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Burrenbeo November 2022 Snapshot
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The 11th Burren Winterage Weekend (26th – 30th October) was an amazing few days of farm walks, talks, discussions, transhumance cheese tasting, butter making, book and poetry reading, storytelling, meeting the remarkable Farming for Nature ambassadors – all culminating with a memorable and spectacular Community Cattle Drive. Most of the events took place in Corofin, Co. Clare and its neighbouring Burren farms. Over 500 people turned up for the Winterage Cattle Drive on John O’Brien’s farm in Creehaun to partake in the Burren’s most ancient pastoral tradition of herding cattle to their upland winter pastures. We were also delighted this year to be joined by the Burren food fayre which offered our attendees samplings of some of the best local food products. Our heartfelt thanks goes to all our contributors, volunteers, supporters and participants who helped make this iconic occasion in the Burren such a success. We are grateful to the Dept. of Agriculture, The Heritage Council and FBD insurance for their support for this event. Photo Credit for the image above: Martin Kiely.
Thank you as ever for your continued interest in and support of our work. For those who do not yet, we invite you to Support Us by becoming a member or donating.
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Burren beetles, moths and more with Áine O Connor
8pm, Wednesday, 9th November
A Burrenbeo Members’ Webinar
In this talk Áine will explore some of the incredible invertebrates of the Burren, ranging from the water beetles of the lakes and turloughs, to the moths of its drier limestone habitats. Áine has been privileged to see many of these in the company of other invertebrate specialists, who are very generous with their time and knowledge. By passing on some of that information, she hopes more people will be inspired to explore the Burren’s invertebrate fauna. Áine is a freshwater ecologist who trained at the University of Galway and Trinity College Dublin. She has investigated the invertebrates (and the occasional plant) of wetlands from Atlantic blanket bog to cutaway raised bog, turloughs to lakes. She works with the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Registration link is emailed to members. You can become a member at burrenbeo.com . Recording of the talk will be made available on our Youtube channel afterwards.
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National Heritage Keepers programme 2022-23
Applications to open from 7th Nov 2022
We are excited to announce that, after a successful pilot in 2022, Heritage Keepers, our place based learning and community stewardship programme, will be running again in 2023. From Nov 7th, interested schools, communities and youth groups who wish to take part in the five 2-hour workshops in Spring 2023 are invited to fill out an Expressions of Interest on our website – burrenbeo.com/hk . Heritage Keepers is a free programme for schools or communities that will enable them to work together to explore the built, natural, and cultural heritage of their local place and then plan an action or actions to enhance their place. In-person, online and blended learning options are available. Last year 20 schools and communities took part in the programme and their funded actions included pond building, local heritage trails, signage for biodiversity, oral history projects and local heritage booklets. For those interested in learning more, an online information session will take place on Tuesday the 15th Nov at 7.30pm. See Burrenbeo.com/hk for more details on this. This programme is run in partnership with The Heritage Council.
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The Hare’s Corner Update
In June 2022 a second call for applications was announced for The Hare’s Corner inviting landowners in Co.Clare to apply for support to carry out one or more biodiversity actions such as creating a pond, planting native woodland trees or a mini-orchard with heritage apple trees from the Irish Seedsavers Association. So far 20 people have been supported in making a pond for biodiversity on their land and we are planning to distribute the woodland trees, including 500 rare and endangered Burren pine and 2,500 native mix of companion trees to about 64 landowners based on Co.Clare. The Hare’s Corner was launched in Aug 2021 and it is expected that by the end of this year this project will have supported the creation of 50 ponds, 105 mini native orchards, 100 mini woodlands and 30 ‘Planning for Nature’ Reports – a wonderful investment in the natural infrastructure of the County.
Funding support for this initiative is thanks to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) through The European Innovation Partnerships Initiative (EIP)/Locally led schemes, by the EU Recovery Instrument Funding under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2022 as well as the Clare County Council and the National Parks and Wildlife Service through the LBAF fund.
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BCVs
Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers will be working on clearing scrub around two archaeological monuments over two different days in November (weather permitting) under the guidance of archaeologist Elaine Lynch and the Clare Field Monument Advisor programme. There is also likely to be some tree planting in November or early December for the Burren Pine Project. Other exciting plans are in the pipeline for early next year for the BCVs. If you’d like to get involved do email volunteer@burrenbeo.com to learn more.
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Burrenbeo Members’ Walks
Our sincere thanks goes to Burren farmer Stephen Hegarty for leading an enjoyable and informative October Members’ walk on winterage pastures near Ballyallaban. Marine life walk with Dave McGrath scheduled in October was postponed due to bad weather conditions. Pius Murray will be leading our November walk in the high commons in the Burren. Registration links and details for monthly Members’ Walks are emailed to members. To become a member please visit https://burrenbeo.com/support-us/become-a-member/
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Save the Dates in 2022 and 2023!
14th Dec 2022 – Christmas Tea Talk and gathering, Tubber hall, Co.Clare
May 2023 – Burren in Bloom
17th June 2023 – Communities for Heritage Celebration
27th – 29th October: The Burren Winterage Weekend
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For information on ongoing community initiatives and events, please scroll down on the
Community News and Events page Burrenbeo Business Members’ News in brief:
Burren College of Art have a new photographic exhibition: Autarcheum by cdx-foto from Nov 3 to 25th, 2022
Hylands Burren Hotel host live music 7 nights a week all through winter and have a new autumnal dinner menu featuring the best local produce on Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday evenings.
For full information on our Business Members’ News and Events, please click here. Support Burrenbeo’s Business friends We encourage you to support those who support us! Find the full list of our Business Friends or check them out in the image below. |
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Burrenbeo Trust is a landscape charity that does not receive any core funding. We work hard to sustain our 25 plus programmes each year, connecting people with place and their role in caring for them. There are many ways you can support us.
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