Muckish or An Mhucais, got its name because of its distinctive shape which was similar to a pig’s back. It is a flat topped mountain and is part of the Derryveagh mountain range. The mountain was made predominantly from Ards quartzite similar to that of Errigal and the Dalradian rock which formed the mountain isContinue reading “Muckish Mountain”
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Kay McNulty
Kay mcNulty was a Pioneering Irish America Computer Programmer. She was one of the first women to program the ENIAC computer in the USA in the 1940s. Irish upbring Kay was born in Feymore at the foot of Muckish Mountain in 1921 during the Irish war of Independence. Her father James McNulty was imprisoned inContinue reading “Kay McNulty”