Walk Number 15
Published by Margaret Jacob in Latest News · Tuesday 13 Jul 2021
June completed her 15th walk (the second in CFO) on 12 July on territory which was familiar to her as she has friends who live in this area of south Wexford and visits there occasionally. Her friend Laurene accompanied the MU ladies on this walk. Tintern Abbey is located on the Hook Peninsula, near Saltmills, and originally was a Cistercian abbey founded by the Earl of Pembroke as the result of a vow he made when he was caught in a storm nearby. After the dissolution of the Abbey in 1562, the lands were granted to the Colclough family who lived there for the next 400 years making many improvements to the estate. The Abbey is now a ruin but, as it was passed to the state in the 1960s, parts are under restoration by the Office of Public Works. It houses several bat colonies and seven of the ten types of bat found in Ireland have been recorded there. There are four trails laid out throughout the extensive grounds, varying in length from 2.5km to 9km.
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