Burren Winterage Weekend

Burren Winterage Weekend is a celebration of the Burren’s farming tradition of Winterage. Enjoy a wide range of farming, heritage, cultural and family events around the October Bank Holiday weekend each year. Stay with us here at The Lady Gregory Hotel, located just 25 minutes from the Burren.

Burren Winterage Weekend

For thousands of years, Burren farmers have marked the end of summer by herding their cattle onto ‘winterage’ pastures in the limestone uplands where they spend the winter grazing. This ancient ‘transhumance’ tradition is synonymous with the Burren and is key to the survival of the region’s famous flora and fauna.

The Winterage Weekend takes place on the October Bank Holiday weekend each year. It offers a chance to come together and celebrate the unique farming traditions of the Burren and other ‘high nature value’ farming landscapes across Ireland and Europe. This festival also becomes a platform for sharing ideas on how these special places and their custodians might best be supported at a time of great challenge.

 Experience a celebration of farming for nature in the Burren and beyond with keynote talks on farming for nature, children’s book reading, Burren animals art workshop, National Farming for Nature Awards, farm walks, food demonstrations and much more.

Book your stay now at The Lady Gregory Hotel and look forward to spacious accommodation, gourmet dining, first class service and what promises to be a great weekend at the Burren Winterage Festival.

All booking links available and the Burren Winterage Weekend programme for this year on the event website HERE