Burrenbeo Monthly Walk with Tony Kirby: ‘Cronan – Saint, Shrine, Chapel, Well’. Meet at 2.00 pm outside the NUIG research station in Carran. All welcome.

Free for members, 5 euro for non- members. trust@burrenbeo.com or 091 638096 for info.

A guided walk at an easy pace just north of the village of Carran.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.

The walk will be led by Tony Kirby. He is a full-time walking tourism operator and author of “The Burren and the Aran Islands – A Walking Guide”(2009). Tony’s main interest in the landscape is the archaeology of pilgrimage. This walk are open to everyone. It is free for Burrenbeo Trust Members and a €5 charge for non-members. For more information please email trust@burrenbeo.com or phone 091 638096.

Directions: (Coming from the north Burren) If driving into Carron from Bellharbour, there is a left on entry to the village, take this. You will pass Carron national school on your right. Continue approximately 150m and the field station is just on your left. It is a white bungalow with a sign on the front of the building. (Coming from the south Burren) If driving into Carron from Leamaneh Castle direction, you pass Cassidy's pub on your right, continue through the village. At the end of the village there is a right hand turning, take this. You will pass Carron national school on your right. Continue approximately 150m and the field station is just on your left. It is a white bungalow with a sign on the front of the building.

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