Funding for new bridge at Millstreet completes Beara Breifne Way Project

Áine Collins TD after much hard work welcomes the announcement that Failte Ireland has approved €105,750 for a the new pedestrian, cycling and wheelchair access bridge over the Blackwater at the Boeing Millstreet, at the exact location where O’Sullivan Beara crossed the river Blackwater in 1603.

  Work to secure funding for this project has been ongoing with a long number of years and Áine is delighted to have been involved in finally bringing this project to fruition.

“This is the Irish answer to Spains Camino de Santiago walk. As you travel this route each town you go through you will have your walking passport stamped and can work towards completing the full walk taking in some beautiful scenery through the counties of Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Offaly, Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim before linking to the Ulster Way in Blacklion, Co Cavan” says Áine.

The Beara Breifne Way was launched on 15 May 2013 by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the Mansion House Dublin.