Farmers to be consulted on 23km walkway

Farmers are to be consulted as part of a plan to create a 23km walkway/cycleway on a former railway line in West Cork.

Councillors expressed delight at the results of a feasibility study which shows the merits of opening up the former railway line between Clonakilty and Courtmacsherry for tourism and recreation purposes.

The idea was raised by Dunmanway-based farmer and county councillor Declan Hurley in Apr 2011, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of the closure of the West Cork Railway.