Slí Na gCeapach 7km Loop Walk

This route takes you on a back road between the villages. It is known locally as “the Top Road”. Begin at the Hibernian corner and follow the seana bhóthar to the crossroads. Turn left there and you are on the Top Road, ¾ mile on, past the bungalows, a signpost indicates a Gallaun, in the field on the right. The slab, which on each flat side bears the figure of a Greek cross, inscribed with a double circle, is of great significance. Surmounting the circled cross is the figure of a bishop in ambulatory pose. Decorated Gallauns such as this have been found in Co. Mayo, in northern Scotland and on the Orkney islands, but the bishop figure makes this local stone unique. They are thought to date from the second half of the 7th century.

Leaving the Gallaun, walk westward for 200 metres, where a farm lane meets the road (on the right). Walk up the lane for 400 metres past the reservoir, from where there is a wonderful panoramic view of the Sullane valley below.
Back on the Top road again, continue westwards beneath shady bowers and past a cluster of new dwellings, after which the gradual descent to Kippaghs bridge begins. On the right, Mullaghanish looms, large and challenging (that’s another day’s work). Keep left on the road at the bridge and after a further mile you are back to the main road at Baile Bhúirne.