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Challenge Walks & Walking Festivals

Please note: This is not an endorsement for all of these events but a calendar to provide information of what’s on offer to challenge yourself on the hills.

Challenge Walks

Event  Date Organiser
Walk the Line22nd March 2025DWMRT Link
Maamturks Challenge
12th April 2025NUIG Mountaineering ClubLink
Knockmealdown Crossing26th April 2025Peaks Mountaineering ClubLink
Causeway Challenge Walk4th May 2025Bannside RamblersLink
Blackstairs Challenge17th May 2025Wayfarers Association Link
Clare Burren Marathon Challenge24th May 2025Ballyvaughan-Fanore Walking ClubLink
Dingle Way Challenge2nd June 2025N/ALink
Tom Crean Endurance Walk
21st June 2025
Annascaul WalksLink
Galtee ChallengeJune 2025
Galtee Walking Club
Link
Comeragh CrossingJuly 2025Dungarvan Hillwalking Club
Link
Joyce Country ChallengeJuly 2025
Lake District Hillwalking Club
Link
Mourne Seven Sevens Walk
9th August 2025
Lagan Valley OrienteersLink
Fei Sheehy Challenge
8th – 10th August 2025
Na Sléibhte Hillwalking Club
Link
Connemara Western Way Walking Marathon9th August 2025Galway Walking Club Link
Mourne Mountain Marathon20th& 21st September 2025N/ALink
Moonlight Challenge Date TBCGlen of Imaal MRTLink
Long Way RoundDate TBCSouth Eastern MRALink
Lug WalkJune 2025 (biennial event)
Irish Ramblers Club
Link

Walking Festivals

Event Date 
Women With Altitude17th - 19th May 2024 Link
Féile na Sléibhte24th - 25th August 2024Link
Castlerock Walkfest
31st August 2024Link
Wee Binnian Walkers Hillwalkers Festival6th - 8th September 2024Link
Burren Peaks Walking FestivalDate TBCLink
Ballyhoura Walking Festival
Date TBCLink

Information on running events in the uplands

Please note: Mountaineering Ireland only publicises events that are organised and managed by affiliated clubs (where the club is named on event publicity and information is supplied by the club) and Mountain Rescue teams. The club or Mountain Rescue team must also complete the commitment statement (which can be found at the end of the policy document) that their event will be planned and managed in accordance with the policy. Therefore, it is the club organising the event that decides, based on its own planning and management of the event, whether it should or can be promoted fully by Mountaineering Ireland or not.

While primarily intended for members, Mountaineering Ireland's Events Policy is relevant to anybody organising, or participating in an event that takes place in Ireland’s mountain environment (hills, mountains, forests, bogland, sea cliffs and associated areas) please click here for more details. 

Mountaineering Ireland clubs and mountain rescue teams hosting events that adhere to Mountaineering Ireland's Events Policy can promote their events through our website, our e-zine, the Irish Mountain Log and social media platforms. If you would like to be included on this calendar please contact [email protected].