Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers
The Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers (BCV) are an active voluntary community of volunteers working towards the sustainable management of the Burren by addressing key conservation issues and needs in the region. They were set up in 2010 by the Burrenbeo Trust to answer a need of active conservation work on the ground in the Burren region and to enable people to help protect the future of such a fragile place..
In a region of decreasing rural population key conservation issues such as scrub encroachment and the rebuilding of stone walls are becoming harder to tackle. The Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers (BCVs) was born out of a need for hands-on conservation worker. By training groups of volunteers Burrenbeo Trust is actively supporting a sustainable future for the Burren.
The BCV newsletter
The BCV committee share updates on their work through two newsletters per calendar year. Read the latest BCV newsletter (Jan – Aug 2023).
The BCV committee
The BCV committee were set up in 2012 to guide the BCV’s, ensuring that events were varied, met a definite need in the Burren and gave our volunteers the best volunteering experience possible. Not only do they meet in their own time but they also rotate for leading events to make sure that our high health and safety standards are met on all events.
Meet the current committee:
Past committee members (for which we are eternally grateful for all their time and input) include:
Martin Gowran Stephen Lester Anne Mullen
Ruth Hollingsworth Paula McHale Elaine O’Malley
Mary Howard Richard Morrison Stephen Ward
BCV projects
The volunteers work on a number of projects and have many more in sight in order to make a valuable impact. Our main projects include:
- Archaeological excavation and survey work
- Dry Stone Walling
- Scrub management
- Species monitoring
- Landscape management
- Invasive species
The power of teamwork
We all know that working in teams can get the job done much faster – well, this is definitely the case when it comes to scrub clearing, stone wall building, archaeological digs, invasive species mapping, clean coast initiatives… the list goes on. Working as a collective, building a bank of active volunteers and collaborating with other local organisations who share the same vision, has proven to be half the battle when making positive efforts towards conservation locally in the Burren by creating an inclusive environment for people to come together, share their passion for conservation and be part of a growing, energetic and welcoming community.
When it comes to conserving this beautiful Burren landscape, we all have a part to play – we just need to identify it. The power of local communities is a transferable skill which can be experienced the world over and each and every one has something to give.
Who can join the volunteers?
Everyone is welcome to get involved – the more the better, so come join us – its free, just your time is needed! Events are most suitable for over 18’s, under 18’s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. To register with the Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers email [email protected].
Volunteer award scheme
In 2018 we realised just how much work on the ground the BCV’s had carried out with no real recognition of the amount of time individuals had donated, so we set up an award scheme to show our appreciation of all our hard working volunteers.
It’s as simple as it sounds – once a volunteer has attended 5 events since the start of the scheme they are rewarded with a gentian pin badge, after 10 events a BCV beanie hat, and so on…with our new 15 event coffee cup being our newest addition.
| Name | Date of 5 event award | Name | Date of 10 event award | Name | Date of 15 event award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Akamnonu | Feb 2023 | M. Duffy | Feb 2023 | M. Howard | |
| I. Beaney | Mar 2023 | R. Hollingsworth | Feb 2023 | R. Jones | |
| P. Bradley | Feb 2023 | M. Howard | Feb 2023 | K. Lavender | |
| L. Brogan | Feb 2023 | R. Jones | Feb 2023 | M. Scanlon | |
| R. Crimmins | Feb 2023 | K. Lavender | Feb 2023 | W. Smith | |
| M. Duffy | Feb 2023 | D. Lavender-Duncan | Mar 2023 | ||
| J. Freijser | Feb 2023 | J. Lavender-Duncan | Mar 2023 | ||
| K. Funke | Mar 2023 | N. Lavender Duncan | Mar 2023 | ||
| T. Galvin | Feb 2023 | E. Lynch | Feb 2023 | ||
| R. Hollingsworth | Feb 2023 | E. O'Connor | |||
| M. Howard | Feb 2023 | M. Scanlon | Feb 2023 | ||
| R. Jones | Feb 2023 | K. van Dorp | Feb 2023 | ||
| K. Lavender | Feb 2023 | L. Brogan | Feb 2023 | ||
| D. Lavender-Duncan | Mar 2023 | W. Smith | Feb 2023 | ||
| J. Lavender-Duncan | Mar 2023 | ||||
| N. Lavender-Duncan | Mar 2023 | ||||
| E. Lynch | Feb 2023 | ||||
| J. McGuire | Feb 2023 | ||||
| L. McNamara | Mar 2023 | ||||
| E. O'Connor | Feb 2023 | ||||
| S. Parr | Mar 2023 | ||||
| M. Scanlon | Feb 2023 | ||||
| H. Sheridan | Feb 2023 | ||||
| K. Smart | Mar 2023 | ||||
| W. Smith | Feb 2023 | ||||
| K. Van Dorp | Feb 2023 | ||||
| M. Wallace | |||||
| C. Warner | Feb 2023 |
Upskilling and training
Invaluable skills are developed through training courses and workshops which are there to encourage learning, build confidence and ensure safety at all times. The group is open, welcoming and tirelessly attempts to engage with wider communities and enlist a broad spectrum of experts – driving home the importance of conservation. Each conservation action day, where appropriate, is led by an expert. These professional leaders are in the position to up-skill and impart knowledge to volunteers on a specific subject. With some leaders, the BCVs carry out on-going conservation work to support sustainable impact where needed. Other action days may be a one-off situation that needs addressing. The leaders have the experience and enthusiasm to lead the group through the task. We are hugely grateful to all our leaders.
The Voice of the Volunteer
The Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers is conservation through education. For me, it has been a most enjoyable, rewarding and learning experience. I have met some wonderful people and have made many new friends. Farmers who want to protect butterfly sites, landowners who want to preserve archaeological sites, communities and families who come out to clean up our coastline, all volunteering to made a difference in the Burren. Our projects have been so varied, but for me, I became ‘hooked’ on archaeology. As a result and with little encouragement, I went onto study Archaeology at NUIG where I received a first class honours diploma. The learning for all volunteers continues on each of the projects with the knowledge and commitment of the many experts who have come involved in the BCVs. Mary Howard, Volunteer
Why not join us
So, are you interested to be part of maintaining the Burren’s history, culture and precious ecosystems? If so, why not join the fun and enthusiastic team of conservation volunteers, share your passion for the Burren with others and make a huge difference to the biodiversity and maintenance of this unique landscape. Becoming a volunteer offers you an opportunity to build skills, knowledge about place and indeed, lasting friendships.
This is an active group of conservation volunteers that have been working in areas of archaeology conservation, rare species monitoring, managing scrub encroachment and much more since 2010. The BCV hold monthly events. Find the links below to the ones that interest you.
Please note that all our event leaders and experts are volunteers (many of whom have full time employment elsewhere) and often give much of their precious free time to helping run volunteer events. For this reason it is difficult to run one off events for groups visiting the Burren. The Burrenbeo Trust can occasionally organise such events but they are at a cost to cover the time of the leaders and experts on the day. Email [email protected] for more details.
Why should you get involved?
- Get outdoors, enjoy some healthy exercise and give something back in the region
- Learn new skills in conservation and heritage management
- Be part of a friendly, inclusive and active conservation community
Join us today and make that difference! To register for the events email [email protected]
Who leads our events:
Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers relies on members of the community to lead the volunteer days. Current leaders include all members of the BCV committee as well as Michael and Elaine Lynch. We are grateful to all our leaders past and present for the immense time and energy they give to coordinating events on a voluntary level. All our leaders are first aid training.
Which experts support the up-skilling and training of the volunteers:
Many of the volunteer events are about further educations the volunteers around a certain area of conservation. We are hugely grateful too all the experts past and present that have support this up-skilling and training. Below are who we have worked with in the past 12 month or so.
Dr Michelle Comber is an archaeologist based out of NUI Galway. She is highly involved in running the Caherconnell Fort archaeology summer school. Michelle has done artefact training and pre-dig survey work with the volunteers.
Dr Christine Grant works with the National Monuments Service. Much of the Burren holds an unknown amount of unrecorded forts, mound walls, wedge tombs etc. many of which are not being protected and are being damaged in some cases due to lack of awareness and are becoming overgrown with hazel scrub. In order to work towards conserving the archaeology of
the Burren, the volunteers have been working closely with the National Monument Officer for the region, in clearing scrub, doing preliminary excavations and helping out with survey work. The main bulk of work that the volunteers have done with Christine is at Kilcroney, nr Carron.
Jesmond Harding is a founding member of Butterfly Conservation Ireland. A huge butterfly enthusiast and author of ‘Discovering Irish Butterflies and their Habitats’ has been working with the volunteers since 2010 on managing a site call Fahee North near Carran which is the host of many species of butterflies including the rare Marsh Fritillary. By managing the encroaching Hazel scrub the volunteers are helping this rare butterfly increase its breeding potential.
Michael and Clodagh Lynch have been working in archaeology in the Burren for over 15 years. They have surveyed numerous 
monuments in the Burren including many previously unrecorded sites. Their main interest is in prehistoric archaeology and their recent excavations at Fanore More and Doolin are part of their research. Much of this work has been carried out with the assistance of the Burren Conservation Volunteers Michael is the Field Monument Advisor for Co. Clare.
Dr Sharon Parr is the Scientific Officer with the Burren Programme which follows on from the award-winning EU project – The Burren farming for conservation project, BurrenLife. She is the BSBI vice-county recorder for Co.Clare. Sharon works with the volunteers on numerous ecological related projects. Her main site is the clearing of encroaching species at Cappagh Tower house nr Carron.
Dr Ros Ó Maoldúin is an archaeologist based out of NUI Galway. He has a particular interest in the Bronze Age era of Ireland. He is the field director of the Irish Fieldschool of Prehistoric Archaeology. Ros has work with our volunteers in pre-evacuation surveys around Roughan hill near to Corofin.
Dr Kate McAney and Ruth Hanniffy work for the Vincent Wildlife Trust. They promote mammal conservation and research through lectures, bat walks and publications. They have been working with the volunteers in helping restore an important bat roosting site near to Ruan.
Paula McHale is part of the team at the Burren Life farming for conservation programme. She is also the regional coordinator of butterfly transects for the National Biodiversity Data Centre. Paula has been key in training the volunteers in butterfly transects and in invasive species.
Rory O’Shaughnessey works closely with the volunteers on dry stone walling and the importance of these walls in natural, built and cultural heritage of the Burren. Rory is a heritage specialist in schools and descends from one of the oldest clans in the Burren Lowlands. A graduate of NUIG and UCC he divides the year as a tour guide, stonemason and an educator and has been involved in devising, delivering and tutoring on numerous and diverse courses in the heritage field from stone walling to genealogy to archaeology. Rory has been working with the volunteers on walling out on Blackhead, between Ballyvaughan and Fanore.
Who has supported volunteers?
We are grateful to all individuals that join and give their time to the volunteer. However, there have been some grants that have helping with training and costs of the group from Clean Coasts and from the GRETB for which we are as always very grateful.
See more here on:
Ongoing projects Upcoming events for volunteers
What have the volunteers achieved?
View below all the activities that the Burrenbeo Conservation volunteers have achieved so far:
| When | General Area | What | Where | Leader | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Biodiversity | Pine Project Site Guardian Training | Tubber area | Bernard Carey and Brendan Dundord | |
| 2021 | Conservation | Coastal Clean Up | Fanore | K. Lavender | BCV |
| 2020 | Archaeology | Monument site maintenance | Cappagh | S. Parr | Burren Programme |
| 2020 | Biodiversity | Habitat Maintenance | Carron Area | BCV committee | BCV |
| 2020 | Biodiversity | Habitat Maintenance | Carron area | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2020 | Archaeology | Monument site management | Nougheval | M&C Lynch | Local archaeologists |
| 2019 | Biodiversity | Bat site management | Dromore | R. Hollingsworth | BCV |
| 2019 | Conservation | Drystone walling | Poulacarron | J. Marrinan/M. Scanlon | Local farmer/BCV |
| 2019 | Conservation | Coastal Clean Up | Fanore Caravan Park coastline | K. Lavender | BCV |
| 2019 | Conservation | Coastal Clean Up | Fanore | E. O'Connor | BCV |
| 2019 | Conservation | Monument site management | Noughaval | Michael and Clodagh Lynch | |
| 2019 | Training | First aid training | Carron | Barry Redmond | First Response |
| 2018 | Biodiversity | Bat site management | Dromore | R. Hollingsworth | BCV |
| 2018 | Conservation | Coastal Clean up | Fanore | W. Smith/P. McHale | BCV |
| 2018 | Conservation | Open Day | Ballyvaughan | Various | BCV committee |
| 2018 | Biodiversity | Habitat restoration | North Burren | A. Mullen | Burren Programme |
| 2018 | Biodiversity | Bat monitoring training | Kinvara | R. Hanniffy | Vincent Wildlife Trust |
| 2018 | Conservation | Coastal Clean Up | Fanore | E. O'Connor/K. Lavender | BCV |
| 2018 | Biodiversity | Bat site management | Dromore | R. Hollingsworth | BCV |
| 2018 | Conservation | Coastal Clean up | Murrough, Blackhead | K. Lavender | Burrenbeo Trust |
| 2018 | Archaeology | Monument site Maintenance | Baur | M&C Lynch | |
| 2018 | Training | REC 2 first aid course | Turough | B. Redmond | First Response |
| 2017 | Archaeology | Monument site management | Ballycasheen | Ros O'Maolduin | Prehistoric Field School of Archaeology |
| 2017 | Biodiversity | Butterfly site management | Fahee, Carron | Ann Mullen | Burren Life |
| 2017 | Conservation | Conservation Volunteering Open Day | Carron | BCV committee R. O'Maolduin J. Harding | BCV Fieldschool of Prehistoric Archaeology Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2017 | Biodiversity | Bat site maintenance | Dromore | R. Hollingsworth and S. Biggane | BCV and Clare Co Co |
| 2017 | Biodiversity | Constructing a bat night roost | Fiddaun | R. Hanniffy and K. McAney | Vincent Wildlife Trust |
| 2017 | Conservation | Trail management | Newtown, Ballyvaughan | R. Morrison | In conjunction with the Burren College or Art |
| 2017 | Conservation | Drystone wall repair | Coolorta | R. Jones | BCV |
| 2017 | Conservation | Coastal clean up | Fanore | E. O'Connor | BCV |
| 2017 | Conservation | Coastal clean up | Fanore | Various experts | BCV, Burren Shores |
| 2017 | Archaeology | Site Management | Roughan Hill | Ros O'Maolduin | NUI Galway |
| 2016 | Archaeology | Site management | Roughan Hill | Ros O'Maolduin | NUI Galway |
| 2016 | Invasive Alien Species | Mapping IAS | Carron | P. Murphy | Eireco |
| 2016 | Special Monitoring | Bat breeding site maintenance | Fiddaun | Dr Kate McAney | Vincent Wildlife Trust |
| 2016 | Landscape management | Coastal clean up rocky shore Fanore | Fanore | ||
| 2016 | Landscape management | Fanore beach clean | Fanore | ||
| 2016 | Archaeology | Post excavation work (Mar,Apr,May,Jun) | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2016 | Monument management | Scrub clearing at Cappagh Tower House | Carron | Dr Sharon Parr | Burren Life |
| 2016 | Monument management | Scrub clearing from monuments on Roughan Hill | Corofin | Dr Ros O Maolduin | NUI Galway |
| 2016 | Walling | Repairing and rebuilding walls at Coolorta | Burren National Park | ||
| 2016 | Special Monitoring | Bat breeding site maintenance | Ruan | Dr Kate McAney | Vincent Wildlife Trust |
| 2016 | General Training | Butterfly transect training | Carron | Paula McHale | |
| 2015 | Landscape management | Coastal clean up rocky shore Fanore | Blackhead | ||
| 2015 | Landscape management | Coastal clean up rocky shore Fanore | Blackhead | ||
| 2015 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2015 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2015 | Archaeology | Post excavation work | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2015 | Archaeology | Post excavation work | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2015 | Archaeology | Surveying at Fanore | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2015 | Archaeology | Prehistoric hut site mapping | Kilcorney | Dr Christine Grant | National Monument Service |
| 2015 | Archaeology | Doolin dig (4 weeks) | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2015 | Archaeology | Kilcorney excavation (1 week) | Kilcorney | Dr Christine Grant | National Monument Service |
| 2015 | Archaeology Training | Artefact handling course | Caherconnell | Dr Michelle Comber | NUI Galway |
| 2015 | Monument management | Scrub clearing at Cappagh Tower House | Carron | Dr Sharon Parr | Burren Life |
| 2015 | Monument management | Scrub clearing at Cappagh Tower House | Carron | Dr Sharon Parr | Burren Life |
| 2015 | Special Monitoring | Bat breeding site maintenance | Ruan | Dr Kate McAney | Vincent Wildlife Trust |
| 2015 | Special Monitoring | Bat site maintenance and emergence count | Ruan | Dr Kate McAney | Vincent Wildlife Trust |
| 2015 | Assisting with local community events | Assisting with Walk with a Difference | Carron | ||
| 2015 | General Training | Butterfly transect training | Paula McHale | ||
| 2015 | General Training | Invasive alien species ID workshop | Dr Sharon Parr, Paul Murphy & Kate Lavender | ||
| 2015 | General Training | Two day first aid course | Ray Murphy | ||
| 2014 | Landscape management | Coastal clean up Blackhead | |||
| 2014 | Landscape management | Coastal clean up Blackhead | |||
| 2014 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2014 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2014 | Archaeology | Surveying and mapping | Kilcorney | Dr Christine Grant | National Monument Service |
| 2014 | Archaeology | Post excavation work | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2014 | Archaeology | Post excavation work (2 days) | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2014 | Archaeology | Post excavation work | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2014 | Archaeology | Surveying at Doolin | Doolin | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2014 | Archaeology | Second Fanore excavation (3 weeks) | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2014 | Monument management | Scrub clearing at Cappagh Tower House | Carron | Dr Sharon Parr | Burren Life |
| 2014 | Monument management | Scrub clearing at Cappagh Tower House | Carron | Dr Sharon Parr | Burren Life |
| 2014 | Walling | Repairing and rebuilding walls at Coolorta | Burren National Park | ||
| 2014 | Walling | Repairing and rebuilding walls at Coolorta | Burren National Park | ||
| 2014 | Other events | Dismantling mini-dolmens | Fanore | Mary Howard | Volunteer |
| 2014 | Special Monitoring | Bat breeding site maintenance | Ruan | Dr Kate McAney | Vincent Wildlife Trust |
| 2014 | Other events | Dismantling mini-dolmens | Fanore | Mary Howard | Volunteer |
| 2014 | Assisting with local community events | Assisting with Walk with a Difference | Flaggy Shore | ||
| 2014 | Assisting with local community events | Assisting with Winterage weekend | Bellharbour | ||
| 2013 | Assisting with local community events | Assisting with Bells across the Burren | Ballyvaughan | ||
| 2013 | Landscape management | Coastal clean up rocky shore Fanore | |||
| 2013 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2013 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2013 | Archaeology | Post excavation work (2 days) | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2013 | Archaeology | Post excavation work (2 days) | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2013 | Archaeology | Post excavation work (2 days) | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2013 | Archaeology | Atlas mapping day | Kilcorney | Dr Christine Grant | National Monument Service |
| 2013 | Archaeology | Post excavation work (2 days) | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2013 | Monument management | Scrub clearing from around Doolin Court Tomb | Doolin | Dr Christine Grant | National Monument Service |
| 2013 | Walling | Repairing and rebuilding walls at Coolorta | Burren National Park | ||
| 2013 | Other events | Newtown music trail clearing | Ballyvaughan | Dr Stephen Ward | Volunteer |
| 2013 | Other events | Newtown music trail clearing | Ballyvaughan | Dr Stephen Ward | Volunteer |
| 2013 | Other events | Dismantling mini-dolmens | Fanore | Mary Howard | Volunteer |
| 2013 | Assisting with local community events | Assisting with Walk with a Difference | Flaggy Shore | ||
| 2013 | General Training | Butterfly transect training | Carron | Paula McHale | |
| 2013 | General Training | Two day first aid course | Ray Murphy | ||
| 2013 | General Training | Wildflower identification workshop | Drs Sharon Parr and Stephen Ward | ||
| 2012 | Landscape management | Coastal clean up Blackhead | |||
| 2012 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2012 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2012 | Archaeology | 5 week excavation at Fanore Shell Midden | Fanore | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2012 | Archaeology | Filling in Fanore dig (2 days) | Fanore | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2012 | Archaeology | Post excavation work (2 days) | Kilnaboy | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2012 | Archaeology Training | Atlas training | Carron | Dr Christine Grant | National Monument Service |
| 2012 | Archaeology Training | Atlas training | Carron | Dr Christine Grant | National Monument Service |
| 2012 | Monument management | Scrub clearing at Cappagh Tower House | Carron | Dr Sharon Parr | Burren Life |
| 2012 | Walling | Repairing walls at Blackhead | Fanore | Shane Casey | Biodiversity Officer |
| 2012 | Walling Training | Workshop | Rory O'Shaughnessy | Stone Mason | |
| 2012 | Other events | Dismantling mini-dolmens | Fanore | Mary Howard | Volunteer |
| 2012 | Assisting with local community events | Assisting with Walk with a Difference | Burren National Park | ||
| 2012 | General Training | Butterfly transect training | Carron | Dr Bryony Williams | |
| 2012 | General Training | Mapping Skills | Carron | Pat Cronin | |
| 2012 | General Training | Weekend Heritage Course | Carron | ||
| 2011 | Landscape management | Lough Bunny Spring Clean | |||
| 2011 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2011 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing to control invasive cotoneaster | Abbey Hill | Shane Casey | Biodiversity Officer |
| 2011 | Archaeology | Preparing site for excavation at Caherconnell | Caherconnell | Dr Michelle Comber | NUI Galway |
| 2011 | Archaeology | Kilcorney excavation (5 days) | Kilcorney | Dr Christine Grant | National Monument Service |
| 2011 | Archaeology | Surveying at Fanore | Fanore | Michael & Clodagh Lynch | Field Monument Advisor |
| 2011 | Monument management | Scrub clearing from around Doolin Court Tomb | Doolin | Dr Christine Grant | National Monument Service |
| 2011 | Assisting with local community events | Stewarding for Burren triathlon | Ballyvaughan | ||
| 2011 | General Training | Weekend Heritage Course | Carron | ||
| 2010 | Landscape management | Fanore beach clean | |||
| 2010 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2010 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2010 | Habitat management | Scrub clearing at butterfly breeding site | Fahee north | Jesmond Harding | Butterfly Conservation Ireland |
| 2010 | Archaeology | Settlement surveying | Kilcorney | Dr Christine Grant | National Monument Service |
| 2010 | Walling | Repairing walls at Blackhead | Fanore | Shane Casey | Biodiversity Officer |
| 2010 | Walling Training | Workshop | Rory O'Shaughnessy | Stone Mason | |
| 2010 | Assisting with local community events | Annual Biodiversity day | Kinvara | ||