Get the whole extended gang of family and friends together for a fun bank holiday weekend. These trails are all multi-access so you can enjoy them with a buggy and have a couple of generations and fitness levels along too.
And plan ahead too: see below for your guide to some great events coming up over the next couple of weeks...
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More than 50 events in 15 Cork city and harbour locations.
At Cork’s Robert’s Cove, in association with Oceans of Discovery. Includes food from the Robert’s Cove Inn Food Truck. 1pm and 4pm, lasts 3 hours. €90. Use code corkharbourfestival at oceansofdiscovery.ie
1pm-6pm. Ireland’s largest multi-craft rowing and paddling race, attracting some 500 participants. Boats include traditional wooden boats, currachs, gigs, Chinese dragon boats, kayaks and stand-up paddle boards. Music, food and free family entertainment at various vantage points along the race course, including Cobh, Monkstown, Passage West, Blackrock and Cork city.
Family orienteering event with prizes at Marlogue Wood 10am-1pm. Also orienteering events at Blackrock Village Car Park (June 6); Fitzgerald Park (June 11); and Currabinny Woods (June 12)
Book on bishopstownoc@gmail.com or seancotter001@eircom.net
6.30pm at The Lough (northern end/Lough Church side). This year’s theme is ‘ Boats of the Future’. Free to enter — make your boat from recycled materials. Prizes sponsored by Cllr Kieran McCarthy; prize-winning boats will be exhibited at Cork City Library during Cork Harbour Festival. In association with Meitheal Mara and Old Cork Waterworks. Age categories: 4-6 yrs; 7-11 yrs; and 12-15 yrs. Also individual and group categories.
Register by Tuesday, May 31.
One Day Cycle: 110k or 50k route. Starting and finishing at the Field of Dreams, Curraheen, Cork T12 XH4C. Entry fee €30. Eventbrite.ie
River clean up. Meet at Lee Car Park, Carrigrohane Road. Open to kayakers, canoeists and stand up paddleboarders 11am-1pm.
Bring suitable clothing (including PFD) and your own kayak/canoe/SUP. Bags, gloves, pickers provided. Participants must be competent and confident to take part; no training provided. Clean Coasts (cleancoasts.org) will have an information stall on the shore.
Cork's oldest agricultural, food and community event takes place in Curraheen Village, Bishopstown, Cork. Agricultural show; home & garden show; food and drink fest; livestock show; equine show; dog show, vintage rally, retail zone, kids zone and entertainment zone. 9am-6pm. info@corksummershow.com Eventbrite.ie
Mount Melleray Abbey hosts a series of pilgrim walks in the vicinity of the Abbey with the support of Melleray Mountain Meitheal and the Melleray Community Centre. Proceeds will support the continued development of the walking trails in the area.
The four walks available are:
* Melleray Grotto. 4.5km; ascent 120m
* Holy Year Cross and the Well. 4.5km; ascent 170m
* The Source. 10.5km; ascent 200m
* Byrne’s Bridge via The Source. 15km; ascent 400m
Tickets €20, includes light refreshments. Booking essential. Registration 9am, walks depart 10am sharp. Eventbrite.ie
Walk, jog or run the 21km from Haulbowline to Páirc Uí Chaoimh and help raise vital funds to support children with Down Syndrome in Cork. 10am. eventbrite.ie
Three days of workshops for the community/landowners/farmers to discuss, see and learn about the benefits of woodland. At Ennistymon, County Clare. Includes children's events, seed workshop, biodiversity restoration projects, forest therapy and site visit. hometree.ie