This article is from page 10 of the 2012-04-24 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 10 JPG
A LARGE number of North Clare community groups and tourism providers will travel to Limerick this week to show off everything that the Burren has to offer. ‘A Burren Evening’, which is organised by the BurrenBeo Trust, will take place at the Hunt Museum in Limerick this Thursday.
This is the second time that local groups in North Clare have taken it upon themselves to travel to another location and show off exactly what the Burren has to offer.
Last year, a large group from North Clare travelled to Dublin to market the Burren directly to the people of the capital.
The theme of this week’s event is ‘Landscape, Memory and Friendship’ and it aims to be a celebration of life in the Burren as well as the work of the BurrenBeo Trust and other organisations.
Some of the organisations taking part in ‘A Burren Evening’ include St Tola’s Cheese from Inagh, the Burren Smokehouse in Lisdoonvarna and the Aillwee Caves in Ballyvaughan.
BurrenBeo Trust is Ireland’s only landscape charity and is dedicated to ensuring that the unique yet fragile Burren landscape is sustained for future generations to enjoy. The Limerick event will also include the launch of the fourth edition of the annual flagship magazine, ‘Burren Insight’, as well as a new set of Burren field guides.
“The Burren has long been admired its rare habitats, geology, archaeology, rich culture and traditions. Burrenbeo Trust is actively engaging with the local community and other stakeholders in managing this unique landscape,” said Brigid Barry of the BurrenBeo Trust.
“The field guides have been developed as part of Burrenbeo’s ‘learning landscape’ initiative, which is just one of a number of exciting programmes that Burrenbeo Trust are currently concentrating on.
“The Burren is the perfect outdoor classroom for young and old and the Trust’s Ecobeo programme has already seen over 700 children take part in their experiential learning courses.
“As well as facilitating children in becoming Burren experts, the Trust is also the main providers of information to local and visiting communities through a range of cutting edge media and more traditional walks and talks,” she said.