Slieve Bloom Walking Festival 2024

The Slieve Bloom Walking Festival takes place in spring every year as the bluebells come into full bloom and the hills are alive with birdsong.

This year the Slieve Bloom Walking Club celebrates it’s 28th year with a wide variety of walks. The festival starts on Saturday May 4th and finishes on Monday May 6th. The festival offers a choice of woodland walks, riverside and gentle rolling hills with experienced walk leaders who will enhance your hike with stories of local history, geology and fauna. We have an A, B and C walks on both Saturday and Sunday. Our Monday walk is a Grade A 13k and will take about 4 hours. The C and B walks are easy to moderate with a more strenuous A walk which is more suitable for the more experienced hiker.

Walk details are available on our website calendar (see below).

Festival weekend prices

€8 per walk or
€20 includes Festival and Annual subscription (individual) or
€30 Festival and Annual subscription (Family)

For anyone who would like to join their hiking friends afterwards, Kinnitty Castle are providing a meal on Sunday, May 5th at 3.30pm. Two-course meal - Main course, Dessert, tea or coffee €25 (You must prebook)