GREAT WESTERN GREENWAY

Burrishoole Loops

Tiernaur Loop

Burrishoole Loops, Burrishoole Loops Tiernaur

Waymarking – Red Arrows

Distance

15 km

Difficulty

Longest – Most Challenging

Ascent

104m

Trailhead

Tiernaur – 53.9035876, -9.6895672

Terrain

Minor roads, bog roadways, Greenway

Duration

4 hours

Minimum Gear

Trekking shoes, raingear, fluid & mobile phone

Services

Westport, Newport, Mulranny, Achill

Tiernaur Loop

Burrishoole Loops, Burrishoole Loops Tiernaur
15 km - challenging

The longest loop in the series it reaches east as far as the Carrowsallagh River, before returning along the Greenway to Newfield. After crossing Glendahurk Bridge [if hiking clockwise] and passing through the next gate there is a well whose water quality is superb. Wells have always been important to country folk, in folklore they often had their own guardian spirit, eventually becoming Christianized. 

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