EXPLORING THE NORTH OF IRELAND
By Paddy Dillon
Published by Ward Lock
ISBN 0-7063-7471-1 (Hardback) 0-7063-7772-9 (Paperback)
Price £17.99 (Hardback) £12.99 (Paperback)

The initial idea for this guidebook came from Tom Lawton, who was already working on a series of guidebooks with Ward Lock. Initial discussions swung from the idea of publishing a single guidebook for the whole of Ireland to a series of four guidebooks covering specific regions. The northern book was requested first and planned to cover a series of walks throughout the length and breadth of the ancient Province of Ulster. The route research was conducted in a solid month of walking, checking a total of 31 rich and varied one-day walks from the rugged Highlands of Donegal to the Mountains of Mourne. A brief account of the long-distance Ulster Way was added afterwards, based on an earlier walk around the enormous circular route. Well, the book was good news for the North, but even while the route research was in progress, a decision was taken to put the rest of Ireland in a single volume, instead of producing three more regional books. In a review in TGO (The Great Outdoors) magazine, Mike Harding described Paddy Dillon as "a one-man writing factory on Ireland"

WALK CONTENTS

Around Belfast
Walk 1 - The Belfast Hills; Walk 2 - Lagan Canal Towpath; Walk 3 - North Down Coastal Path

High Mournes
Walk 4 - Slieve Donard; Walk 5 - Slieve Binnian; Walk 6 - Slieve Bearnagh; Walk 7 - Slieve Muck

Low Mournes
Walk 8 - Eagle Mountain; Walk 9 - Slieve Martin

Ulster Border Country
Walk 10 - Slieve Gullion; Walk 11 - Slieve Beagh; Walk 12 - The Playbank

Fermanagh Lakelands
Walk 13 - Cuilcagh; Walk 14 - Belmore Mountain; Walk 15 - Cliffs of Magho

Carrick Peninsula
Walk 16 - Slieve League; Walk 17 - Glencolumbkille Coastal Walk

Blue Stack Mountains
Walk 18 - Croaghanirwore; Walk 19 - Blue Stack

Glenveagh National Park
Walk 20 - Glenveagh; Walk 21 - Slieve Snaght (Derryveagh)

Donegal Highlands
Walk 22 - Errigal; Walk 23 - Muckish

Inishowen Peninsula
Walk 24 - Slieve Snaght (Inishowen); Walk 25 - The Urris Hills

Sperrin Mountains
Walk 26 - Mullaghcarn; Walk 27 - Sawel and Dart; 28 - Benbradagh and Carntogher

Antrim Coast and Glens
Walk 29 - Causeway Coast Path; Walk 30 - Trostan; Walk 31 - Shane's Hill to Glenarm

Ulster
Walk 32 - The Ulster Way

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