Admission to the talks is free but donations to The Burrenbeo Trust are always very welcome; the Lecture Theatre is unheated: please wear / bring extra clothing; there will be a charge of €5.00 per person (children free) for walks. Walks last 2 to 4 hours; walking boots recommended. in - May 2012 If you do not know the or need a lift, please assemble on the car park opposite church ready for a prompt Burren Bloom departure 45 minutes prior to time of walk. in association with COLLEGE OF ART, THE BURRENBEO TRUST & If you know the Burren, the actual venue is named please go straight there. THE CLARE BURREN MARATHON CHALLENGE Children’s events – suitable for all the family.

MAY DAY TIME TYPE ORGANISER COMING FROM VENUE EVENT

4 - 6 Fri - Sun Burren Alex White TD www.burrencollege.ie Burren College of Art “: Commemoration and Law School Constitution” Speakers include Helena Kennedy QC & Michael Morpurgo

5 Sat 10.00 am Farmers’ Market Tracey Kelly St John’s Hall Fresh fruit and vegetables, home baking, locally caught fish, fresh meat

6 Sun 5.45 am Walk Gordon D’Arcy Kiilleenaran, Kilcolgan Ballyvaughan Village Store International Dawn Chorus Day

6 Sun 10.00 am Burren Art Leueen Hill St John’s Hall Local photos, paintings, jewellry, & Crafts Fair wooden bowls & lamps, goats’ milk soap 6 Sun 12.30 noon Festival Launch Fr Richard Flanagan Ballyvaughan Ballyvaughan Fountain Children from schools in the Burren present Burren in Bloom

6–31 Daily Daily Art Exhibition Stefania Russell New Quay, Burrin Russell Art Gallery Burren in Bloom – paintings by Gordon tel. 065-7078185 d’Arcy, Manus Walsh, Leueen Hill, Patricia Kavanagh, Hilary Molloy & Olivia Hayes

6 Sun 8.30 pm Concert & Ann Kirrane (née Droney) Bell Harbour Burren College of Art Concert:‘One Small Star’ followed CD launch by launch and signing of CD

7 Mon 10.30 am Treasure Hunt Sarah O’Malley & Jenny Morton Burrenbeo Trust Burren College of Art Nature games for kids with their Mums & Dads

8 Tues 8.30 pm Talk Jim Hyland Ballyvaughan Burren College of Art The History of a village: Ballyvaughan

9 Weds 2.00 pm Walk Jim Hyland Ballyvaughan Church car park The History of a village: Ballyvaughan

9 Weds 8.00 pm Set dance Carl Wright Caher Bridge Garden Logue’s Lodge Set dancing

10 Thurs 8.30 pm Talk Deirdre O’Mahony X-PO X-PO Killinaboy The X-PO story

12 Sat 10.00 am Farmers’ Market Tracey Kelly St John’s Hall Fresh fruit and vegetables, home baking, locally caught fish, fresh meat

13 Sun 10.00 am Burren Art & Leueen Hill St John’s Hall Local photos, paintings, jewellry, Crafts Fair wooden bowls & lamps, goats’ milk soap

13 Sun 2.30 pm Walk Maggie Ronayne NUI Galway Burren College of Art From the Stone Age to Famine Times

15 Tues 8.30 pm Talk Ronan Hennessy Geologist Burren College of Art Railways and Waterways in the Burren - Why So Few?

16 Weds 2.00 pm Walk Eamonn Doyle Burren Connect Russell Art Gallery A walk along the Flaggy Shore

16 Weds 8.00 pm Set dance Carl Wright Caher Bridge Garden Logue’s Lodge Set dancing

17 Thurs 8.30 pm Talk & Film Sarah O’Malley NUI Galway Burren College of Art ‘Children & nature’ followed by film ‘Play Again’

18 Fri 10.00 & 2 Walks Stephen Ward Burrenbeo Trust Murroogh 2 km S of Black Hd Wild flowers of the Burren coast 1.30 marking International ‘Fascination of Plants Day’

18 Fri 9.00 pm Singing Conor Fahy O’Lochlainn’s Whiskey Bar Singers’ Club with Patsy Carrucan & John Casey

19 Sat 10.00 am Farmers’ Market St John’s Hall Fresh fruit and vegetables, home baking, locally caught fish, fresh meat

19 Sat 9.30 am Art Exhibition Various artists Until 2nd June excluding Burren College of Art ‘What do you see when you look at me?’ Sundays Works from Irish Museum of Modern Art

20 Sun 10.00 am Burren Art & Leueen Hill St John’s Hall Local photos, paintings, jewellry, Crafts Fair wooden bowls & lamps, goats’ milk soap

20 Sun 2.00 pm Walk Sharon Parr Burren Farming for Conservation A BFCP farm Farming the Burren: the naturalist’s view

22 Tues 8.30 pm Talk Ray Woods Plantlife Burren College of Art The Burren: saviour of the planet and civilisation?

23 Weds 2.00 pm Walk Ray Woods & Stephen Ward Burrenbeo Trust Murroogh 2 km S of Black Hd Lichens and flowers of the coastal limestone

23 Weds 8.00 pm Set dance Carl Wright Caher Bridge Garden Logue’s Lodge Set dancing

24 Thurs 8.30 pm Talk Eugenie Regan National Biodiversity Data Burren College of Art Insects – who needs them? Centre, Waterford

26 Sat 9.00am MARATHON Ballyvaughan- Walking Club Ballyvaughan sea-front www.clareburrenmarathonchallenge.com

26 Sat 10.00 am Farmers’ Market Tracey Kelly St John’s Hall Fresh fruit and vegetables, home baking, locally caught fish, fresh meat

26 Sat 2.00 pm Walk Eugenie Regan & Stephen Waterford Burren College of Art Bugs & beasties – for children of all ages McCormack

27 Sun 9.45 am Walk + lunch Tony Kirby Booking essential Burren Fine Wine & Food Guided walk along Burren Way www.heartofburrenwalks.com e30.00 pp including lunch & transport phone 087 292 54 87

27 Sun 10.00 am Burren Art & Leueen Hill St John’s Hall Local photos, paintings, jewellry, Crafts Fair wooden bowls & lamps, goats’ milk soap

27 Sun 2.00 pm Walk Stephen Ward Burrenbeo Trust Burren College of Art Flowers of the Burren

27 Sun 7.30 pm Book Launch Zoë Devlin, author & The Collins Press, Cork Tea & Garden Rooms Burren launch of ‘A Personal Record: photographer An Féar Gorta Wildflowers of Ireland’

29 Tues 8.30 pm Talk Mike Trewby BirdWatch Ireland Burren College of Art Ireland’s commendable crow: the chough

30 Weds 2.00 pm Walk Mike Trewby BirdWatch Ireland Cliffs of Moher Seabird cliffs

30 Weds 8.00 pm Set dance Carl Wright Caher Bridge Garden Logue’s Lodge Set dancing

31 Thurs 8.30 pm Talk Shane Casey Local farmer & Biodiversity Officer Burren College of Art Farming the Burren: the farmer’s view

June 1 Fri 7.30 Dinner & music Restaurant An Fulacht Fia e30.00 per person Burren-in-Bloom dinner, Fulacht Fia Bookings 065-7077300 Restaurant, Coast Road, Ballyvaughan

Burrenbeo Trust Monthly Walks June 3 Sun 2.00 pm Walk Shane Casey Local farmer & Biodiversity Officer Murroogh 2 km S of Black Hd Farming the Burren: the farmer’s view July1 Sun 2.00 pm Walk Úna Fitzpatrick National Biodiversity Data Centre NUIG, Carron Buzzing with the Burren’s bumblebees Aug 5 Sun 2.00 pm Walk Jesmond Harding Author : ‘Discovering Irish Butterflies’ Gortlecka Xroads Fluttering with the Burren’s butterflies Sept 2 Sun 2.00 pm Walk Pat McCormack Burren farmer Glencolumbkille The source of the 7 springs - Slieve na glasha

Burrenbeo Trust monthly walks are open to everyone - free for Trust Members and a €5.00 for non-members. For more information please email [email protected] or phone 091 638096.