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JB Malone Memorial, Wicklow Way. The establishment of the Ulster Way in Northern Ireland in the 1970s [5] prompted the creation of the Cospóir Long Distance Walking Routes Committee (now the 'National Trails Advisory Committee' of the Irish Sports Council) to establish a national network of long-distance trails in the Republic of Ireland. [6]
The Dingle Way (Irish: Slí Chorca Dhuibhne) [3] is a long-distance trail around the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.It is a 162-kilometre (101-mile) long circular route that begins and ends in Tralee and is typically completed in eight days. [4]
The trail links to a loop walk around the island of Arranmore and there is also a 22 kilometres (14 miles) link trail from the townland of Crovehy to Slí na Finne, via Doochary. [5] Slí na Finne (Finn's Way) is 51 kilometres (32 miles) long and begins and ends in Fintown. [6] It is graded as "moderate" by the National Trails Office. [6]
The Dublin Mountains Way (Irish: Slí Shléibhte Bhaile Átha Cliath) [4] is a waymarked long-distance trail in the Dublin Mountains, Counties South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The route is approximately 42 kilometres (26 miles) long and runs from Shankill in the east to Tallaght in the west. It has been developed by the ...
The concept of a long-distance trail through County Wicklow was first published by J. B. Malone (1914–1989) in a series of newspaper articles in 1966. [7] Malone had a regular column on walking in Wicklow in the Evening Herald newspaper and had published two books – The Open Road (1950) and Walking in Wicklow (1964) – on the subject as well as contributing to the RTÉ television series ...
The Desert Sun spoke to some of this year's hikers in Idyllwild, a small mountain town near mile 179 of the 2,650-mile trail.
The Cavan Way (Irish: Slí an Cabhán) is a long-distance trail in County Cavan, Ireland. It is 22 kilometres (14 miles) long and begins in Blacklion and ends in Dowra. It is typically completed in one day. [1] It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and is managed by Cavan County ...
Three long-distance trails in the United States have new status as National Park System sites: the Ice Age, New England and North Country national scenic trails.