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Banff Mountain Film Festival

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THE DANGER, drama, courage, and adventure of climbing mountains, extreme environments, and humans versus nature, will be on display in Galway next month.

First Galwayman to climb Everest to talk at Jigsaw Galway

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The first Galwayman to summit Mount Everest, Peter O’Connell, is giving a public lecture on his successful journey of the world’s highest mountain this evening from 7pm to 8pm in the Jigsaw Galway building on Fairgreen Rd.

Tuam man to take on Everest challenge for Pieta House

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A Tuam man is planning to reach new and greater heights this year when he takes on the gruelling challenge of climbing the Mount Everest to help raise funds for suicide and self-harm prevention charity Pieta House.

World record raises €10,245 on Croagh Patrick

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Six months after the world record breaking day the 11 climbers and their support team got to celebrate the magnificent achievement at Campbell’s Bar, Murrisk.

Climb Kilimanjaro for Croi

West of Ireland heart and stroke charity Croí is seeking people to take part in its next expedition to the Roof of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, in June 2012.

Body of Kilkenny climber to remain on Everest

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The body of a Kilkenny man who died during his second attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest will not be returned home to his family due to the risks involved in recovering his remains.

Croagh Patrick world record climb attempt

Friday July 1 could be remembered as the day Croagh Patrick broke all records. A group of hardy souls have been in training for the past four months and are now ready to set a few records straight. The group aim to climb up and down the mountain 12 times with three objectives in mind. The first is a Guinness World record attempt for the highest metres ascended and descended in a 24 hour period. The second is to break the national record of nine climbs on the holy mountain in one day, and thirdly to climb more metres than Everest, and go beyond the endurance required climbing the highest mountain in the world, and to achieve it without leaving the country.

Connacht Rugby support goes global

Connacht Rugby has reached the four corners of the earth, according to CEO Gerry Kelly.

Round 1 of league throws up a couple of surprising results

The Kilkenny club hurling season kicked off in earnest last weekend with a full round of St Canice’s Credit Union Senior and Michael Lyng Motors League games.

Six Galway people in shortlist for Alpine Marathon challenge

Six people from County Galway have made the shortlist for an Alpine Marathon challenge with Powerade this summer.

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