The Burren Winterage Weekend 2018
To celebrate this inspiring relationship between farming and nature in the Burren, each year the Burrenbeo Trust, together with the local community, joins the farmers on the October bank holiday weekend as they walk their cattle to the winter pastures.
But the weekend of Burren Winterage also brings with it an opportunity to recognise the broader role of farming in shaping the Irish landscape and its nature. To this end, a rich variety of events to engage and inspire has been organized all through the Winterage Weekend, in different places around the Burren, to which the Burrenbeo Trust would like to invite the local and wider community. Saturday the 27thof October will have Patrick McCormack lead the unforgettable 'Herdsman's Walk', with fascinating stories and folklore about the Burren and its farmers. On Sunday the 28thof October, the community will join in the Winterage Cattle Drive, a long uphill walk with the farmers and the cattle to commemorate the practice of Winterage.
For more information on the Winterage Weekend programme please visit www.burrenwinterage.com