Ireland

The Climbers' Club

Unknown climber on Arrow Head (VD) Dalkey Quarry - Upper Cliffs, Ireland
Photo: Dave Cooper.

IRELAND ROUTE and CLIMBING WALL INFORMATION

The Irish Mountaineering Club (IMC) has 2 huts available at agreed times to CC members, which together with a barn at Lough Barra gives 3 basic accommodations. The Mountaineering Council of Ireland publishes 11 rock guidebooks which together with 3 other guidebooks provides good coverage of both the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland - Click on links below for more details:

	IMC Hut Location
	Other Hut/Barn Locations
	Guidebooks Areas Key crags/ranges

MCI Guidebooks
• Fair Head (see link below)
• Mournes
• Dalkey Quarry
• Bray Head & minor crags
   around Dublin
• Wicklow
• Ballykeefe Quarry
• Comeragh Mountains & South
   East
• Burren
• Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan &
   Fermanagh
• Donegal
• Twelve Bens

Other Guidebooks
• The Gap of Dunloe Rock
   Climbing Guide - Mucros
• Rock Climbing in Ireland
   Constable
• Sea Stack climbing in the UK
   and Ireland - Chris Mellor

Other sites
• Detailed Crag Map & List
• Guide list
• Irish on-line guides
(New Routes not yet implemented)
• Fair Head Climbing

Hut available to CC- Reciprocal Rights Clubs - Private Login required
• Glendasan Hut - Wicklow Mountains - (basic but clean - wood bunks, no mattresses or pillows)

Other huts
• Glencar Hut - Kerry Mountains (The Reeks)
• Barn - Donegal Mountains (Lough Barra)

Climbing Walls - for wet days
Ireland has climbing walls but many are within university sports complexes with restricted access and poor web based information. The links below list them for both the Republic and Northern Ireland:

• Climbing walls in Eire
• Climbing Walls in Northern Ireland