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Tralee Mountaineering Club (TMC) meet every alternate Sunday to go walking on the mountains. Before your first walk with TMC you must first contact the club secretary, Eileen McCormack (087 2845193).

Club Walks    2009

Grade Notaton:VH=Very Hard. H=Hard, e.g. 2H is a hard grade 2. T=Transition Walk - to aid moving grades.
DATE AREA Map GRADE TIME LEADERS
04-Jan-09 Annascaul Circuit 70 3 10.00 Gerry Christie
  Annascaul Circuit 70 2 10.00 Bill Harnett /
Bairbre Hickey
  Annascaul Area 70 1 10.00 Eileen O'Connell
 
18-Jan-09 Curraghamore-Coomloughra
(L. Acoose start)
78 3 09.00 Mike Ward
  Curraghmore Circuit from Lough Acoose 78 2 09.00 Mike Callanan /
Mairead McCarthy
  Coomloughra 78 1 10.00 Maja Noszczyk /
Majella Diskin
 
26-Jan-09 Annual Club Mass-St. Brendan's Church   ALL 19.30 Sean Kelly
 
01-Feb-09 Slieveanea area 70 3 10.00 Pat Daly
  Derrymore Circuit/Caherconree 71 2 10.00 Anne O'Donoghue /
Ingrid Boyle
  Caherconree 71 1 10.00 Fiona Forde /
Georgina Foley
 
08-Feb-09 Macha na Bó 70 1 13.00 Thomas O'Sullivan
 
15-Feb-09 Horse’s Glen 78
79
3
3 T
10.00
10.00
Ciarán Walsh /
Tim Houlihan
  Mangerton Horseshoe 78
79
2 10.00 Patricia McGuirk /
Maurice Daly
  Loch An Dúin 70 1 10.00 Simon Quinn /
Mary McCarthy
 
16-Feb-09

Mon Night
Leadership Skills
(Leaders'Support Programme)
Venue: Grand Hotel
  ALL 20.00 TBA
 
01-Mar-09 Derrymore Glen to Foley’s Glen 71 3 10.00 Ian Hassell
  Stradbally-Beenoskee
(Waterfall/Gr. Canyon)
(Hard Grade 2–members only)
70 2 H 10.00 Tomás Crowley /
Maja Noszczyk
  Glanteenassig Circuit (Stradbally/Benoskee) 70
71
2 T 10.00 Phil O'Mahony /
Ann Kirby
  Mangerton 78 1 10.00 Peter Magennis /
Fiona Cooke
 
02-Mar-09
Mon Night
Knots Night
Venue: Grand Hotel
  ALL 20.00 Ciarán Walsh /
Nuala Finn
 
08-Mar-09 Rope Work Day   ALL 10.00 Ciarán Walsh /
Gerry O'Sullivan
 
15-Mar-09 Western Reeks 78 3 10.00 Margaret Griffin
  Tomies – Purple area 78 2 10.00 Martin Murphy /
Catriona Keane
  Tomies – Purple area 78 1 10.00 Shane Mulligan /
Myra Griffin
 
29-Mar-09 Gouganebarra 85 3
3 T
09.00
09:00
Majella Diskin /
Patricia McGuirk
  Gouganebarra 85 2 09.00 Nuala Finn /
Ciarán Walsh
  Gouganebarra 85 1 09.00 John Walker /
Elizabeth Koch
 
30-Mar-09

Mon Night
Navigation Workshop
(Leaders' Supp Programme)
Grand Hotel - Map 70 and Compass
70 ALL 20.00 Kevin Farnan /
Mary Campion
 
05-Apr-09 Navigation Day
Bring Map 70 & Compass
70 ALL 10.00 Bill Harnett
 
10-Apr-09 Easter Weekend Away - Connemara   ALL TBA TBA
 
12-Apr-09 Brandon – via Lough Cruite 70 3 10.00 Gerry Christie
  Brandon: Faha East Ridge (Scrambling)
(Hard Grade 2–members only)
70 2 H 10.00 Brenda Conway /
Mike Callanan
  Brandon Area 70 2 T 10.00 Patrick O'Connor /
Peter Noonan
  Sás Creek Area 70 1 10.00 Dáithí O'Conaill /
Dan Barrett
 
19-Apr-09 Torc Mountain 78 1 13.00 Margaret Crowley
 
26-Apr-09 Hag’s Tooth Ridge
(Very Hard Grade 3–members only)
78 3 VH 10.00 Jimmy Laide
  Cummeenapeasta Ridge
(Hard Grade 2–members only)
78 2 H 10.00 Phil O'Mahony /
Majella Diskin
  Reeks - Bone to Carrauntoohil
78 2 T 10.00 Eileen McCormack /
John Treacy
  Climber's Inn to Lough Acoose 78 1 10.00 John Stack /
Eileen Casey
 
10-May-09 Lough Duff Area 78 3 10.00 Bairbre Hickey
  Lough Duff Area 78 2 10.00 Fergus Dillon /
Pat Daly
  Glenbeigh to Climber's Inn 78 1 10.00 Gerard O'Connor /
John Walker
 
17-May-09 Tomies Woods 78 1 13.00 Helen Fitzgibbon
 
24-May-09 Reeks Walk
(Hard Grade 3 - Members only)
78 3 VH 09.00 Mairead Kissane
  Reeks Walk
(Hard Grade 2 - Members only)
78 2 H 09.00 Tomás Crowley /
Bill Harnett
  Reeks Area 78 2 T 10.00 Sylvia Thompson /
Catherine McMullin
  The Paps from Garries Bridge 79 1 10.00 James Allman / Lorraine Corcoran
 
07-Jun-09 Brandon–Conor Pass to Más an Tiompáin 70 3 10.00 Peter Noonan
  Más an Tiompáin/Sás Creek Area
(Hard Grade 2–members only)
70 2 H 10.00 Seamus O'Shea /
Tony Costello
  Más an Tiompáin/Sás Creek Area 70 2 T 10.00 Tony O'Callaghan /
Myra Griffin
  Ballysitteragh 70 1 10.00 Sheila McCarthy /
Fionnula O'Sullivan
 
13-Jun-09
Saturday
Mega Walk
(Very Hard Grade 3 - Members only)
TBA 3 VH TBA Gerry Christie /
John O'Connor
  Long Walk
(Hard Grade 2 - Members only)
TBA 2 H TBA Patrick O'Connor /
Fergus Dillon
14-Jun-09 Blasket Island 70 1 09.00 Liz Allman /
Aine Vaughan
 
21-Jun-09 Glenbeigh Horseshoe 78
83
3
3 T
09.00
09:00
Mike Ward /
Margaret Griffin
  Knocknaman to Drung Hill 78
83
2 10.00 Joan Brosnan /
Ann Kirby
  Glenbeigh Hill 78 1 10.00 Helen Fitzgibbon /
James Allman
 
28-Jun-09 Ridge Walks
(Pre-arranged groups of members only)
78 3,2 10:00 Jimmy Laide
 
05-Jul-09 Gap Horseshoe 78 3 10.00 Fearghal Grimes
  Hags Tooth to Chuillin/Toinne Gully
(Hard Grade 2–members only)
78 2 H 10.00 Ciarán Walsh /
Nuala Finn
  Carrauntoohil via Beenkeragh
(on the track rather than tops)
78 2 T 10.00 Noel O'Connor /
Mary Boner
  Carrauntoohil Route 1
(Members only)
78 1 10.00 John Treacy /
Dáithí O'Conaill
  Carrauntoohil Route 2
(Members only)
78 1 10.00 Sheila Twomey /
Pat Courtney
 
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11-Jul-09 The walks on SATURDAY are followed by our Annual Summer Barbeque
Saturday Brandon – East Ridge to Drom na Muice 70 3 10.00 John O'Connor
  Brandon via Coimín na gCnámh
(Hard Grade 2–members only)
70 2 H 10.00 Kevin Farnan /
Tomás Crowley
  Brandon Area 70 2 T 10.00 Martin Murphy /
Simon Quinn
  Brandon (from Faha) 70 1 10.00 Catriona Keane /
Alan Murphy
 
29-Aug-09 Cloon Valley Area - Camping Trip
(Members only)
78 ALL TBA Margaret Griffin /
Gerry O'Sullivan
30-Aug-09 Cloon Valley Area 78 3 09.00 Gerry O'Sullivan
  Cloon Valley Area 78 2 09.00 Margaret Griffin /
Eileen Casey
  Cloon Valley Area 78 1 09.00 Helen Fitzgibbon /
Mary Campion
 
06-Sep-09 Ross Castle Area 78 1 13.00 Anne Fitzgerald
 
13-Sep-09 Galtees 74 3 TBA John Cotter
  Galtees 74 2 TBA Paddy Hegarty /
Máire Ní Scannláin
  Galtees 74 1 TBA Dáithí O'Conaill /
Simon Quinn
 
27-Sep-09 Hag’s Glen Horseshoe 78 3 10.00 Nuala Finn
  Brandon Peak via Garrán Ceoil
(Hard Grade 2–members only)
70 2 H 10.00 Fiona Cooke /
Bill Harnett
  Fothar na Manach, Cuas 70 2 T 10.00 Catherine McMullin /
Fiona Forde
  Valentia 83 1 09.00 Tony O'Callaghan /
Dan Devane
 
04-Oct-09 Navigation Day
Bring Map 78 & Compass
78 ALL 10.00 Jimmy Laide
 
11-Oct-09 Knocknadobar – Kells to Coonanna 83 3 09:00 Mairead Kissane
  Mullaghanattin Area 78 2 09:00 Myra Griffin /
Mary Campion
  Knocknadobar 83 1 09:00 Kevin Farnan /
Brendan Smith
 
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16-Oct-09 Annual General Meeting   ALL 20:00 Venue: Grand Hotel
 
18-Oct-09 Lough Gur (Archaeological Walk) 65 ALL 10.00 Dáithí O'Conaill
 
25-Oct-09 Glanteenassig Area 70
71
3 10.00 Patricia McGuirk
  Glanteenassig Area (Fáil Na Spainig)
(Hard Grade 2–members only)
70
71
2 H 10.00 Tim Houlihan /
Seamus O'Shea
  Glanteenassig Waterfall (Scrambling) 70 1 10.00 Ingrid Boyle /
John Hoare
 
08-Nov-09 Chuillin Ridge to O Shea’s 78 3
3 T
09.00
09:00
Phil O'Mahony /
Máire Ní Scannláin
  Loch an Dúin Area 70 2 10.00 Joan Brosnan /
Jennifer Crowley
  Seefin 78 1 10.00 Thomas O'Sullivan /
Gordon Sheehy
 
15-Nov-09 Dingle Way: Tonevane - Derrymore 71 1 13.00 Catherine O'Brien
 
22-Nov-09 Curraghamore to Brassel
(Black Valley start)
78 3 09.00 Tony Frawley
  Bennaunmore area 79 2 10.00 Eileen McCormack /
Aileen Clifford
  Bennaunmore area 79 1 10.00 Dan Barrett /
Shane Mulligan
 
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05-Dec-09 Walks on SATURDAY are followed by our Annual Christmas Party
    TBA 3 10.00 Patrick O'Connor
Saturday A leisurely day with all walks
intended to finish by 16:00
TBA 2 10.00 Mary Boner /
Gerry O'Sullivan
    TBA 1 10.00 Anne O'Donoghue /
Noelle O'Mahony
 
20-Dec-09 Reeks Area 78 3 10.00 Bairbre Hickey
  Reeks Area 78 2 10.00 Tony Costello /
Kevin Farnan
  Reeks Area 78 1 10.00 Mary Rose Bogan /
Joan Brosnan
 
26-Dec-09 Mount Brandon Area 70 3,2,1 10.00 Leaders to be
agreed in advance
of walk day.
 
03-Jan-10 Annascaul Circuit 70 3 10.00 Fearghal Grimes
  Annascaul Circuit 70 2 10.00 John O'Connor /
Pat Courtney
  Annascaul Area 70 1 10.00 John Hoare /
John Stack
 


Last Updated on 14/02/2009
 
 
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