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Wonderful mystical mountain

My advice if you are not particularly fit is to climb from the non-coast side. It can be slippier/muckier but I think less demanding than the new steps on the coast side. Great view from the top and ...

Wonderful views and great workout

A fairly hard hike to the top on very well made gravel and wooden steps. The wooden steps are spiked so provide good grip but make sure that you have good walking shoes, especially if it's rained anyt...

Queen Maeve Trail

This is not a hard hike. We started at the Knocknarea Parking lot and took the trail to the right which takes you through the woods. It is more of a walk for the first 3K. When you get around to th...

The View makes the Ascent Well Worthwhile

After our first grandchild was named Molly Maeve, my Sligo cousins were thrilled and filled me in on the story of the Warrior Queen of Connaught. On our next visit in 2007, I made my first ascent with...

Fun hike with great views

The hike was just challenging enough (not too challenging) for our 10 year olds to complete in less than an hour. Queen Maeve’s Cairn was pretty cool, and my kids thought so too. We absolutely loved t...