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This October Bank Holiday weekend why not join some of the farmer custodians of the landscape as they share the secrets of their hills? For hundreds of years, Burren farmers have marked the end of summer by herding their cattle up onto winter pastures in the limestone uplands, in the tradition known as winterage and […]

The Burren is a unique place; fitting then that it is the location of one of Ireland’s most unique and authentic community celebrations. The Burren Winterage Weekend celebrates  the extraordinary story of how generations of Burren farmers have, through their unique pastoral farming systems, shaped what is widely regarded as Ireland’s richest landscape in terms […]

The annual Burren Winterage Weekend festival will take place this year from October 27th – 30th. This unique celebration of pastoral farming and its rich legacy of natural and cultural heritage will feature the winterage cattle drove, food fayre, herdsman’s walks, farm demonstration events and much more. To kickstart the festival will be the Burren Winterage […]

As part of Heritage Week this week, Burrenbeo Trust carried out a slightly different type of heritage walk than usual.  This Walk with a Difference was in association with the Irish Wheelchair Association from the Clare, and Limerick branches, and the Brothers of Charity Ennis branch.  The event aimed at introducing the Burren to wheelchair […]

Burrenbeo Trust and the Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers are delighted to be hosting a wonderful event celebrating active conservation volunteering entitled: Working for Wellbeing of People and Place on the 12th-13th August 2016 in Corofin, Co. Clare and out in the ultimate learning landscape, the Burren. There is a really exciting programme planned, jam-packed with inspiring talks, workshops, […]

Burrenbeo Trust along with partners IT Sligo will play a central role in the establishment of a new knowledge and best practice network which aims to boost innovation in agricultural areas across Europe renowned for their outstanding natural and cultural values. Burrenbeo have joined forces with the Centre for Environmental Research, Innovation and Sustainability (CERIS) […]

Farmers and ecologists come together to celebrate the Bloomin’ Burren The annual arrival of the Burren’s world famous wildflowers is truly spectacular – the Burrenbeo Trust’s Burren in Bloom festival is a celebration of this, opening the magic of this landscape to all. Running from April 28th to May 18th in venues around the Burren, Burren […]