Furths Guidebook

[iain_atkinson_1986]

Hi,

I'm due to be in Northern Ireland later this year for a wedding and am contemplating extending the trip and heading south so I can get in some Irish Furths seeing as I'll be taking the car (Plan B would be the Mournes). I've accumulated some Munro and Corbett books but am not sure whether there are books dedicated to the Furths and if they're any good or whether I should go down the route of getting English/Irish/Welsh guidebooks individually. I've had a look online and there's some second-hand older books which I always like to get for history's sake and because they're dirt cheap. It looks like there'll be Cicerone books that cover what I need but I've never been a huge fan of those.

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Iain

[Phil the Hill]

Irvine Butterfield's High Mountains of Britain & Ireland covers the Furths. It's a bit old now, but got me by in Ireland.

[iain_atkinson_1986]

Irvine Butterfield's High Mountains of Britain & Ireland covers the Furths. It's a bit old now, but got me by in Ireland.

Perfect, one of the old school/cheap used ones I'd just seen!

[WalkWithWallace]

Harvey's do a map for Ireland including the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, better than the standard ROI OS maps.

The Reeks are fantastic by the way.

[iain_atkinson_1986]

Harvey's do a map for Ireland including the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, better than the standard ROI OS maps.

The Reeks are fantastic by the way.

Aye, they look it! Just started my Corbett round after finishing my (probably first) munro round but I thought I'd mix it up a bit by maybe doing the Furths as and when opportunities arise.



Big fan of the YT channel, btw!

[jmarkb]

Collins Press do a good set of guidebooks for Ireland - there is a "Best of" http://www.collinspress.ie/images/Ireland's%20Best%20Walks%20PR.pdf as well as area-specific guides.
The Paddy Dillon Cicerone book is pretty disappointing - only really useful if you are bagging the Irish 2000 footers.

[WalkWithWallace]

Aye, they look it! Just started my Corbett round after finishing my (probably first) munro round but I thought I'd mix it up a bit by maybe doing the Furths as and when opportunities arise.



Big fan of the YT channel, btw!

I really enjoyed the Furths. I might do another round of them. Should have vlogged them!