IRISH CLIMBING GUIDE BOOKS

Irish guidebook coverage is patchy with many titles remaining out of print for years. The few guides that are in print are usually the work of the Mountaineering Council of Ireland. Another website of interest is Irish Climbing Online.

Big Jim Roberts powers up the crux pitch of the Glendalough classic Spillikin Ridge (E3), Wicklow Mountains, Ireland. The spillikin (a large pinnacle flake) has long since departed - the route used to be HVS "in the old days".

NB Postage!: Due to the low mark up on books, maps, videos and DVDs we have had to charge a contribution towards UK postage on most of these items. This charge is 50p on very light books, £1 on most club style guides and DVDs, £2 on Rockfax and similar size guides and £3 for bigger books. These charges are waived for orders totalling over £60 and for Priority Orders. Overseas orders will be charged at cost.

A selected climbs guide, by Calvin Torrans & Dawson Stelfox. Long out of print, but well worth trying to track down second-hand for the occasional visitor. 

A companion guide to Scotland's Mountain Ridges and by the same author. Attractive quite large format book which describes 48 classic ridge climbs in England, Wales and Ireland from Moderate scrambles through to MXS climbing on the Isle of Wight's Skeleton Ridge. Some are described as winter outings, but most are summer climbs. The information given seems sensible and concise, and the book is filled with good colour photos. A bit large to be a pocket guide, but a great source of inspiration (with an appendix of a similar number of other ridges should you tick the first lot). By Dan Bailey. Card cover, 252 pages.

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The far west of Ireland around Galway Bay offers a superb selection of limestone crags, including many sea-cliffs set amidst wonderful scenery. The Aran Islands lie just off the coast.

Irish climbing guides have finally caught up with the rest of the UK with this inspiring production which features loads of photo-topos (click the image for a sample page), maps and action pictures - and such good weather too!

By Peter Owens. 196 pages, card cover inside a plastic case.

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Sorry - out of print. 

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Amazing crack climbs on a vast seacliff in the far north. By Calvin Torrans & Claire Sheridan. Black and white paperback with a few (rather blurred!) colour photos. 208 pages.

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Granite mountain crags north of the border.

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Sorry - out of print at present. Meanwhile a kind soul has scanned most of it and put it On Line. 

Handy climbs close to Dublin. A neat little guide in a plastic cover with guite a lot of colour photos. Edited by Ronan Browner and Howard Hebblethwaite. 168 pages.

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The Wicklow Mountains lie south-west of Dublin. Brilliant granite climbing in superb settings. A visit to Glendalough is highly recommended.

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Sorry out of print - new edition in preparation - don't ask us when! 

From long granite mountain routes to smaller quartzite, granite, dolerite and sandstone seacliffs - all set in glorious countryside in North West Ireland. Edited by Alan Tees. Card cover, 350 pages.

NB the price on the back of the book of £15 is in fact 15 punts - no longer legal tender in Ireland.

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2002 reprint. A useful guide to all the main mountains of Ireland and how to walk up them. This includes the 200 summits over 2000 feet and the 12 over 3000 feet. By Paddy Dillon. Plastic cover. 212 pages.

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