Martin Connolly of Sliabh Beagh Adventures introduces Sliabh Beagh as a Special Area of Conservation in northern County Monaghan.

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Explore the former shooting grounds of Lord Rossmore which are now protected habitats for birds such as the Hen Harrier, red grouse, Golden Plover, and skylarks which you can probably see and hear on your journey across the upland heath.

These lands are also a Special Area of Conservation host ...

Rest by a mountain stream that flows into the valley to become the River Blackwater.

Take this family-friendly walk from Knockatallon along a country bohreen, through Coillte forestry tracks, and out onto open moorland and blanket peat bog to An Tra lake near the top of the Sliabh Beagh mountains.

Enjoy this scenic viewpoint looking over the River Blackwater in Ballinode village, County Monaghan.

Take the short, family-friendly walk through An Coillte planted mono-species forestry towards the mass rock where Mass was celebrated during penal times. It was during these times that being Catholic was outlawed by the English reformation in the 17th Century.

Commemorate those who suffered under the Penal laws of the 16th and 17th Century in Ireland.