Today it is exactly 5 years since I climbed Knocknarea in County Sligo, home to Queen Maeve's Cairn, or Miosgán Meadhbha.
It was one of those red letter days - driving up the Wild Atlantic way, often partly enveloped in fog. Someone recommended I visit Knocknarea. And the day was special - damp and solitary. I had just been divorced, and struggled with a lot of things, finding myself free after many, many years of abuse. I trace the moment I changed to that climb - I went up the mountain one person, and came down another.
It is a special place.
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