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Image of the Month: Crew of the Colmcille at St. Columba’s Foot Print at Southend, Kintyre on St. Columba’s Day 2003 (Photo – http://www.xmarksthescot.com)

25th January 2012

Happy Burns Nicht to our legion of Scottish fans. Our Image of the Month celebrates the link between Ireland and Scotland represented by the island of Iona, where the Donegal-born holy man known in Caledonian circles as Calum Cille (521 – 597 AD) established a monastery from which he and his followers spread “the light of Christian Civilisation” across northern Britain, but was mainly chosen for its slightly Monty-Pythonesque air! The best news since our last update is that ByRoute 15 is at last up and running, and ByRoute 16 is taking shape. A belated Happy New Year to all our visitors.

Previous Image of the Month: This picture of Eyeries on the Beara Peninsula was used to illustrate a sentimental song supposedly sung by a sad emigrant in a Chicago bar, with the chorus “Any town in Ireland would be Home” (Photo – Phil Mack Country)

Christmas Eve Eve 2011

With ByRoute 14 now complete, ByRoute 15 due to be finished before the end of the year, and considerable progress made with The Big Western Lakes, it only remains for us to wish readers a very pleasant and enjoyable Festive Season!

Previous Image of the Month: St Patrick’s Hall inDublin Castle, whereMichael D Higgins was sworn in as the 9th President of Ireland on 11/11/11. (Photo byDonaldytong)

11th November 2011

Oops, missed the October dateline. Development over the last 42 days have included an extension to ByRoute 14, major advances on ByRoute 15 and the recuperation of lost material relating to Dublin and Cork cities. The best news is that our official Site Meter count of visits has just passed 100,000. Thank you very much to all our visitors!

Today is also the traditional date for commemorating the thousands of Irishmen killed in WWI and other conflicts around the globe, such as those who died fighting fascism in the Spanish Civil War, including the “Church of Ireland pastor from Killarney“ and the ”brave young Christian Brother” from Derry recalled in Christy Moore‘s great song about the 5th International Brigade: Bob Hilliard (b.1905) and Eamonn McGrotty (b.1911), both killed at the Battle of Jarama in February 1937.

30th September 2011

A pleasant period of R&R before the start of the academic year.

23rd August 2011

It is with great relief that we finally succeeded in recuperating and updating ByRoute 13.

28th July 2011

We proudly present the latest stretch of ByRoute 1 (mainly coastal), from Galway City via western Connemara and southwestern County Mayo to Westport & Environs. plus updated pages on Iar Connacht, Connemara & Joyce’s Country.

Midsummer Night / St John’s Eve (23rd June) 2011

A very interesting month re-acquainting ourselves with County Mayo, resulting in considerable progress with Westport & Environs, plus some changes to The Western Islands and a few other pages.

24th May 2011

Quite a month, what with Royal and Presidential visitors and the sad death of the highly respected Garrett FitzGerald. Slow progress on this website; ByRoute 14 is now ready for viewing, if unfinished, and other pages have been updated or edited.

Easter Monday 2011

Oh dear, last month’s Image of the sea slug didn’t seem to go down well, as visitor numbers dropped considerably – loyal regulars, keep clicking the Google Ads to keep this hobby website afloat! The Good News is that ByRoute 14 will be ready very soon, having just crossed the border of County Mayo, and that ByRoute 13 will not be far behind it, despite the damage suffered by both due to various computer crises.

17th March 2011

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

19th February 2011

A reasonably productive month culminating in another IT disaster; we hope this time the consequences will not set us back as drastically as the incident last March.

17th January 2011

A productive winter holiday, with many pages updated, repaired and improved, index-linking of ByRoutes 1 – 12 and the entries for fifteen southern Counties (Co. Carlow, Co. Clare, Co. Cork, Co. Kerry, Co. Kildare, Co. Kilkenny, Co. Laois, Co. Limerick, Co. Offaly, Co. Tipperary, Co. Waterford, Co. Wexford and Co. Wicklow), some progress made with ByRoutes 13, 14, 15 and 16, and mapping / planning advances with the rest.

Previous Image of the Month: Garden in Granard, Co. Longford (Photo -Toberphelim House B&B)

Previous Image of the Month: Horses in a field in Moore, Co. Roscommon. (Photo by C O’N)

Previous Image of the Month: Diamond Hill / Binn Ghuaire (“Guaire’s peak”) (442m), aka Bengooria / Benhoowirra, the westernmost peak of the Twelve Bens, is in Connemara National Park. (Photo – Sherwood Harrington)

Former image of the Month: Munster Blackwater riverside garden in spring (Photo – David Monegan, whose excellent Ireland Unhinged blog is always worth reading)

Former image of the Month: Northern Ireland’s coast (Photo – www.letsgo-europe.com)

Former Image of the Month: Silver & White Strand nearKinnadoohy, Co. Mayo (Photo byfkaatje)

Former Image of the Month: Croagh Patrick from Westport Quay (Photo by Madidi)

31 December 2010 / 1 January 2011

Happy New Year!

22 November 2010

Five weeks of unspectacular but steady progress, with running repairs and improvements to ByRoute 2, ByRoute 3, ByRoute 4, ByRoute 5, ByRoute 6 and ByRoute 7 (ongoing).

20th October 2010

The end of the summer holidays and the start of a new academic year provided numerous distractions; nonetheless, we managed to make some headway with new pages on Connemara & Iar Connacht and Derry / Londonderry City. However, the big news is that the end of October coincides with our official Sitemeter-registered number of visitors to date surpassing 50,000!

16 September 2010

Since our last update in mid-August we have been on holiday, partly spent improving pages on ByRoute 1 (ByRoute 1.3, ByRoute 1.4), the Southwestern Peninsulas, the Beara Peninsula, the Iveragh Peninsula and the Dingle Peninsula, and the rest travelling in the Killarney and Caherciveen areas, including Valentia Island (Co. Kerry), (but not, alas, the Skelligs, as the sea was too rough), returning to Dublin via a combination of the part of Byroute 3 taking in Mallow (Co. Cork) and the stretch of ByRoute 4 passing through Cahir (Co. Tipperary), pausing to visit the magnificent castle, plus an excursion to Glendalough (Co. Wicklow).

14 August 2010

Improvements have been made to sections of ByRoute 5, ByRoute 6 and ByRoute 7, plus the page on wonderful Valentia Island (Co. Kerry). Although there’s not much else to show for it, the past four weeks have been a useful period of reorganisation and preparation for the upcoming holidays, when the website will undergo massive additions.

18 July 2010.

A not unproductive month, with new pages on Omagh and Armagh City, plus changes, improvements and extensions to the pages on Ennis & Beyond and to parts of ByRoute 11, notably the page about Birr (Co. Offaly) and the westernmost section in County Clare.

16 June 2010

A bad month for irelandbyways, a good month for Facebook, dammit! Very little progress to report beyond improvements to the page on Carlow Town & Environs.

17 May 2010

Progress still slow, but a new page on Enniskillen & Environs is our first Northern Ireland entry, and improvements have been made to ByRoute 1.4 between Tralee and Galway and to ByRoute 7.3 (particularly the section on Listowel, Co. Kerry). Linking proceeds apace!

15 April 2010

Slow progress; the self-destructive computer has not yet recovered its memory,and our project is still not fully back on the road. However, the Limerick City & Environs pages have been considerably extended, and regular visitors will notice some major rearrangements and new labels. Linking continues tardily.

While researching for this site we sometimes come across others that are top class; one such is David Monagan‘s excellent ireland unhinged.

Thank you for your ongoing support and feedback!

17 March 2010

Happy St Patrick’s Day.

Despite a major recent setback involving a suicidal computer, we are pleased to report that our project is making progress.

Although ByRoutes 13 and 14 to County Galway have been delayed, the Limerick City & Environs and Sligo town & Environs pages have been expanded, and Ennis (Co.Clare) has been initiated. Linking continues slowly.

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Previous Image of the month: Sallygap snow (Photo: Ardee Man, an entertaining blog)

Previous Image of the Month: Donegal Bay (Photo by R Shevlin)

Previous Image of the Month (Photo from an interesting seeking spirit article about the Penal Laws)

Previous Image of the Month: Cill Rialaig, an artists’ colony on Bolus Head near Ballinskelligs (Co. Kerry), venue of a very enjoyable long weekend in September 2010. (Photo by Steve Edge).