On the Monday 21st October 2002 the official launch of the Beara Breifne Greenway which traces the epic march of O'Suilleabhain Beara in 1603, from Beara Peninsula, West Cork to Breifne in Leitrim Cavan area will took place at the Shannon Oaks Hotel, in Portumna, Co. Galway at Monday 2:30 p.m.

The event was well attended by representatives of the community groups involved, Bord Failte, The Heritage Council, National Waymarked Ways, the O'Sullivan Clan, and regional development and tourism bodies. and The event was reported in a variety of media including the RTE Six One news and The Irish Times, the Examiner and regional papers.

1. Beara Tourism and O'Sullivan Clan;
2. Beara Tourism, Bord Failte, Heritage Council, RTE and National Waymarked Way;
3. Michael MacMahon (Heritage Council) and Max Fell
4. Heritage Council, Bord Failte, O'Sullivan Clan, Beara Tourism and IRD Portumna;
5. Michael O'Sullivan, Chieftain of O'Sullivan Clan;
6. Heritage Council, Bord Failte, National Waymarked Way, Beara Tourism and O'Sullivan Clan;
7. Beara Tourism, O'Sullivan Clan, Colm Power;
8. Beara Tourism;
9. RTE and Heritage Council;
10. Beara Tourism, Bord Failte and O'Sullivan Clan;
11. Heritage Council, O'Sullivan Clan and Beara Tourism;
12. Bord Failte, National Waymarked Way, Heritage Council, Beara Tourism;
13. IRD Portumna, Heritage Council and Beara Tourism;
14. Millstreet Development, Beara Tourism and Clans of Ireland;
15. Cavan, Leitrim, Roscommon and Beara Tourism;
16. Roscommon, Galway, Ireland West Tourism and Beara Tourism;
17. Claire - Beara Tourism;
18. Representatives of South Tipperary and Beara Tourism;
19. Jim O'Sullivan- Beara Tourism, Colm Power- Dunboy Castle, Michael O'Sullivan- Chieftain of O'Sullivan Clan and John Murphy- Chairman of Beara Tourism;
20. Representatives of Heritage Council, Bord Failte, National Waymarked Way, Beara Tourism and O'Sullivan Clan;
21. Michael MacMahon and Tom Scriven

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