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Beara Breifne Way

Beara Breifne Way

Tracing the Footsteps of O'Sullivan Beare

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Clans

O’Brien Clan

19th April 2018 by Beara Breifne

Clan: O’Brien of Galbally Other branches of the clan: Brien, Bryan. Irish Clan Name: Ó Briain This is one of the most illustrious Clan names of Ireland. It rose to great precedence in the tenth century, when a chieftain named Brian became Ard Rí or High King of All Ireland in 1001. He was born […]

McManus Clan

19th April 2018 by Beara Breifne

Clan: McManus of Drumshanbo Other branches of the clan: Moyne, Main, Manson, Mayne, Manasses, Mann, MacMayne. Irish Clan Name: Mac Maghnusa. Mc Manus is the Anglicisation of the ancient Irish MacMaghnuis, meaning son of Magus. Magus is a popular Norse personal name from the Latin “magnus” meaning great. Although made up of a Norse name […]

McGuire Clan

19th April 2018 by Beara Breifne

Clan: McGuire / Maguire of Ballyorgan Other branches of the clan: Macguire, Magoir, Maguirey, Guare. Irish Clan Name: Maguidir. This surname written Maguire or McGuire, ranks among the forty commonest surnames in Ireland. It is interesting that in County Fermanagh where their ancestors were once the ruling Sept, the Maguire chief was at Enniskillen, where […]

McGovern Clan

19th April 2018 by Beara Breifne

Clan: McGovern of Blacklion and Dowra Other branches of the clan: MacGovern, Magauran Irish Clan Name: Mag Shamhrain The Anglicised versions of the Irish name McGovern vary from region to region, because of the different possible pronunciations of the letter combination “MH”. The most important families of this Sept were allied to powerful families of […]

Kennedy Clan

19th April 2018 by Beara Breifne

Clan: Kennedy of Ballingarry Other branches of the clan: O’Kennedy, Keenedy, Kenedie, Kenady, Kenedy. Irish Clan Name: Ó Cinnèide, also Minnagh used in the Connacht County of Leitrim, (from Muimhneach meaning “man from Munster”). Arms: “Sable three helmets in profile proper” A black shield holding three helmets, two at the top of the shield and […]

McDermott Clan

27th March 2018 by Beara Breifne

Clan: McDermott of Ballinafad Other branches of the clan: MacDermott, MacDermott Roe, MacDermot, Kermode, McDermitt, McDermid, MacDevitt, Darmody, Dermody, McDonald, McEnroe, McEvoy, McInerney, MacKaleary, Mack, McNamara, McNamee, Deyermott, Diarmond, Diermott, Diurmagh, Diarmod, Diarmid, de Ermott, Dermott, de Yermond  Irish Clan Name: Mac Diarmada The name MacDermott is one of the hundred most commonly occurring Irish names. In the […]

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How to Walk the Beara Breifne Way

Order Your Beara-Breifne Way Passport

You can walk the whole of O’Sullivan Beare’s route from West Cork to Leitrim

We’ve created a unique walking passport you can use to catalogue your progress over days, months or even years. Each community has chosen a stamp to represent its character, and as you collect your passport stamps, you’ll get to meet some of the people behind the walk’s creation.

How to use the passport

You can order your  Beara-Breifne Way passport online and plan your route using our handy maps.

Stamp locations are listed on on this website for each walk and walk section. When you complete your  walk, call in to its passport point, and we’ll stamp your passport for you.

At the end of your journey, you can claim the final stamp which proves you walked the entire Beara-Breifne Way!

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Today the Beara-Breifne Way has its launch! It's creation is a great tribute to the communities along Ireland's longest walking route.

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