Pig’s Back
Muckish is the Irish word for pig’s back. Muckish Mountain has a big flat top with an altitude marker in the middle, a giant rock cairn at one end and a metal cross at the other.
All the way at the right you can see the rock cairn, the next bump to the left is Errigal Mountain. Here is the altitude marker on top of this pillar:
Here’s the rock cairn at one end:
And the cross at the other:
Finally, here’s the view downhill of the cross:
The reason I went to Dunfanaghy was for a jazz and blues fest. I heard something like six bands or soloists today. My favourite was a band that played zydeco and got the house hopping--the dance floor was packed.
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