The Bulfin cyclists, already on a tour of heritage sites across Laois, merged with our Kerry visitors at Dunamase for a special ceremonial pageant, presented to a large gathering that included visitors from Austria, England and Canada, in addition to participants from across Ireland. The Bulfin Heritage Cycle Rally, (where participants cycled on old High Nelly bicycles and dressed in period clothing) also included visits to Castle Durrow, Irish Fly Fishing & Game Shooting Museum, Attanagh, Heywood Gardens, Ballinakill, Timahoe Round Tower & Heritage Centre, Stradbally Evening Market Fare, Emo Court, Ballyroan, Pass of the Plumes, Abbeyleix Heritage House and Aylward’s Rural Heritage Museum; in an event that captured the imagination of participants from at home and abroad.
The Bulfin Heritage Cycle Rally started at Castle Durrow and finished with a celebratory meal at Ashbrook Arms, Durrow, before participants retired for an evening of music and song supplied by local artists, and traditional Austrian fare supplied by our visiting musicians from Ebensee, Austria.