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All eyes will be on the Burren this Saturday evening as North Clare features on a new travel programme on Channel 4. Millions of viewers across Britain and Ireland are expected to tune in as Irish born presenter, Julia Bradbury, visits the farm of Cathal and Bronagh O’Rourke, owners of the Burren Farm Experience. Cathal’s family have farmed the land for generations and they explain why the rocky landscape of the Burren is so good for rearing cattle. Julia also goes foraging for berries in a little forest on the Boston farm and she sits down for a meal of Bronagh and Cathal’s beef and other local produce in the middle of the forest. The programme, which is called Julia Bradbury’s Irish Journey, is supported by Tourism Ireland. As part of the series Julia will explore Ireland’s spectacular landscape, rich culture and history and will try her hand at surfing, kayaking and traditional Irish cooking. “With a wide audience across …

A  325 acre residential farm in the Burren, where the parishes of Carron and Ballyvaughan meet, is to be sold at public auction. Described as a ‘one off’ property by Vaughan Hannon, auctioneers;  Glenslade, Carron offers any purchaser huge potential for farming in the Burren, with support, both knowledge led and financial based, from organisations such as BurrenLife. The owner, who was previously involved in the BurrenLife project and REPS, farmed a sucker herd, claimed entitlements in 2014 and had a lot of work done to improve the farm, such as rainwater harvesting, which feed water to troughs throughout the land. The house is a two storey farmhouse with a new roof; however the house is in need of modernisation/renovation. Offered as one lot, the public auction will be held in the Old Ground Hotel, Ennis on May 15.