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00:00For today's tracks and trails I am in the Cooley Mountains in County Lowth and I am
00:04really excited because although this is mountainous terrain it is my favourite type of walk because
00:09this area has such a rich history and also a very rich mythology associated with it. Now I'm going
00:15to meet a guest today who I've been dying to me for a long time and I've no doubt about
00:19it but
00:19that he'll shorten the road for me because he's a journalist and a broadcaster so there'll be no
00:24shortage of good stories.
00:56The Cooley Mountains rise up out of the Cooley Peninsula and Carlingford Lock in the north-east
01:01corner of County Lowth. At the heart of the mountain range stands the Sleaf Foy, the highest peak here.
01:08This is a place steeped in myth and music where Irish folklore and tradition are woven into every
01:14peak, valley and field. The route traces the footsteps of heroes from Ireland's ancient epic
01:20Thainbow Coonle. Here, stories of Coochollan and the Fianae echo through the fields and legend tells
01:28us that these slopes are the mythical birthplace of Hurling.
01:33I'm meeting journalist and broadcaster Anton Savage. Anton spent his childhood here in the Cooleys
01:39and he carries with them a deep connection to this landscape and its stories.
01:44Hello Anton, how are you? I'm very good, Darren. How are you?
01:47Great. Welcome to God's Country.
01:49Well, John, I'm delighted to be here because it's kind of sacred land. We're going to walk the Thainway.
01:54That's right. We are literally in the footsteps of Coochollan and, according to people in Loud,
01:58the birthplace of Hurling. OK, well, how are you with Hurling the Slither?
02:01I could be better. OK, right.
02:03Well, you can teach me as we walk. Absolutely.
02:06Nothing makes Kilkenny quake in his boots like the word loud.
02:11Today's route follows the Thainway, starting at Coochollan's Ravensdale woods. The trail winds
02:17gently upwards before merging into the open mountains. The path then climbs across the
02:22Cooleys mountain range before descending towards Oomede through some atmospheric landscapes.
02:28The walk totals a stretch of 13 kilometres.
02:34Yeah, so the home of Hurling, theoretically, because Coochollan walked these paths,
02:40pucking a slither in front of him to keep himself entertained.
02:42Oh, wow. OK. Well, that's a new one for me, because I suppose I would be a big Munster Hurling
02:48supporter.
02:49So I wonder what they'd have to say about that down in Thurlis.
02:52Well, I think they'd have to say that Loud is no longer quite the threat it once was.
03:03Now, I have to say, I love walking in forests because I just feel, you know,
03:08you, it's escape from reality and it's nearly like you're kind of going back in time, you know?
03:12It is, yeah. Well, particularly here you sort of are. I mean, this was
03:15the estate of a man called Thomas Fortescue and he ultimately became Lord Claremont. And he was
03:22the biggest single landowner in that 20,000 acres of land, even though it now feels very wild.
03:30This is his private garden. Isn't that amazing?
03:33Good work if you can get it.
03:34Yeah.
03:40He still, towards middle of the famine, gave each of his tenants one pound and a ticket to America
03:48to clear the land because he wanted it for bullocks.
03:53Sad, isn't it?
03:55It is. One of them, one of the tenants was quoted as saying,
03:58I left my lime, my mountain and my land for his lordship.
04:07And this is lovely.
04:09Yeah, this is the, uh, one of the sort of the leftovers of the estate time. This is the bridge
04:14across one of the tributaries of the flurry. And it's a sort of a leftover. I mean, again, this was
04:20the Fortescue, the Claremonts building all of this. And at the time, a symbol of wealth and exclusion
04:25of the local populace. And now something that's here for everybody to use.
04:30It's kind of ironic, isn't it?
04:31I know.
04:32But I find it so funny with areas like this, you know, the whole history of plantation
04:35and obviously the history of the landlords, the oral tradition is so important and has been so
04:42important for people to hold on to their identity, kind of reshape the narrative a bit.
04:46Oh yeah, nowhere more than here. I mean, the oral tradition here is several thousand years old.
04:49I mean, as we go up the, up towards Sleafloy and Claremont Kern, there's some of the best myth,
04:55some of the most famous myth in the country around those parts.
05:08Okay, so tell me about the stone circle. Have you got any info on it?
05:12Oh yeah, this is a prehistoric, uh, Neolithic stone circle. At least that's what, um, Lord Claremont
05:17wanted everybody to believe. It was the sort of Victorian thing of, I like a folly. So,
05:22the belief is that he had this installed. He also had a dolmen installed. Um, now he then maintained
05:28they were both genuine. Everybody believes the workers on the estate put them in.
05:31Right.
05:32Thankfully there is a real dolmen nearby, the Pro League, which is great.
05:35So it was sort of a Victorian thing where I think if you had a big estate, you wanted to
05:39have little
05:39points of interest and you build follies. A lot of the rich at the time would admit that it was
05:44a folly,
05:44but, um, Thomas Fortescue decided that he'd pull a fast one and pretend it was real.
05:51I'm gonna, I have serious trust issues here now. I'm gonna be so suspicious any time I see a stone
05:55circle again. Don't worry. We're, we're neck deep in souterrains and real cairns and Neolithic burial
06:00tombs and Bronze Age ring forts. And as you'll see as we go up the mountain, Claremont Kern is a
06:04burial
06:04cairn from about four and a half thousand BC. So there's lots of the real stuff. Okay, we're spoiled for
06:09choice.
06:17After about four kilometres on this route, the trail emerges from the forest and heads upwards
06:21towards Claremont Kern, which is a high point on this walk.
06:32Here, I'll do the chivalry is not dead thing.
06:37Claremont Kern, also known as Black Mountain, is the highest point in this walk, rising to 510 metres,
06:45providing stunning 360 degree views of the surrounding areas.
06:50This part of Ireland runs alongside the north-south border and is also home to the Claremont Mast,
06:56which during the troubles found itself at the centre of political controversy.
07:01When this went in, the logic when RT put it in, now 40 or 50 years ago, was that it
07:07was going to
07:07reach Laod and Meath. But of course, we're on an international border. And that meant that Signal
07:11broadcast deep into Northern Ireland, which was seen as a controversial move and a deliberate attempt
07:17to push republican culture ideals, or at least southern cultural ideals, into Northern Ireland.
07:22I remember a friend of mine years ago telling me that there was a time in the north where you
07:25could tell
07:26nationalist households, by which direction the antenna was pointing the TV area, if it was aimed
07:30to pick up Claremont transmitter. There you go.
07:33And also, the dividend of peace. There was a time when you'd be standing up here and what you're
07:36looking at was British Army outposts on the hills and helicopters flying above them. To see all of
07:41that gone, to see it just a natural landscape, it's something we shouldn't take for granted.
07:48When walking in Ireland, we have to be prepared for all sorts of weather and quick changes.
07:53On this walk, like so many walks across the country, the weather adds its own touch of character.
08:00So what's your relationship with walking like?
08:03I have a weird thing for logistics. I'd like to spend three or four days planning how to fill a
08:08backpack, what tent to take, yeah, what food to take, whether you're going to do a fire, whether
08:13you're going to bring a butane can, all that. I love logistics. So somewhere like this, I'd be looking
08:17thinking, I wonder is it somewhere you could wild camp, rather than just do the day walk.
08:21Really? Yeah. Oh my god, we're two very different beasts now, because I liked going for a walk,
08:25but by god, I like my creature comforts after then. Oh yeah, but there's nothing better than the misery
08:30of a freezing cold night of camping, and then you get home the next day and have a bath, it's
08:34great.
08:35I'm going to have to take your word for that one.
08:40This is absolutely stunning. Isn't it amazing? And when you, so you've Omeeth down here,
08:46and then this is Sleef Foy, and over the far side of Sleef Foy, you've got Carlingford.
08:51But one of my favourite stories from here is, Omeeth back in the 1700s had a roaring herring
08:58fishery, so you would have had about three, four hundred fishermen down there, all men doing the
09:02fishing. The women were responsible for selling the fish, and they'd load up wicker creels on their
09:07back with herring and seaweed, each in the way in two stone. Walking from Omeeth up here, throwing green on,
09:14up this path, which is called the Cadres Path, up across the mountain, and then down into the market
09:19in the dock. Two stone herring on their back, and then back the same day from having soldered.
09:23Can you imagine it? Amazing, isn't it? And of course, that was a Gealtacht area,
09:28so it would have all been Irish if they were speaking, and a really strong
09:31Gealtacht region here, you know, that only died out really the first half of the 20th century.
09:36That's right, and a very unique South East Ulster Irish, that was a unique dialect to the area. I think
09:411933
09:42was the last of the exclusive Irish speaker. There you go. But you think we'll have to revive it,
09:47we'll make a great go of you, yes. That may require some effort.
09:56The last four kilometres of the walk descend towards our final destination of Omeeth village,
10:01but not without giving us a few more stories on some more interesting history.
10:11Okay, so where are we heading to now? Well, we're heading down there to Omeeth. We're almost
10:15off the mountain at this stage. And there's actually, there's an interesting thing between
10:18us and Omeeth, which is these fields, because the field design like this, because they're long,
10:23thin strips, it always looks wild illogical. Like, why wouldn't you make them square? As far as I know,
10:29this is, I think it's called the Rundale field system. And the idea is by making them long and thin
10:34and going up the mountain, the top of the land is bad, the bottom is good, but then everybody gets
10:40a
10:40fair share of good land and bad land. And on top of that, what they would do is they would
10:44meet
10:45among the community and decide who has more needs than others. So if you have a big family, I have
10:50a
10:50small family, you'd get a larger field than I'd get. So very egalitarian, very fair, and a very clever way
10:57to
10:57share the good and the bad of the land together. Isn't that incredible? It's clever, isn't it?
11:01Wow. We could learn a lot from them. Yeah. And I mean, it was, it was a sort of a
11:05traditional thing
11:05that was, it was one of the things that the landlords wanted to get rid of, because very
11:09difficult to tax, because how do you tax unleavenly spaced fields? How do you tax fields that might be
11:14worked by five people or by two people? So they wanted to eradicate it and normalize it. But it was
11:19the traditional way of splitting up the land fairly.
11:29Okay, so we're nearly at the finish line. And I have to say this was such an enjoyable walk. For
11:34me,
11:35the height and just the mystery of it all was definitely the highlight. But I want to know
11:39what your highlight was from today. I suppose it's that it's also, I mean, just over there at the
11:43Kadja's Pad, I love the notion of women loading up grills and hiking a dozen miles over the mountain
11:51into Dumb Dock, like the sheer grit and determination. I mean, that's what this place is full of, is
11:56that sort of history of millennia of peoples living here. I think so. And holding on to their identity.
12:04Hmm. Well, that's right. Better than Leitrim.
12:20I'm in Omead at the edge of Carlingford Lock, once a vast Gaeltocht area, a place that is synonymous
12:25with the oral tradition, with the great Ulster poets like Padre O'Doornin and Art McEwy composed some of
12:30their best known songs. An area where when you walk around, the sense of history and tradition is
12:36palpable in the stories told in this area. And I'm very excited to meet my guest today because he is
12:42the ideal companion and tour guide for a walk like this.
12:49Omead is a village on the Cooley Peninsula in County Loud. Close to the north of Ireland border,
12:55it's beside the County Armagh and the County Down border and midway between Dublin and Belfast.
13:00My walk begins just a short distance from here. Paul Gosling is a lecturer and an archaeologist and
13:06has spent many a summer walking every part of the Cooley Mountains. With Paul as my guide,
13:11I'm Guaranteed, some interesting insights into the myths, folklore and history of these mountains.
13:16Hello Paul. How are you doing?
13:18Great. Good to see you.
13:20I'm delighted to be here now because, Joad, I'm a big Irish language and history nerd and not a lot
13:26of people know this, but Loud is very instrumental in the story of cultural and language revival in Ireland.
13:31It is, yeah. It goes back to the, what we would now call the revolutionary period, you know, from about
13:371900 to 1920s.
13:40And Omead was a Gaeltuk at that time. Yeah.
13:43And there was a big summer school held here every year. A lot of the luminaries that we'd associate with
13:501916,
13:51including Póric Pearse and others would have come here to learn and to teach Irish during that period.
13:59Well, great. Do you know what? We might as well get walking so you can tell me all the stories.
14:02Okay.
14:06My walk starts in Coilte's Sleafhoi Forest Park and heads upward across the mountain ranges towards
14:12Maeve's Gap. From there, it's a three kilometre descent to finish at Carlingford Castle, a total distance of 10 kilometres.
14:22The route is spectacular. It rises over 350 metres with views of the entire countryside surrounding it.
14:31The trail is rugged and steep in parts and long stretches are remote. So proper walking gear is essential,
14:38including fuel, rucksacks and wet weather and wind protection.
14:43Tell me about your relationship with walking, Paul.
14:46I'm 71 years of age. I've always walked because archaeology brings you out.
14:52Of course.
14:53So yeah, I do quite a lot of walking for work, but not enough for recreation.
14:57So what does walking do for you mentally?
15:00It clears the head. I live in the country. We have two dogs.
15:05And given that I spend a lot of time writing at the moment, that is a huge
15:12mental benefit to take that walk, usually in the afternoons, with the dogs.
15:18So tell me, how did you get interested in the mythology and history of this area?
15:25I had to go to Dublin, really, to college before I began to realise that where I grew up was
15:34Cú Chulain country.
15:35And in that sense, I probably rewrote my identity a little bit, you know.
15:39Okay.
15:40You start rewriting your biography from the present back to the past.
15:46And it was kind of St. Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus, you know.
15:52So I went home and I started to write.
15:56And I've written about 15 papers now on this.
16:03Come on, Paul. We better run for cover.
16:09There you go. You need the shelter. You need to be prepared for all weathers.
16:14I didn't bring a hood today.
16:15I know, her mind's dripping.
16:18That's a lovely hat. Where did you get it?
16:20It was knitted for me by a French woman in Mullingower.
16:23Oh, very nice.
16:23And everybody thinks I'm Tommy Tiernan.
16:25It is very Tommy Tiernan-esque.
16:27Yeah, but he's moved on.
16:30Right, Paul, well, if we wait for the rain, we'll never get going.
16:32So I suppose we better make a move. What do you think?
16:34Lead on.
16:35This is a very literal way of air drying ourselves, you know.
16:38It certainly is.
16:39I feel like now I know what the washing on the line feels like.
16:45Look at that, Paul.
16:46Wow.
16:47Isn't that just...
16:48If you don't like the weather in Ireland, wait five minutes.
16:50Oh, well, I mean, that's very true as well.
16:52Thanks be to God, it's after clearing an awful lot for us.
16:56We can nearly see down to, I'd say, Dawki at this stage.
17:00Oh, my God.
17:01Can't get over that. That was such a quick change, wasn't it?
17:08This is easier going now here.
17:10Isn't it? Just...
17:11I'll tell you, I can't remember the last time I've seen a view
17:14like that. It's just breathtaking.
17:21Paul, why do you think myth is so important?
17:29Well, it kind of gives us a frame of reference
17:32to understand the world. I think that's less so today, but then again,
17:37you could actually say that religion gives us a frame of reference.
17:41Yes.
17:43So I think in the past, as in the present, for many people and for communities,
17:48having a mythological frame in which to position your life
17:55is a very important for your identity, for your, you know, your mental health.
18:00OK.
18:00And I think that's hugely true in the past, where we didn't understand the world maybe as clearly
18:08as we do today.
18:11So the role of myth was to explain the cosmos, the circle of the heavens, the movement of the seasons,
18:19and where we're coming from, and ultimately, where we're going.
18:28Well, they say that if you don't get wet at least once on a walk,
18:31OK. It isn't really much of a walk.
18:34And where do they say that, Paul?
18:36Well, we're serious walkers.
18:38Yeah, we'll be getting another Purple Heart or something.
18:40Oh, I think so.
18:41I think we should go this way.
18:42OK, OK.
18:47This walk overlooks the coastline for most of the route, so the views are with us all the time.
18:52There are also a few outcrops and points along the way that allow us to stop,
18:56take a moment, and take in the surrounding countryside.
19:01OK, Darren, this gives us a fabulous view of Carlingford.
19:05And the harbour, of course, is another topic, because it provides a safe haven at the mouth
19:11of Carlingford Lock. And there has been speculation that Carlingford may,
19:18before the Normans founded the town, maybe around 1190 to 1200,
19:23that this was a Viking ship port, a lung fort.
19:27OK.
19:28But that's not been substantiated. And in fact, excavations in recent years have shown
19:33that the castle is built on top of an early Christian, an Irish fort,
19:38because they found a suit rain underneath the remains of the castle.
19:50Close to the top now.
19:51OK, to Baron of Ava. And of course, Maeve was, was she a Sligo woman?
19:55Was she definitely a Connacht woman?
19:57Yeah. Funnily enough, all the places in Ireland that have Maeve associations are north of a line
20:02from Galway to Dublin.
20:03OK.
20:04So she's very much a Northern phenomenon.
20:06Right.
20:07And, er, she certainly left her mark here because, as we shall see in a few minutes,
20:12she slighted the borders of Ulster so that they would remember that she had been and stole their prize book.
20:19Ah, I like it.
20:22Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
20:24Exactly.
20:27This is where we leave the Gaulian, Durran, and we turn up towards Queen Maeve's Gap.
20:31Here we go.
20:32And this will be the last climb of the walk.
20:35Thanks be to God, says you.
20:36Ha, ha, ha, ha.
21:05OK, Paul, this is a pretty epic view, but you're going to have to explain the epicness
21:10of the mythology that goes with it.
21:12OK.
21:13The story, er, has Queen Maeve coming from Rathcroven, near Tulsk and County Roscommon,
21:19right across the North Midlands, in pursuit of a prize bull so that she can match her possessions
21:25to her husband, Elil's possessions. And this bull resides here in Cooley.
21:31She is down on the plain of Cooley here, er, in a place called Finnevar Coolynje,
21:36which is Cooley Point. And she tries to follow the bull by working her way along the coast.
21:41She comes to a river, er, called the Big River today. She's trying to get around the river,
21:45which is rising up against her. Literally, the nature, the whole area is resisting her.
21:51She calls her warriors back and says, no, we shall cross the mountain. So she brings them up here,
21:57and she says, in order to mark our expedition, we will cut a gap through this mountain.
22:04Um, and the texts, which date back to about 1100, tell us that her warriors dug for three nights and
22:13three days to form what is now Maeve's Gap. Just like, you know, victors leave trophies,
22:19and this was her trophy, as it were. You know, this is unique. It's a unique part of our history
22:25here in Cooley. From another point of view, it's universal, because what you have here is what
22:30geologists call a geomyth. So it's a geological feature that has a geological explanation, but it
22:37also has a mythological explanation. They have layered upon them this wonderful storytelling about
22:43how these were formed. As we've seen today, you have to put the effort in to get here. You sure
22:49do,
22:49but it's well worth it in the end. It is. You're welcome.
23:02The final stretch of this walk is a gentle descent towards Carlingford.
23:06This is level and along the local roads to finish at Carlingford Castle.
23:14Now, Paul, I say this all of the time, but genuinely, that walk had everything that I'm
23:19looking for. Spectacular views, fantastic history. And for me, the walking through Barnavayev,
23:25I mean, it was just spectacular. Yeah, it's the high point of it, isn't it?
23:29It really is. So is that also your favourite part? Oh, yeah. Like, if you come here as a geologist,
23:34you're going to get, you know, the highs walking through that gap. And you come here
23:39looking for mythology, archaeology, you know. It's ticking all the boxes. The Cooley Peninsula,
23:44I'm telling you, I can't wait to come back.
23:59The Cooley Peninsula
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