Please note that this walk, which is the first stage of the Famine Way, has been moved to Sunday, March 5th. The Famine Way starts in Strokestown, Co. Roscommon and finishes on the Custom House Quay in Dublin. The 165 km route commemorates a walk undertaken by 1490 tenants of the Strokestown Park estate in 1847, at the height of the Famine.
A Famine Way passport can be ordered in advance of the walk at this link. It takes approximately ten days to arrive by post and costs €15. It is not a requirement but, like the Camino, walkers can have it stamped at locations along the route as a memento of the journey.
