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FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER SUNDAY 30TH OCTOBER Registration Form Friday Night Walk: Tom Crean Trail. 7.30pm, Free. A Walk: Mount Brandon, 9am Enjoy our night walk on the quiet rural Pound Mount Brandon is Kerry’s holy mountain and at Name: road with night views of the village and beau- 3,000 feet is a must climb.The summit enjoys all Address: tiful countryside. We will visit the final resting four seasons in one day and offers jaw dropping place of Tom Crean at Ballinacourty Graveyard views of the western edges of Ireland. The walk Easy/Moderate 2hrs, 5kms will start from Faha and finish at An Baile Breac. Walk rating: Strenuous 11km, 5 hours. SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER email: B Walk: Walk Macha na Bó, 10am A Walk: Caherconree, Start 9am Macha na Bó or “The pass of cows” is an age old Mobile Phone: Caherconree is a majestic promontory fort which route linking Cloghane to Annascaul. The walk once was the summer residence of the King of is a social history of farming life in the area with Emergency Name & Contact No.: Munster Cú Rí. The walk follows the marked ancient homestead and field system, bog cutting route past the fort to the summit at 835m af- and wolf slaying. fording 360 degree views north to the Shannon Walk rating: Moderate 12 km, 5 hours. Friday 28th estuary and west to the Blaskets. Night Walk: Tom Crean Trail (Free) The return route is through the fort descending C Walk : The Hidden Valley 10.30 am the steep green shoulder back to our start point. Saturday 29th This is an archeology walk tracing 4000 years of A: Caherconree (€20) Walk rating: Difficult 5 hours settlement from the Bronze Age cairn at Dro- mavally, through the Christian Ogham stones at B: Acres Hill (€15) B Walk : Acres Hill, Start 10 am Rathduff through to 21st century farm life. C: Foot of the Hill Walk (€10) Acres Hill is one of 3 modest peaks forming the Walk rating: Easy 2½ hours, 7km Sunday 30th Doorah Range which stands on the edge of Dingle A: Mount Brandon (€20) Bay. Acres Hill has a fragrant and rich vegeta- MONDAY 31ST OCTOBER B: Macha na Bó (€15) tive cover and is climbed by following the sheep C: The Hidden Valley (€10) Meelin Hill, 11am paths.The whole south coast of the peninsula pro- Monday’s walk is a marked loop walk with views Monday 31st vide the dramatic visible backdrop to this walk. of the bay and the lovely village of Annascaul Meelin Hill (€10) Walk rating: Moderate 3 hours nestling below us. Return Completed form Walk rating: Easy 7.5 km, 3 hours. Enquiries: C Walk : Foot of the Hill Walk, 10.30 am with fee to: Mike Johnson This loop walk begins in the village and crosses Hanafins Bar: Annascaul Walks, 087 - 2077019 c/o Mac Eoin Merchants, the parish’s first bridge at Sean droichead de- Registration & Dora Kennedy Ballyhea, Meeting point 085 - 2813430 scending to the deep brooding corrie Lake at Dingle , for each walk Brian Lucey Comdubh. The walk passes the birthplace of the Co Kerry sculptor Jerome O Connor and the resting place 066 - 9157382 of the explorer Tom Crean. Walk rating : Easy 11km, 3 hours All walks are guided and include transport Bookings can also be made at: and refreshments on return. A -€ 20 B- € 15 – C- € 10 www.annascaulwalks.org.

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