Inishbofin Walking Festival

INISHBOFIN WALKING FESTIVAL

Periodicity: annual

Location:   Inishbofin, County Galway, Connacht,  Ireland

Time of the year:  May

Duration:  3 days

Number of Walks: 3 walks

1st edition: 2011


2011 edition: 27th - 29th May 2011
2011 edition programme:
Friday 27th May

9.30pm: Official Opening & wine reception at the Inishbofin Community Centre with screening of ‘Welcome to Inishbofin’ documentary.

Saturday 28th May Morning Walk
10.30am: Westquarter loop  
Grade: Medium  

Distance: 8km (2.5 – 3 hours) The Westquarter loop takes in some of the most stunning Atlantic Coast scenery in Connemara offering views of the Island’s blow holes and sea arch, sea stags where the Island seal colony can be seen, the Dún More Cliffs and Iron Age promontory fort ruins, picturesque Trá Gheal beach and famine road. The track winds over grass paths, turf banks and shingle beach pebbles. The walk also affords views of Inishark Island. 

Afternoon Walk
3.30pm: Middlequarter loop
Grade: Moderate

Distance: 5km (1.5 – 2 hours) This walk runs over Inishbofin’s second highest point, which on a clear day offers panoramic views of Achill Island’s mountains, Inishturk and Clare Island, the Twelve Bens, Maumturks and Croagh Patrick, the track takes in Inishbofin’s historic and varied Iron and Bronze Age landscapes with mill stones, partitions and evidence of round stone houses.

 Sunday 29th May Morning Walk
11.00am: Cloonamore Loop  
Grade: Moderate 

Distance: 8.5km (3 – 3.5 hours) The Cloonamore Loop which runs over green roads, bog roads, laneways and roads and also runs along the beautiful East End Beach and St Colman’s 14th Century Chapel and Church Lough, a fertile valley which supports reed beds and other vegetation, which in turn provide cover, food and nest sites for a wide variety of birds. 

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Price: Paid

Notes: 

Sponsoring: Yes

Organization:

Contact:

csptourism@inishbofin.com 

Phone: 095 45989

Inishbofin Community Centre,
Reception
T: +353 95 45895

Inishbofin Development Co. Ltd
T: +353 95 45861
F: +353 95 45884
bofindev@eircom.net

Website: http://www.inishbofin.com/

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(see in portuguese)