{"id":2903,"date":"2015-02-06T13:33:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T13:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/var\/www\/vhosts\/loveloophead.com\/academy.loveloophead.com\/..\/old.loveloophead.com\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2015-04-06T12:52:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T11:52:31","slug":"doonaha-heritage-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/?p=2903","title":{"rendered":"Loop Head Walking Festival &#8211; Doonaha &#8216;Forts and Folklore&#8217; with guided tour of Napoleonic Battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Take a journey through time along the relatively sheltered South side of the Peninsula.<\/div>\n<div>We begin our walk at the popular swimming cove of Glaisin, also known as <span class=\"il\">Doonaha<\/span> Beach.<\/div>\n<div>Enjoy the rural landscape and learn about local historic landmarks en-route to <span class=\"il\">Doonaha<\/span> Fort.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Doonaha and the surrounding area of Lisheen are dotted with remnants of ancient ring forts with particularly interesting clusters of forts along the Doonaha river flowing into the Shannon.<\/div>\n<div>Doonaha village itself is home to the Gaelic Scholar Eugene O&#8217; Curry and the local school is known to be one of the bardic schools of that time.<\/div>\n<div>Explore County Clare&#8217;s Coastal Military history during the Napoleonic Era and enjoy a fully guided tour of <span class=\"il\">Doonaha<\/span> Gun Battery.\u00a0 Return to Glaisin car park cross-country.\u00a0 Guaranteed fun.\u00a0 Make sure to wear good boots.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Guide: Carmel Haugh of <a title=\"Around the Loop Tours and Transportation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aroundtheloop.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Around the Loop Tours and Transportation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting point: Glaisin beach car park, Doonaha<\/p>\n<p>Duration: 2 hours<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Suitable: Adults and older children (some cross country rough underfoot)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a journey through time along the relatively sheltered South side of the Peninsula. We begin our walk at the popular swimming cove of Glaisin, also known as Doonaha Beach.<a class=\"read-more\"  style = \"color:##362628;\"href=\"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/?p=2903\">..view &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,84],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.loveloophead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}