In September 2019, a team of talented Irish climbers [Chloe Condron, Kevin Kilroy, Michelle O’Loughlin and Conor McGovern] travelled to the small island of Owey to explore sea cliffs that local guidebook writer Iain Miller claims, have “enough new routing potential to last at least twelve lifetimes”. ‘A Feather in the West’ is a film […]
Donegal to become a mecca for rock climbers
A YOUNG rock climbing instructor has blazed a trail for the adventure activity in Donegal after he became the first person ever to scale the little-known, but aptly named, ‘Holy Jesus Wall’ on Owey Island.