Joe Mahon goes to the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal. This ancient kingdom is the most northerly peninsula in Ireland. It’s rugged landscape of cliffs, beaches and mountain ranges and right at the heart of it lies Slieve Sneacht, mountain of snow. Desolate and wild, this mountain was the site of a groundbreaking scientific experiment of Thomas Drummond, inventor of limelight, in 1825.
The view is spectacular and uninterrupted up here but Joe Mahon’s next steps lead down below. Together with our local guide we descend into the depths of local silver mines and visit Fullerton Reservoir and dam after. Mahon and his team will get to meet a local bird doctor and a wildlife officer giving insight into the care of birds of prey while anglers association talks of successfully repopulating local waters with salmon.