The Hymany Way Project

The Hymany Way is a 48 km section of the Beire Breifne Way, the longest walkway in Ireland. Running through East Galway, it traverses the banks of the river Shannon as well as farmland and bogs. 

The Aughrim Development Company Ltd, a local voluntary organisation set up in 1998 to co-ordinate various projects for the benefit of the local community, applied for funding in their goal to promote the Hymany Way as an amenity of recreation, history and culture for local people. It also aimed to achieve full accreditation under the guidelines of the National Trails Office.

The successful application resulted in a grant to the Development Company, which was provided to facilitate the clean up of litter and illegal dumping along the route, the installation of additional safety signage, the upgrade of information and map boards as well as the production of trail maps and guides to relay relevant information for users of the walkway.

With Greenstar we are delighted to have contributed to the successful opening of The Hymany Way. This is not only a beautiful natural amenity for those in the local vicinity but is also a valuable low carbon tourist attraction. The amenity represents resource sustainability at its best and helps to tackle the challenge of climate change and non-renewable energy consumption. Tara Humphreys, Acting Director, NTR Foundation

At the inaugral walk of the Hymany Way, Paddy Naughton Director of the Aughrim Development Company Ltd said “We are thrilled that the Hymany Way has officially opened and achieved full accreditation as a Waymarked Way and placed on the National Trails Register. This is something as a voluntary organisation we have worked extremely hard for and we are gradteful to the NTR Foundation and Greenstar for their contribution to the project. The walk is a fantastic amenity linking history and culture with tourism and recreation and we are delighted that it is open for all to use, and are confident in our future plans for the walk to extend northwards to link with the Suck Valley and on to Leitrim, as well as south to the Ormond Way - a new walking route in North Tipperary, which is currently under development.”

For more information about the Hymany Way see www.irishtrails.ie