Improving access to the Irish countryside

The Irish Times · Irlanda · Prensahace 2 días

Sir, – Tim Hannigan wrote a fine essay in the Weekend section (“Searching for Ireland’s huge network of vanished footpaths”, October 24th). He mentioned the wide network of paths, including “mass paths”, that appeared in Ordnance Survey maps in the 1880s.

They have mainly disappeared and been taken over as private property in the 20th and 21st centuries. The lack of rights of way along many field edges in the countryside, which are everywhere in other countries, is chilling.

I am a committee member of Keep Ireland Open, which is campaigning for decent access to the Irish countryside via legislation. I was on a cycling holiday in north Wales this summer and was astounded at the number of walk signs that pointed you into a field and was accompanied by a stile to get you over the boundary hedgerow.

Previously, I was on holiday in Norfolk in England and got off…

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