The Loop of Laghile and Loughaun

Walking
County Tipperary
Grade Moderate
Length 4.8 km
Am 1 hour 20 minutes
Format Loop
Ascent 27 m
Dogs Allowed No
Waymarking Red arrow on white background
Start Point
About 1km off the Old Birr Road on The Lime Avenue leading into Sopwell Woodlands
Finish Point
About 1km off the Old Birr Road on The Lime Avenue leading into Sopwell Woodlands
Nearest Town to Start Cloughjordan
Grid Ref. R 978 926
Lat. and Long. 52.984843, -8.032569
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Starting in Sopwell Woodlands (Coill na Lathach), an old woodland site, the walk passes through the townlands of Lahile (An Leathchoill) and Loughaun (an Lochán), a diverse landscape of woodlands, bog and boreen. A footbridge over the Silver Stream leads to Scohaboy Bog LIFE site, an SAC, home to a unique tapestry of peatland life. One of the most successful community supported conservation efforts of its kind in Ireland, Scohaboy Bog is an award-winning raised bog restoration project and a 1000m bog-bridge crosses the restoration area, passing a spur to a viewing platform with expansive views south over the high bog to low lying hills with a high point of Keeper Hill (Sliabh Coimeálta). Exiting onto the old bog road and crossing the Silver Stream a sheltered boreen leads to the Old Birr Road, left to Lahile Woods and back to the trailhead on the forest path network.

Maps and other information

Facilities

Car parking, shops, restaurants/cafés, accommodation

Use of trail limited to daytime hours
Dogs are not permitted on the raised bog section of the trail.

OSI Maps

OSI Maps

Discovery Series Sheet 53
Public Transportation

Public Transportation

Cloughjordan Train Station 6kms

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