It has been officially confirmed on the MacGillycuddy Reeks Mountain Access Forum they intend to re-erect the Carrauntoohil Cross after it was recently found cut down.
The forum, which contains a group of represtatives from community and business groups, landowners, NPWS, Kerry County Council and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, confirmed their plans after a meeting was held on the issue recently. The iconic cross, which was originally erected on on top of Ireland’s highest mountain by Beaufort Community Council and local landowners in 1976, was discovered cut down last Saturday.
However whilst strongly condemning the act of vandalism, the group Atheist Ireland has objected to the reinstatement of a cross, saying that it is not reflective of the whole community.