Burren Winterage Cattle Drive & Food Fayre

Burren Winterage Cattle Drive & Food Fayre
Sunday 25 October | Fanore, Co. Clare

This should be a very special Clare Connections day out.

We're joining the Sunday Burren Winterage Cattle Drive – a chance to experience one of the Burren's great living traditions, as hundreds of people join a local farming family in herding their cattle to their winter grazing pastures.

The Sunday walk is the longer of the weekend's two cattle drives at approximately 10.6km return, with a steeper climb and some rough and uneven Burren terrain. It also includes a beautiful 2.9km scenic road walk before we join the cattle drive.

🐄 Cattle Drive: 12:00–4:00pm
🥾 Distance: Approx. 10.6km return
⛰️ Level: A good level of fitness and mobility is required
🎟️ Ticket: €10 – advance booking essential
🐕 No dogs permitted

Getting there together

We'll meet in Ballyvaughan at 10:10am and take the 10:30am shuttle bus to Fanore together.

When you book your ticket, please choose the:

SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER – CATTLE DRIVE & FOOD FAYRE – 10:30AM BALLYVAUGHAN SHUTTLE

The shuttle is included and return buses will bring us back to Ballyvaughan after the event.

Carpool from Ennis

We'll organise a carpool from Dunnes Stores car park, Ennis Shopping Centre to Ballyvaughan.

If you'd like a lift from Ennis, please let us know by the day before so we can organise spaces and make sure nobody is left behind.

If you're driving yourself, simply meet us in Ballyvaughan at 10:10am.

Burren Food Fayre

Our ticket also includes entry to the Burren Food Fayre, which runs from 10am, with local food, street food, cookery demonstrations, farm-to-fork activities, live music and more.

Please book your €10 ticket before RSVPing to this Meetup, as numbers for the cattle drive are limited and advance booking is essential.

What to bring: Walking boots are essential. Bring waterproofs, suitable layers, water and something to eat. Walking poles may also be useful as some sections can be rough, slippery and uneven.

A Bank Holiday Sunday spent walking the Burren, experiencing an ancient Clare farming tradition and enjoying the Food Fayre afterwards – this should be a really memorable one.