FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER SUNDAY 30TH OCTOBER Registration Form Friday Night Walk: Tom Crean Trail. 7.30pm, Free. A Walk: , 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 . 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: , 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 Saturday 29th the steep green shoulder back to our start point. 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