Read about all the latest news and upcoming events in our Spring Newsletter. This edition features profiles of the Burren National Park guide team as well as an article on creative caddisflies. https://www.nationalparks.ie/app/uploads/2025/04/SPRING-NEWSLETTER-2025-.pdf
Please contact us at burrennationalpark@npws.gov.ie with any queries.
Join us on a guided walk in the Burren National Park this March and feel the Spring in the air! We will be hosting a variety of themed walks along a selection of trails in the park. Learn about spring flora ‘as Gaeilge’ during Seachtain na Gaeilge or come appreciate Mother Nature on Mother’s Day.
Join us on a guided walk this month to witness Spring’s arrival in the Burren National Park. We have already spotted our first Primrose and Brimstone Butterfly! Guided walks are free but booking is essential as places are limited. Contact us at 065 6827693 or burrennationalpark@npws.gov.ie for more details and to book.
Celebrate St. Brigid’s Day in the Burren National Park where we will be running the following events: St. Brigid’s Cross Making in the Burren National Park Information Point in Corofin on 1st, 2nd and 3rd February from 10am to 4pm (Closed for lunch 1 to 2pm). Learn to make a traditional St. Brigid’s cross using
World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on 2 February to raise awareness about wetlands. Nearly 90% of the world’s wetlands have been degraded since the 1700s, and we are losing wetlands three times faster than forests. Yet, wetlands are critically important ecosystems that contribute to biodiversity, climate mitigation and adaptation, freshwater availability, world economies
Read stories from the Burren National Park in our latest Newsletter: Winter Newsletter 2024
This weekend National Parks & Wildlife Service joins with Burren Beo Trust to celebrate the traditional and unique Burren farming practice of winterage, when livestock are moved to the uplands for winter grazing. There are many fantastic events happening throughout the Burren over the weekend, please see www.burrenwinterage.com for full festival programme. Some events are
Join us this Bank Holiday Monday 28th October at 10.30am for a free guided walk in the Burren National Park. The leaves are falling and the flowers are fading but there is still plenty of Autumnal nature to be discovered! This event is free but booking is essential as places are limited. Please contact us
‘Your Parks, Your Say’ is the first phase of a national conversation to inform the definition, purpose and management of our National Parks.