Many of Ireland's footpaths and hills have just reopened after the foot and mouth epidemic.
A curious assortment of walks - some commercially organised, others run by local conservation organisations, and a few that you are free to explore alone.
Shallow production making no attempt to recommend specific walks, but it does offer a long reading list, an accommodation search and official foot and mouth updates.
Walking in the Western Sperrins
Nine walks in Omagh, some described in considerable detail and with historical notes.
The sports and leisure section contains brief details of a number of walks and a slightly more substantial guide to Wicklow's forests. See web.inter.nl.net/users/ ANTenPETER/wandelen/ wicklow/wicklowE.html for a description of Peter Reuderink's trek along 72km of the Wicklow Way, which is much more detailed than the version available on Wicklow's official site.
The Mountaineering Council of Ireland
Three sample walks, Brockagh and the Gleanalo valley, Binn Leitri and Mwellrea, with more to be added shortly. It also links to local clubs, which often have their own websites or publications.
Illustrated descriptions of 16 walks, some relatively easy. They frequently include pub and lunch recommendations.
The Short Span
If bouldering - scaling large rocks using your bare hands - appeals, this site offers some intriguing advice: "Big Jim must be the best boulder in Glendalough. Also the most bouldered upon, there are even eliminates on him, which I refuse to go into... I would think that a circumnavigation would be fairly savage." What?
The Republic of Ireland has 34 youth hostels; Northern Ireland's hostels are listed at the extraordinarily slow www.hini.org.uk.
Where to find Bella Cohen's brothel, Barney Kiernan's pub and other Joycean locations in modern Dublin.
Although it has more to say about the natural history of the park than its walking routes, this site is nonetheless useful; the sections on Killarney's yew wood, red deer population and rampant rhododendrons are particularly interesting.
