Abstract:This essay provides an overview of the main developments in cycle camping in Ireland in the late Victorian and Edwardian period, documenting for the first time the main individuals and groups involved, describing cycle campers' activities when they went camping and discussing what attracted devotees to take up this relatively new pastime. Fin-de-siècle cycle camping emerged in Ireland, it should be noted, following a rapid development in cycling as a participant sport and health-giving pastime towards the end … Show more
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