Burren Winterage Weekend
A celebration of the Burren's farming tradition of Winterage
Winterage Weekend takes place on the October Bank Holiday weekend
Bringing people together to celebrate the unique farming traditions of the Burren and other ‘high nature value’ farming landscapes across Ireland and Europe.
The Burren Winterage Weekend website
What is Burren Winterage Weekend?
What is Winterage?
The Burren Winterage refers to a unique farming tradition that is practiced in the Burren.
For thousands of years, Burren farmers have marked the end of summer by herding their cattle onto ‘winterage’ pastures in the limestone uplands where they spend the winter grazing. This ancient reverse ‘transhumance’ tradition is synonymous with the Burren and is key to the survival of the region’s famous flora and fauna.
