Burrenbeo Snapshot October 2021
The turning of Autumn to Winter is marked by one of the most significant events in the Burren's farming calendar. This is the time when several hundred farmers each herd their cattle up onto [...]
Farming For Nature – September-October Newsletter
Farming For Nature Ambassadors 2021 Vote now for your favourite Farming For Nature Ambassador VOTE HERE Welcome to September-October Edition of the Farming For Nature Newsletter This bimonthly publication contains news and upcoming [...]
Minister Pippa Hackett visits Burren Programme farms
We had a wonderful day on Monday, 23rd August, when Minister of State Pippa Hackett visited the Burren. Minister Hackett visited a number of Burren Programme farms where she received a very good overview [...]
Free online Virtual Tour of the Archaeology on a Burren Farm
led by Elaine & Michael Lynch A Burrenbeo Trust and National Heritage Week Event Wednesday, 18th August, 8pm Register here for the zoom webinar As part of Heritage Week, archaeologists Elaine and Michael Lynch [...]
The Practice of Burren Winterage: A short video
In this video, three Burren farmers tell us what the practice of Winterage means to them. Winterage or herding cattle in the autumn from the lowlands up to the highlands for grazing over winter [...]
National Heritage Week 2020
Michael Lynch and Elaine Lynch - Online Zoom Presentation Wednesday, August 19th at 8pm Michael Lynch is the Field Monument Advisor for Co. Clare and he has been working in archaeology in the Burren [...]
Welcome to the July & August Farming for Nature Newsletter
Welcome to the July-August edition of the Farming for Nature Newsletter. This bimonthly publication contains news and upcoming events, offers helpful nature-friendly tips for your farm, and shares useful resources, including words of wisdom [...]
Teagasc PhD Walsh Scholarship Opportunity
Optimisation of upland/lowland resources within farming systems to deliver a range of ecosystem services across multifunctional agricultural landscapes Ref Walsh Scholarship Number 2020005 The Walsh Scholarships Programme is Teagasc's postgraduate development programme, with some 140 students [...]
Farming for Nature – the role of results based payments
A new book is available online entitled Farming for Nature – the role of results-based payments. This book has been edited by Eileen O’Rourke and John A. Finn. Contributors of this book include Brendan [...]
Pearl Mussel Project News: Issue 1
The Pearl Mussel Project have produced a short farm newsletter with information on some of the latest developments within the programme. We hope to produce further issues of Pearl Mussel Project News during the [...]