Slieve Bloom Way

Slieve Bloom Way
Slieve Bloom Way
	Trail on R440 road
Length	70 kilometres (43 miles)
Location	Counties Laois & Offaly, Ireland
Designation	National Waymarked Trail
Trailheads	Glenbarrow, Clonaslee, Cadamstown,Kinnitty, Monicknew, Ridge of Capard
Use	Hiking
Elevation gain/loss	+1,275 m (4,183 ft)
Difficulty	Strenuous
Season	Any

The Slieve Bloom Way is a long-distance trail around the Slieve Bloom Mountains in Ireland. It is a 70-kilometre (43-mile) long circular route that can be accessed from any of the trailheads at Glenbarrow near the village of Rosenallis, County Laois.Cadamstown, County Offaly Kinnitty, County Offaly. It is typically completed in three days.^[1] It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and is managed by Laois County Council, Offaly County Council, Laois Integrated Development Company, Coillte and the Slieve Bloom Rural Development Society.^[2] The route was devised by a local man, Tom Joyce, and opened in 1987.^[3] The route was developed as part of the designation of the Slieve Bloom area as a European Environment Park in the European Year of the Environment.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Slieve Bloom Way". IrishTrails. Irish Sports Council. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
^ National Trails Office 2010, p. 43.
^ Siggins, Lorna (1 August 1987). "Blooms in the blood". The Irish Times. Dublin. p. A6.
^ "In full bloom!". Irish Farmers Journal. Dublin. 10 May 1997. p. 142.

Fewer, Michael (1996). The Way-marked Trails of Ireland. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-2386-3.
National Trails Office (2010). "Setting New Directions. A review of National Waymarked Ways in Ireland" (PDF). Dublin: Irish Sports Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.