Autumn Strolls

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Autumn Strolls around St Mullins Booklets available at The Mullicháin Cafe Open 11am-6pm or on web site
Wonderful walks around back lanes,forest paths and by the river Barrow a must for now

Chilling by The River Barrow St Mullins

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/ireland/beauty-on-the-barrow-a-unique-perspective-on-ireland-1.3188826

Save The Barrow Line

We are all looking forward to the new crushed stone and dust surface on the Barrow line which will make it accessible for all our pals Wheel chairs,Buggy's and little people on their bikes.
We will truly be the center of Irelands Ancient East when the path is completed from Grand canal basin in Dublin to Dungarven

Great views of Mystical St Mullins "The Village that hangs in the mists of time"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V9ffLHRy10

August Bank Holiday 2017 St Mullins on The Barrow River

Looking forward to a Greeeeeat weekend down at The Mullicháin Cafe Open 11am -6pm Sat, Sun, and Monday closed on Tuesday

Alfresco dining by The River Barrow @ The Mullicháin Cafe St Mullins

The Mullicháin Cafe will be open for the Bank Holiday Monday and closed on Tuesday. Open 11am -6pm

Canoeing Down The Barrow River

Published in The Sunday Independant

River canoeing down the River Barrow to St Mullins

Martin O'Brien, St Mullins, Co Carlow

* I WAS one of those who spent the whole year planning the summer holiday out of Ireland - guaranteed sunshine, late nights, the wild life.

Year after year, we headed off to Spain or France, never giving Ireland a thought as the idea of spending two weeks freezing on a beach with ham sandwiches was just not going to happen.

Then I discovered river canoeing. Ireland opened up for us as we paddled down some amazing rivers, got a look into the old wealth of Ireland from the riverside, camped, stayed in B&Bs, visited villages that we never knew existed. Our favourite run was down the River Barrow to St Mullins, which has a tow path used by the draught horses that pulled the river barges in times gone by. We met fishermen and farmers, walkers and cyclists, all dying for a chat - where did you start out/where are you going? None of them had ever been down the river and you could see the wonder, the dream in their eyes... yes, one day, I will get in a boat.

The River Barrow towpath from Graiguenamanagh to St Mullins is one of the wonders of the world as it passes through lush green farmland, its water thundering over weirs, herons squealing past, and it's all for free. Passing by lime kilns, locks, weirs, and arriving in a land that was ravaged by the Vikings and there still sits proudly on the top of the hill a Norman motte and bailey castle.

It is great to see all the parents arriving in St Mullins, glowing from their day by the river, and the kids full of stories about their adventure, Bicycles line the walls, dogs lap from water bowls, Ahh, but they still want to know if there is wi-fi here.