Slieve Bloom Mountains

Hikers assembling at Kinnitty Castle

Hike the Kinnitty Castle walk in the Slieve Blooms with the local club

Roscrea Trail Blazers are headed for the Slieve Blooms

Visit Brittas Lake in the Slieve Blooms with the local hiking club

Kinnitty Castle

Explore the Kinnitty Castle Loop with the local hiking club

From Clonaslee there is a lovely family walk around Brittas Lake, at the foothills of the Slieve Bloom mountains - visit with the Roscrea Trail Blazers Hiking Club

Visit Brittas Lake in the Slieve Blooms with Roscrea Trail Blazers

The Glendine valley in the Slieve Bloom mountains

Explore the Slieve Blooms with the local hiking club

Roscrea Trailblazers on a recent portion outing

Roscrea hikers raise huge sum for Offaly charity

Pictured above are some of the members of the Roscrea Trailblazers

Join Roscrea's hiking club at their BBQ and walk for Offaly charity

Roscrea Trailblazers on a recent portion of the Greenway Walk

Roscrea Trailblazers hike in aid of Offaly charity

The Slieve Bloom Walking Club walking through Capard Wood, carpeted with bluebells, on Saturday afternoon.

OPINION (AN COLÚN): A glorious time of the year to go for a ramble

A section of the bike trails in the Slieve Bloom mountains

Slieve Bloom Mountain Bike Trail to benefit from investment programme

Another generation of recruits join the cub scouts in Tullamore

Members of the Roscrea Trail Blazers

Explore the stunning Brittas Lake in the Slieve Bloom Mountains with Roscrea's h...

Pictured are members of The Roscrea Trail Blazers on The Fanore, Black Head loop in The Burren, on their recent Mid Term weekend break away

After hiking the Slieve Bloom Way the Roscrea Trail Blazers are headed for Lough...

Pictured above are the members of the Roscrea Trail Blazers Club on their recent hike along The Barrow Way from McCartney’s Bridge to Milltown Bridge

Visit the Kinnitty walking trails with the local hiking club this week

The overturned lorry in Cadamstown village. Photo: D. Keegan

BREAKING: Truck overturns in Offaly tourist village

L. to r. Martin O'Brien, the owner of the goat, Nellie, and Dan Lynch.

Offaly / Laois group marks pagan festival with goat milking

Members of The Roscrea Trail Blazers on the first section of the Slieve Bloom Way from Glenbarrow to Clonaslee, a total of 17km

Explore stunning Lough Boora and make friends with your local hiking club
This Friday night sees the club return to Lough Boora for a 9km flat walk around the parklands
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Members of the Slieve Bloom Association high on Spink Hill during a previous festival a couple of years ago.

Popular Pagan Festival to be held once again high in the Slieve Blooms

Members of the Roscrea Trailblazers hiking club

Explore the Slieve Bloom Way and Orange Hill with Roscrea's hiking club

Roscrea Trailblazers out and about

Walk the Slieve Bloom Way this week with Roscrea Trailblazers hiking club

Pictured above are the members of the Roscrea Trail Blazers Club on their recent hike along The Barrow Way from McCartney’s Bridge to Milltown Bridge

Join the local hiking club on a visit to the Brittas Lake in the Slieve Blooms

Pictured above are members of the Roscrea Trail Blazers on the summit of Galty Mor on New Year's Eve

Local hiking club conquer famous Irish mountains on New Year's Eve

A drone shot of the Glendine Valley. The existing (and long disused) Sandpit can be seen in the bottom left side of the photo. Nearby homes can also be seen to the left.

Plan to extract 800,000 tonnes at Slieve Bloom quarry has been appealed

Roscrea Trail Blazers on the summit of Moylussa Co Clare for a very special 70th birthday celebration

Join Roscrea Trailblazers at their Christmas party in Dan and Molly's

A waterfall in Glenbarrow. (Photo by Michael McGrath, Tullamore).

Slieve Bloom beauty spot places in national Top 20

The front cover of John Feehan's new book on the Silver River.

Offaly man's book on local river to be launched next week

Pictured: Cones Village, the 'lost village' of Laois. Photo credit: Camhaoir Ní Dubhghaill, Slieve Bloom Mountains group, Facebook.

New signage to mark location of 'lost village' in Slieve Blooms abandoned in 19...

Image: Forestry England/Crown Copyright

Discover the beauty of autumn on Orange Hill with Roscrea Trailblazers
Orange Hill and the Golden Grove woods near Roscrea are in beautiful autumn colour now
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Mount St Joseph Abbey Roscrea

Walk the Mount St. Joseph's Prayer Loop with Roscrea Trailblazers

Roscrea Trailblazers out and about

Roscrea Trailblazers invite you to explore the mountains near Clonaslee

Looking down into Glendine East, where the quarry will be operating.

Dismay as company granted permission for large quarry in Slieve Blooms

John Clendennen

Eight Offaly projects to benefit from over €300,000 grant allocation

Nature and biodiversity take centre stage in Offaly for Heritage Week

Deputy John Clendennen with Minister Jerry Buttimer.

€4 million investment in Coillte trails will benefit Offaly sites

A drone shot of the Festival Field near Glenbarrow in August 2024. The Festival has been growing each year and this year will see extra parking availability.

Expanding Slieve Bloom festival will be a perfect day out for everyone

Joey Dempsey at his home in Clonaslee.

Man who lives in cottage in Slieve Blooms whose lawnmower broke raises over €1k ...

A bridge crossing a stream on the Glenafelly Loop. Sadly the Loop is no longer adequately waymarked.

OPINION (AN COLÚN): Nature is a pathway to the divine and the eternal

Explore the Kinnitty Castle and Glinsk Loop in the Slieve Bloom mountains with R...

The Slieve Bloom Assoc. has paid tribute to deceased members

Explore beautiful Glenafelly in the Slieve Blooms with Roscrea Trailblazers

(Image: Devon & Cornwall Police)

Roscrea company's new Deer Management Unit for the Midlands

Pictured above are some of the members of the very popular Roscrea Trailblazers

Local Midlands walking club support Offaly Down Syndrome Ireland branch

Roscrea Trailblazers out and about

Explore Brittas Lake in the Slieve Bloom mountains with Roscrea Trailblazers

Pictured are members of The Roscrea Trail Blazers, Andy Gleeson, Eileen Calahan, Gemma Collins, Geraldine Fox, Marie Brady, Luke Ryan and Cathal McNicholas who did the Tom Crean Challenge

Roscrea Trailblazers will support Offaly branch of Down Syndrome Ireland

Ardara Bridge near Cadamstown has remained hidden behind scaffolding for years.

Explore the stunning Silver River of Cadamstown with the Roscrea Trailblazers

The Swan Public House in Clonaslee

Green light for plans to convert pub in village in Slieve Blooms into hostel

The Swan Public House in Clonaslee

Green light for plans to convert pub in village in Slieve Blooms into hostel

Visit Slieve Bloom's waterfalls with the Roscrea Trailblazers

'Tracks & Trails' returns to out television screens this Friday evening

Well known Offaly journalist to feature on popular RTE television programme

Aerial footage of the fire in the Slieve Bloom Mountains

Emergency services on alert in Offaly as Fire Warning issued

Pictured are members of Roscrea Trailblazers walking club who completed the 33km Knockmealdown crossing last Saturday

Roscrea Trailblazers conquer Carrauntouhill

Come to Clonaslee and walk the hills with Roscrea's Trailblazers

The Slieve Bloom Assoc. has paid tribute to deceased members

Roscrea Trailblazers are headed for the bluebells of Knockbarron

picture credit Laois Civil Defence

Emergency in Slieve Blooms as people alerted to be in crisis situation

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Walk beautiful Lough Boora with the Roscrea Trailblazers

Members of the Slieve Bloom Association on Spink Hill with Nellie the goat.

A pagan, goat-milking ceremony is held in the Slieve Blooms

Members of Slieve Bloom Association with their two Does on Spink Hill on Sunday.

Slieve Bloom Association to mark pagan festival with goat milking

The Killeen River in Glendine, near the location of the proposed quarry extension.

Council seeks more information about major extension to Slieve Bloom quarry

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