Burrenbeo February WalK

Burrenbeo February WalK will be led by Tony Kirby, a full-time walking tourism operator and author of “The Burren and the Aran Islands – A Walking Guide” (The Collins Press 2009). The title of the walk will be ‘Cronan – Saint, Shrine, Chapel, Well’ and the highlight of the walk will be a visit to the monastic site of St Cronan with outstanding features including a holy well, a reliquary shrine and one of the region’s finest Romanesque churches. The walk will feature commentaries on the origin, function and decline of holy wells; the monk and saint Cronan;  the intensity of ecclesiastical settlement in the Burren; and pilgrim archaeology. Meet at 2.00 pm outside the NUI research station in Carran. Thanks to Richard Morrison and Stephen Ward for leading our January walk at Mullaghmore on a blustery New Year’s Day and also to local farmer and heritage enthusiast, Frank O’Grady for his insightful walk around his farm for our December walk. The Burrenbeo walks series is sponsored by LA 21 Agenda funding.