About
This Challenging walk is a 12km multi-terrain walk in the Glenshane area. It will relate the history of penal laws in Ireland in the 18/19th Centuries and the impact and legacy upon rural communities in Ulster through the story of the ‘Buachaill Bréige’ or Lying Boy.
Starting at Benedy Community Centre, the walk will take in Glenshane Forest, The Priest’s Chair and nearby waterfall before it loops back to Benedy across open mountain.
Walkers should have prior hill-walking experience, a good level of fitness and be suitably equipped with rainwear, hiking boots, packed lunch, hot drink, water and optional walking poles, be comfortable with negotiating occasional fences or gates and be prepared for a full day in the hills. Tea and coffee and refreshments will be served in Benedy Community Centre afterwards.
