O’Suilleabhain Bere Walking Challenge

4th - 7th May 2012

The extraordinary flight from their rugged lands of the Beara Peninsula by the chieftain, Donal Cam O’Suilleabhain Bere and his followers in the winter of 1603 is one of the most powerful stories of Gaelic Ireland. Faced with the genocide of his people, Donal fled Beara with more than a thousand men, women and children to the territory of O’Rourke of Beifne in Leitrim. Just 35 of the 1000 that set out reached their destination.
 

Our three days of walking will explore the territory of O’Sillivan’s Beara and the early days of this epic march. The way will be through some of the most scenic but wildest landscapes in Ireland. Each day we will hike over the spectacular folded rocks of Beara’s mountains, along coastlines overlooking Kenmare and Bantry Bays, through ancient woodlands and deep into the Gaeltacht region of Muscrai. Our base in Gougane Barra where St. Finbarr established a hermitage is the 5th century will allow us the opportunity to delve into the rich history, archaeology and lore this place and it’s people in the company of noted scholars and more
 

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