WelcomePeaks Mountaineering Club is based in Clonmel, Co.Tipperary, Ireland. The club exists to foster a love of mountains and the mountain environment. The club was founded in 1977 and we are affiliated to Mountaineering Ireland.
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Peaks News
Some Peaks members and friends who are participating in the Mountain Skills course. Back left Greg Kenny, Course Provider, Joe McConville (Wexford), William Smyth, Fintan Cooney, Paul Carroll, John Coughlan, Matt Joy (SEMRA training officer), Dermot Ryan, Collette Mahon ( Course Provider), Michael Maunsell ( Chairperson MI Access & Conservation Committee), Josephine O Brien, Noreen McCarthy, Rebecca Dromey, Pat Beardmore, Michael Tobin (Tutor). Missing from photo is Tom O Dwyer.
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Next Sunday 20th May walks are in the Galtees. 10.00AM walk leader is Niall Quinlivan and the 12 noon leader is Flan Real.
The Mountain Skills Group enjoyed a very interesting presentation by Michael Maunsell, chairperson of Mountaineering Irelands Access and Conservation Committee, on some of the rare flora to be found in the Comeraghs. Matt Joy, an environmental research scientist and a member of SEMRA, gave a very informative talk on the negative environmental impact the marked looped walks are having in the Nire Valley. Here linear walks are causing considerable erosion to the peatland in the Valley.
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Club Photographic Competition
The winning photos in our annual photographic competition 2017
1st :"Into the Punchbowl" by Dermot Ryan 2nd: Alpine Scene by Josephine O Brien 3rd: Reflected Alps by John Coughlan
1st :"Into the Punchbowl" by Dermot Ryan 2nd: Alpine Scene by Josephine O Brien 3rd: Reflected Alps by John Coughlan
