bedfellows, however. As Irish people, our beloved humility can mean others push to the front of the class ahead of us. Dornan has said recently that he feels more comfortable being ambitious now. Did he lack self-confidence?

“Christ, totally,” he says, nodding. “I’m still riddled with that. I think, recently, I’ve allowed myself to be OK with admitting that I want to do more. Also I have actively been doing more stuff outside of acting. I’ve set up a production company, and it’s looking like a really fun slate of projects. One of them, I’ve written with my friend. Two other things we’re writing together and another thing I’m writing myself. So it’s another facet I’ve always wanted to explore.

“I guess it’s admitting I want to kick on and make something of it all. We’re all like that at home. We don’t want to be too pleased with our own successes. And, Jesus, I’m definitely still like that. I think that goes with the territory. But [there is] something about approaching 40. I lost my father this year. It’s a combination of things that have made me want to do good things in my 40s.”

Married to musician and actress Amelia Warner since 2013, with three children, Dornan sounds ready to start a new chapter. “My career and adult life have been very marked by clear decades. Dropped out of uni to move to London at 20. Modelled for 10 years. I did pretty well out of it, but didn’t love doing it. Then my acting career kicked off just before my 30th birthday. My 30s have been building on that, and doing all this good work. I turn 40 in May. And I want that to be something bigger and different. What’s the point if you’re not trying to evolve and expand?”

The Belfast movie is already garlanded. It was the most-screened showing at the Telluride Film Festival, took the People’s Choice at Toronto International Film Festival and was up for almost a full house of prizes at the British Independent Film Awards last week. It has ‘Oscar buzz’. But the most important screening has been at Belfast Film Festival.

“We had that date, the fourth of November, in our heads the whole time. It was so important to us, to have it resonate with and be accepted by the people of that part of the world and for them to embrace it. To find the humour in it, the poignancy in it. It had been all around the world but it really mattered to us what people from Belfast thought about it.

“It was one of the most special nights of my life. I will never, ever forget the feeling of that night. We got this long-standing ovation after the Q&A and there was this palpable appreciation in the room. And then, yes, trays of Guinness were served, which added to it.

“I had some very special people in my life with me that night. My sisters were by my side, my auntie, and some of my best friends. It was just very special.”

Dornan already has a full complement of projects being released next year. Belfast gets its UK and Ireland release on January 21.

Then, there’s the HBO/BBC production The Tourist . He’s hoping to get his own movie made, and has some “insanely exciting people involved”.

In the meantime, it’s Christmas. He’ll be in the west of Ireland, with his extended family. “I love it, but it’s the first Christmas without my dad. So it’s going to be a tough one, I’d imagine.”

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“Would there ever be a more divisive role for me to play than Captain Britain?” Photo: Andres Poveda for Guinness

Remember… Humanising the Troubles is important. In 2023, the Belfast Agreement turns 25. A whole generation has grown up outside the shadow of sectarianism and violence. — Independent.ie

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Day 49 July 21 Knock - Killara 82kms

Day 49 July 21 Knock - Killara 82kms

If anyone wants to know how to make a short 53km day into 82kms, then I consider myself the expert!

Better start at the beginning. Remember how yesterday I was all upset at the loss of my poncho? Well, this morning after an excellent ( but later than usual) breakfast , a chat with husband and son ( no hurry today, it’s only 53kms) I started talking to Ann, the lady who ran the guest house. As always seems to be the case, women in particular seem very impressed with my daring and bravery at cycling around the world. I don’t think I’m anything special at all. To me, it’s just pedalling. I have strong legs, it’s mostly genetic, nothing exceptional at all. However Ann has 9 children! And look at her!! I couldn’t tell the difference between her and the kids when I arrived.

So I mentioned to Ann that I had definitely enjoyed staying at her guest house but had been a bit distracted on arrival yesterday by the discovery of my missing poncho. She went to a cupboard up the hallway and pulled out 2 possible replacements. One was made of material a bit like a tarp and already had lots of holes in it just like my old one. It was love at first sight. The only problem is that it’s a dark blue colour so I will buy some flouro tape and stick some on the back so the cars can see me. I might stick some on the front too so I don’t get a wet tummy through the holes. So anyway, I was upset about nothing. The new poncho is awesome and has already been put to good use today.

Yes, it was definitely raining today, which is why I planned a short day.

In the end I didn’t leave until 10:30. That’s extremely late for me. I got 5 kms up the road and realised I’d left my pink merino buff in the guest house. This item is also rather precious so I turned around and went straight back to get it, adding an extra 10kms on the trip.

Second attempt at leaving was 11am. Oh well, it’s just a short day.....isn’t it?

Headed for Foxford adorned in my new(ish) poncho I cycled through mostly light rain. I stopped to take a photo of these coloured houses in Kiltamagh. Houses like this are in all the towns here but I figured I’d need some non-scenic photos today.

Oh, yeah and maybe a ruin.

The road was slick and the cycling was pretty fast today. At 35kms and around  12:30 I made it to Foxford. I circled around looking for somewhere to get out of the rain and have a cup of coffee. One of the locals directed me up to Guiry’s, a pub on the corner. According to the the sign inside, Guirys was the ‘best bar in Ireland’. I don’t know when this vote was taken but when I asked the proprietor if I could have a cup of coffee he headed for the kettle to make me an instant. Hmmm, I think they might need a coffee machine to retain that ‘ best bar’ title.

The lovely gentleman was kind enough to offer me a seat in his fine establishment even if I went to the supermarket across the road to buy my coffee and returned with it. Yes, that’s what I did and enjoyed my last toffee twist and a chocolate bar with it as well as a chat with Mr Guiry. It was a longer than usual break but I wasn’t in a big hurry to get back out in the rain.

I had also discussed my route with him proposing to go the extra distance around the lake. This had been my option if the weather had been fine. It was not fine. Mr Guiry and friend thought it was an excellent idea so off I went to cycle an extra 20kms in the rain while they remained in a nice dry pub for the afternoon.

I did see some nice lake views along the way.

You can see on the map where I crossed this bridge on the way to Pontoon.( the photo is from the bridge)

From Pontoon I headed off towards Lahurdaun, Castlehill, and Crossmolina. It was a lot further than I anticipated but it was a quiet road and I even managed to find a few hills to ride. Any part of me that wasn’t wet from the rain was wet from cycling through the huge puddles and of water splashing up from cars going the other way. Nah, it wasn’t that bad. I actually enjoyed being the only idiot out there on a bike flying along the slippery, silky roads on my amazing Shirley.

We didn’t really stop much and managed to arrive at Killara before 3:30. I walked into a pub ( my accommodation is the Wolf Dog Tavern) full of Irish people watching football, screaming at the TV. It’s ok, I didn’t distract them for long,

I’m in another nice room and happy to be dry again. Hopefully it will be a better cycling day tomorrow.

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Pandemic relocation: The couple who abandoned Dublin for home in Co Mayo - The Irish Times

Pandemic relocation: The couple who abandoned Dublin for home in Co Mayo – The Irish Times

Sign up for alerts from The Irish Times Just click on “Allow Notifications” on the message appearing on your browser to activate them. We will send you a quick reminder in the future, in case you change your mind. The past year, as for many people, has been filled with change and challenges for the couple; Covid-19 and redundancy led to couple’s move to family property in Crossmolina   Morning…

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49443: 18:10 on Saturday the 24th of October, 2020.

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The Ryder (Ploughing) Cup

Danny – Loved your uploaded photo of a fig. Exciting stuff.

USA 2, Europe 1. Early score flash from Medinah – but the Irish or is it British pairing are going along nicely. Let’s just call Rory a catholic Ulsterman.

It was good to hear you’d met a Mayo native from Crossmolina. This town features in a rare edition travelogue which I self-published about 8 years ago. The tale involves a Neary…

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#dried #hydrangeas #hydrangeapewend Hydrangeas were cut from groom's mum's garden in Tipperary, dried and used as pew ends in Crossmolina So happy with end result A year of planning (at Crossmolina)

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Pandemic relocation: The couple who abandoned Dublin for home in Co Mayo - The Irish Times

Pandemic relocation: The couple who abandoned Dublin for home in Co Mayo – The Irish Times

Sign up for alerts from The Irish Times Just click on “Allow Notifications” on the message appearing on your browser to activate them. We will send you a quick reminder in the future, in case you change your mind. The past year, as for many people, has been filled with change and challenges for the couple; Covid-19 and redundancy led to couple’s move to family property in Crossmolina  Morning…