Welcome to Ireland's School of Falconry

Founded in 1999 the oldest Falconry School in Ireland specialises in one-hour Private Hawk Walks where you will fly our wonderful Harris hawks around the spectacular grounds of Ashford Castle. Within minutes of arriving you will have a hawk on your glove and will be setting off on an adventure to fly your hawk free around the gardens and through the woodlands of Ashford Castle, an unrivalled location. Our Hawk Walks are a completely immersive, interactive and hands-on adventure. You will never forget the moment when your hawk first swoops down from a tree and lands back on your gloved fist. Flying a hawk is a remarkable experience that is truly a connection with nature.

HAWK WALKS

Private one-hour Hawk Walks

The Falconry School is home to the largest and most diverse collection of Harris hawks in the world. During your private Hawk Walk you will fly one of our wonderful Harris hawks, a species renowned for their easy-going temperament and unusually sociable nature. As you fly your hawk, the Falconer will explain all about the hawks exceptional eyesight, their speed and agility but also about the individual hawks that you are flying. We are unique in that we train all of the hawks ourselves, and we never sell them, they are flown free every day and are part of our family, we make a lifelong commitment to them

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Hazelnut on her way to the glove

Four hawks soaring in the blue sky

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What Our Customers Say

I consider myself to be fairly well travelled and have had all sorts of unique travel experiences over the years but I think this is easily the best thing I’ve ever done! Just unbelievable. Our guide was fantastic and it was money well spent. Would recommend 100%

Our time enjoying the Falconry walk with yourselves was the highlight of our action and site filled holiday. Our walk was filled with beautiful sights of both the surroundings and of the birds themselves in flight. The instructions we got were very clear and easy to understand and led to us having a wonderful experience. My Fiancée and I look back so fondly at our time with the hawks; Earrach and Geimhread. We want to thank you all so much for such a wonderful and memorable experience!

We have been back home for about 3 weeks now from a 7 week tour through 8 countries. A standout highlight for Wendy and me was the Falconry at Ashford Castle - as an add on option to out Insight tour, to opt for this activity was one of the best decisions we could have made - absolutely fantastic. Your guide was superb in instructions, communication and extreme friendliness. The experience was one of the highlights of our lives. keep up the fantastic work.

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