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THE EMIGRANT’S WALK
One Last Look Home
Walk in the footsteps of those who left
WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE WITH YOU?
If you knew you might never come home.
During the Great Hunger, thousands left the communities around Carntogher, walking away from the people and places they knew in search of a new life across the Atlantic.
The Emigrant’s Walk invites you to follow in their footsteps — through the landscape they left behind and the stories, memories and emotions of those who went.
WHAT WILL I EXPERIENCE?
More than a walk through the landscape.
WALK THE LANDSCAPE
HEAR THEIR STORIES
ONE LAST LOOK HOME
Follow old paths through the
foothills of Carntogher.
Discover the lives, choices
and emotions behind emigration.
Stand at the Emigrant’s Cairn and
look across the landscape they left behind.
This is not simply a story you hear.
It is a landscape you walk.
PLAN YOUR WALK
Everything you need to know before you set out.
THE WALK
A guided walking experience throughthe beautiful landscape around Carntogher.
MEETING POINT
An Carn, Tirkane Road, Maghera.
DURATION
Approximately 3–3½ hours, allowing plenty of time for stories, stops and the landscape.
WHAT TO WEAR
Walking boots or sturdy shoes, weather-appropriate clothing and bring water.
DIFFICULTY
Easy to moderate, depending on individual ability, with the walk taken at a comfortable pace.
BOOKINGS
Private and group bookings available.
ONE LAST LOOK HOME
For many who left, this landscape was their last view of home.
At the Emigrant’s Cairn, pause and look back across the land — just as generations of emigrants did before beginning journeys that would take them far from home.
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