W hen she first set foot on the Beara Breifne W ay, Miriam Mulcahy expected a long-distance hike that w ould take her across some of the most beautiful scenery in Ireland. W hat she found instead w as a living tapestry past and present: ancient landscapes w here myth and memory linger; pilgrim routes and rebel roads; quiet villages, w ild coastlines, hidden valleys, and the ghostly thread that ties them all together.
Follow ing in the footsteps of Domhnall Cam O’Sullivan Beare’s fateful march in 1603, she begins her journey uncertain – of the path, of herself, of w hat she hopes to find. But as the miles unfurl, something shifts, and she begins to carve a line of connection in time.
This is an extraordinary story of landscape and legacy, of attention and endurance, of losing sight of yourself and finding something far better: renew al. Lyrical, reflective and quietly radical, it captures w hat happens w hen you give yourself over fully to a journey – and how , in doing so, you return changed.
ISBN 9781804441732
