Club walk Sunday 20th September

Keeper Hill, Co. Tipperary. Choice of two walks. 

'A' walk to summit of Keeper Hill (694m). 17kms/3 to 3.5 hours. Moderate grade. Leader: C. Dolphin. 

'B' walk max. height 400m. 12.5kms/3 to 3.5 hours approx. Easy to moderate grade. Leader: K. Ward. 

For both walks, meet at Applegreen service station beside motorway in Birdhill (M7 Jtn 27, Birdhill, V94 TC3N) @ 9.30am sharp to travel on to start. To comply with Covid-19 guidelines please forward your name to Claire. Numbers restricted to 15 per group.

Keeper Hill is also known as Slieve Kimalta/Sliabh Coimeálta. Located in the beautiful Slieve Felim mountains in Co. Tipperary, it's said that its name came from 'a place where keepers of cattle met to keep their flock' (Ordnance Survey namebook, 28; www.loganim.ie). In Irish mythology it is associated with the story of Sadbh, one of Conn Céad Cathach's daughters, who fled to the hill with her two children and raised them there.