The hills across the bay?

obi604 · 03-10-2020 09:56PM #1

Speaking of the prom.

Does anybody know the name of the hills opposite Salthill. I think they are the Clare hills, but any specific name on them as there are a number of them.

DVDM93 · 03-10-2020 09:58PM

obi604 wrote: »

Speaking of the prom.

Does anybody know the name of the hills opposite Salthill. I think they are the Clare hills, but any specific name on them as there are a number of them.

America.

flazio · 04-10-2020 11:12AM

obi604 wrote: »

Speaking of the prom.

Does anybody know the name of the hills opposite Salthill. I think they are the Clare hills, but any specific name on them as there are a number of them.

Burren mountains

biko · 04-10-2020 11:26AM

Moved out from unrelated thread.

obi604 · 04-10-2020 11:50AM

biko wrote: »

Moved out from unrelated thread.

Thanks. Does anybody know if these are climbable?

Mrs OBumble · 04-10-2020 12:24PM

If you can see them, it's going to rain.

04-10-2020 12:27PM

They're not exactly a climbing challenge... but well worth a ramble.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+burren&t=brave&iax=images&ia=images

obi604 · 04-10-2020 01:27PM

StevieHardesty wrote: »

They're not exactly a climbing challenge... but well worth a ramble.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+burren&t=brave&iax=images&ia=images

Thanks. Still don’t know what town or village or place to park at to even start the ramble.

Or can you even do this as may need to go across private land to access etc.

dmc17 · 04-10-2020 01:42PM

obi604 wrote: »

Thanks. Still don’t know what town or village or place to park at to even start the ramble.

Or can you even do this as may need to go across private land to access etc.

There's the Black Head loop walk which would be the furthest point out you can see when looking across the bay.

Also, there is a trail walk which starts from here.

Have a look on Google as there are a few walking sites which give the details on them

at1withmyself · 04-10-2020 02:48PM

This might help

http://www.burren.ie/what-to-do/walking-routes/burren-way-map/

inisboffin · 04-10-2020 04:15PM

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

If you can see them, it's going to rain.

Is that a thing?

Within a certain timeframe? Because it's bound to rain sometime.

During lockdown there was a patch of 3 or 4 days of a clear view, but perhaps an anomaly. Love to know the reason if it is an actual saying!

The Continental Op · 04-10-2020 04:17PM

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

If you can see them, it's going to rain.

.................. and if you can't see them its already raining

The Continental Op · 04-10-2020 04:19PM

inisboffin wrote: »

Is that a thing?

Within a certain timeframe? Because it's bound to rain sometime.

During lockdown there was a patch of 3 or 4 days of a clear view, but perhaps an anomaly. Love to know the reason if it is an actual saying!

Its a saying all over the world for different locations. I used to live near Portsmouth in the UK where you can see across the Solent to the Isle of Wight and guess what? There was a local saying if you can see the Isle of Wight its going to rain and if you can't see it thats because its already raining.

Andrea B. · 04-10-2020 08:57PM

DVDM93 wrote: »

America.

Used to think it was as a kid.

Andrea B. · 04-10-2020 09:00PM

DVDM93 wrote: »

America.

The Continental Op wrote: »

Its a saying all over the world for different locations. I used to live near Portsmouth in the UK where you can see across the Solent to the Isle of Wight and guess what? There was a local saying if you can see the Isle of Wight its going to rain and if you can't see it thats because its already raining.

On certain days out west past Spiddal you can see Mount Brandon in Kerry. Times past, the locals knew it as Oileann na Siog (fairy island).

inisboffin · 04-10-2020 11:05PM

The Continental Op wrote: »

Its a saying all over the world for different locations. I used to live near Portsmouth in the UK where you can see across the Solent to the Isle of Wight and guess what? There was a local saying if you can see the Isle of Wight its going to rain and if you can't see it thats because its already raining.

Ah ok.

I thought it was an actual thing that I had somehow never heard, like in parts of the country, a mist would signify a weather pattern depending on what side of the mountain you are, and actually be useful!

The Continental Op · 04-10-2020 11:15PM

inisboffin wrote: »

Ah ok.

I thought it was an actual thing that I had somehow never heard, like in parts of the country, a mist would signify a weather pattern depending on what side of the mountain you are, and actually be useful!

Some of those things are fairly accurate some are just a joke about the weather.

In some places good guesses can be made about the weather from what can be seen in the distance and over mountains. A lot of our weather is brought in from the South West and follows a pattern so I'm sure it can be an actual thing.

cnocbui · 04-10-2020 11:26PM

This was taken from Tipperary, southern end of Lough Derg. Below the clouds are mountains in Connemara, and the lighter streak below them is Galway bay.

Dank Janniels · 04-10-2020 11:38PM

Hy Brasil

thesandeman · 05-10-2020 01:41AM

Andrea B. wrote: »

Used to think it was as a kid.

I was convinced they were the Aran Islands when I was a kid.

GalwayGrrrrrl · 05-10-2020 07:10AM

I was in Salthill playground a few years ago when a tourist asked me for directions to the Cliffs of Moher. It was about 4pm and it sounded like he wanted to bring the family there before dinner. The look on his face when I pointed across the bay to the furthest point of land and said “there they are!” Bless him.

To return to the OP you can do a lovely drive along the coast road to Doolin and see the view from the opposite side. There’s a path from Doolin to the Cliffs and beyond to liscanor which gives views of one the islands (?Inishboffin if I remember correctly).

inisboffin · 05-10-2020 01:56PM

The Continental Op wrote: »

Some of those things are fairly accurate some are just a joke about the weather.

In some places good guesses can be made about the weather from what can be seen in the distance and over mountains. A lot of our weather is brought in from the South West and follows a pattern so I'm sure it can be an actual thing.

I think that's what I said? :pac:

obi604 · 07-10-2020 04:08PM

thanks. is there a specific name on these hills?
see below image, I presume the hills highlighted in yellow below are what one can see mainly from salthill...................but they don't seem to have a name, and not sure how you access the climbing of them or where to park etc

https://ibb.co/7tzVLYW

dmc17 · 07-10-2020 04:58PM

obi604 wrote: »

thanks. is there a specific name on these hills?
see below image, I presume the hills highlighted in yellow below are what one can see mainly from salthill...................but they don't seem to have a name, and not sure how you access the climbing of them or where to park etc

https://ibb.co/7tzVLYW

Gleninagh, Doughbranneen & Cappanawalla

Storm 10 · 07-10-2020 06:22PM

GalwayGrrrrrl wrote: »

I was in Salthill playground a few years ago when a tourist asked me for directions to the Cliffs of Moher. It was about 4pm and it sounded like he wanted to bring the family there before dinner. The look on his face when I pointed across the bay to the furthest point of land and said “there they are!” Bless him.

To return to the OP you can do a lovely drive along the coast road to Doolin and see the view from the opposite side. There’s a path from Doolin to the Cliffs and beyond to liscanor which gives views of one the islands (?Inishboffin if I remember correctly).

Inisheer Inishboffin is further North past Clifden

The hills across the bay?

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