classic33
Leg End Member
It boils down to insurance. You have an accident, whilst on their land(Eire) they are liable. The exception being the "Mass Paths", which you've every legal right to use.Just an attempt by a curmudgeonly landowner to scare people off from exercising their right to roam. Using an item from the Irish statute books is an interesting one - probably picked up from the farming equivalent of mumsnet.
Seen a few signs of this nature when I was an active geocacher. The only things that would stop me were electric fences, crops, or animals. Having an entire herd of cows chasing you into a bog is strictly type 2 fun.
Wouldn't it be easier to let the cows into the bog first, or were you desperate?