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Annual Mid-Summer Walking Festival

 2003 is the...
 400th anniversary of the legendary 1603 March of O’Sullivan Beara from the Beara Peninsula, West Cork to Breifne, in the Leitrim Cavan area 

Next Year Donncha O'Dulaing will recreate the epic march of O'Sullivan Beara 400 years ago.

To commemorate this epic March The 2003 Glinsk Walking Festival will be retracing the footsteps of O'Sullivan Beara from Cregg to Glinsk Castle  on the new Burke Marked Walk Way 

 On your arrival at Glinsk Castle we hope to offer a more joyous welcome then was received by O'Sullivan, Our " window to the past" will see an re-enactment in a "day in the life" of Glinsk Castle 400 years ago- from battles, tool-making  and cooking displays. 

 Greenways-O'sullivan Beara- Festival 2003

The O'Sullivan Beara Route

This famous route is being developed as a Waymarked Way for walking, cycling, heritage and clans. Seventy community groups in every town and village on the route have decided to run a chain of festivals throughout the summer of 2003.

www.bearabreifnegreenway.com

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