Irish Cave Guides
The Society has long-standing links to caving in Ireland and has now published five book on caves in that country. The most recent books are Caves of Mid-West Ireland and Caves of southern Ireland. The books contains detailed accounts and surveys of the caves, one covering the four counties of Clare, Galway, Mayo and Roscommion and the other, the latest, covering the counties of Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, Kilkenny, Laois and Offaly, along with discussions of their formation and hydrology.
Caves of Mid-West Ireland was launched in November 2019 as part of the Society's Centenary celebrations both in Ireland, at the annual SUICRO Symposium, and in Bristol, at our Centenary Symposium.
Caves of southern Ireland was published in September 2022 and was formally launched at the annual SUICRO Symposium in October 2022.
Both books can be purchased via our sales page which gives details of prices and postage rates. For commercial sales, please contact the editor.
For further information:
- Up to date details of cave access in Ireland are available from the Speleological Union of Ireland (SUI) website.
- The bibliography of published articles on the caves are searchable via our literature search page. This is in the process of being brought up to date; as an interim measure the draft updated text version of the bibliography for the four counties covered by the new book can be downloaded from here.
- For further details of Irish Caves see the Irish Caves Database.
- Members of the SUI should also look at their publications page for much more information including downloadable back numbers of Irish Speleology and Underground, the SUI Newsletter.