Day by Day breakdown.

Thursday 16th
Registration in The Four Seasons hotel, Monaghan 9.30 - 10.30. Tea/coffee will be available.
Registration costs 15 euro for one day or 25 euro for both days. Registration covers all bus transfers tea and coffee in The Four Seasons and lunch in Slieve Beagh on Friday. The Festival dinner costs 25euro.
Accommodation is available in The Four Seasons at 69 euro for two people b and b per night or for a single person 55 euro per night. You may view the Four Seasons Hotel website by clicking here: FOUR SEASONS Other accommodation can be found by clicking this link: ACCOMMODATION

Greenway to Rossmore Park leaving The Four Seasons at 10.30. Leaving the hotel, we wend our way via the Greenway and along the Ulster canal to Rossmore Park. At the park there will be a pleasant walk at a leisurely pace and the history of the park will be explained. Walkers have the option of returning to the Four Seasons via the Greenway or bussing back. The Park walk is approximately ninety minutes duration and the Greenway is about forty minutes in each direction. Some history of the Rossmore Estate can be viewed by clicking this link: ROSSMORE PARK To view some pictures of Rossmore click here: ROSSMORE PICTURES or here: ROSSMORE IN SPRING
Lunch is available in the Four Seasons or in SAVOIR FAIRE coffee shop.

Walk in Castle Leslie, bus leaves the Four Seasons at 2.30. Walk around Kilvey Lough. This is a gentle walk of about an hour's duration. The ground can be quite soft in places, so wear suitable footwear and watch out for the horses. Tea and coffee is available at the Lodge and a short tour of the grounds and St. Salvador's church will follow the walk, about thirty minutes or so. Visit the Castle Leslie website here: CASTLE LESLIE
An alternative walk around Emy Lough will also be available on Thursday afternoon. This is a marked walk on level ground around the lake in Emyvale which takes about fifty minutes to complete.
Bus will return to the hotel about five.
The Festival dinner will be at 7.30 in the Four Seasons. The after-dinner speaker will be Jason Black who recently climbed Everest. To read about Jason's adventures CLICK HERE. The dinner will be followed by some music and dancing.

Day 2 Friday 17th April.
Registration in the Four Seasons 9.30 -10.00. Tea/coffee will be available.
Morning Walk: Crocknagrally Forest. Bus leaves 10.15. This is a medium to difficult walk which takes about two hours. It takes in some beautiful scenery and begins at the dwelling place of the famous Cooneen ghost.
Light Lunch in the Slieve Beagh hotel, Knockatallon. The hotel's Facebook page can be viewed by clicking on this link: SLIABH BEAGH
Afternoon Walk: You have a choice now, you can take a guided stroll around Monaghan town where your guides will relate Monaghan's murky past as well as astounding you with details of its architectural gems;or you can go Orienteering in Rossmore Park following maps at your own pace.
Boots and Bogs walking festival follows on Saturday 18th April in Knockatallon, Co Monaghan, organised by the Knockatallon Ramblers. For information ring Paddy Sherry at 087 2525457.