Students aim to raise €100,000 on 'Butter Road Camino' from Listowel to Cork city

Millstreet Community School students are following historic trail to raise funds for Breakthrough Cancer Research and Mellon Educate

At the launch of the Butter Road Camino Walk were TY students at Millstreet Community School, representatives from Breakthrough Cancer Research Mellon Educate, the Butter Exchange, Cork, and historian Joe Harrington. Picture: John Tarrant

It's been called the Butter Road Camino: 12 transition year students are taking on a 117km trek along a historic route from Kerry to Cork city aiming to raise €100,000 for two worthy causes.

The group from Millstreet Community School in North Cork are beginning the route in Listowel in Co Kerry on Thursday, and will follow the historic Old Butter Road to Cork City completing the journey over five days. The route will take them from Listowel through Castleisland, Rathmore, Millstreet, Tower, Kerry Pike, and finishing at The Butter Museum in Cork City on Monday.