Behold Aherlow
BEHOLD AHERLOW : EXCERPTS
Excerpt 1:
The millions of years of growth and development – often violent – have left us with a glorious valley of peace and charm, hills and mountains of much grandeur and of ever changing colour. It is summed up by one of the characters in Chastel de Boinville’s novel “O Reilly of the Glen”.
“There is some queer kind of fascination about these hills, they seem to appeal to one’s imagination in a mysterious way. I sometimes fancy that they affect the lives of those who have been born under their shadow. The shadows are black and the sunbeams are transient, but how we love those curving slopes and those peaks and ravines. How proud we are of their grandeur and beauty. How we boast of their richness and of the deep lakes up there and the woods down below, it is all so dear, so dear. No Irish heart could fail to thrill at the glory of it, or be so cold as not to love it.”
Excerpt 2:
Everyone has his or her own favourite walk in the Glen. Mine is the hike to Lake Muskry. Starting at Coach Road, going east on the road to Bansha, the route is very well signposted. You can either park your car in Rossadrehid village or take it up the small road (for half a mile or so) out of the village, signposted “Lake Muskry”. From that point, it takes about 75 minutes of modestly paced walking to reach Muskry. The lake is 520 metres above sea level and whilst there are some steep stretches, the climb overall could be described as gentle.