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Eamonn Keaveney

Irish adventurer and Guinness World Record holder who walked 6,805km barefoot from Istanbul to his hometown of Claremorris, Co. Mayo (2025–26), fundraising for Jigsaw and Friends of the Earth.

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PODCASTS

Oct 7, 2026

Mountain to Glen The Podcast

Mountain to Glen The Podcast

Episode 55: Walking Barefoot Across Europe with Eamonn Keaveney

Oct 7 · 53m

Robert FarrellyHOST

4:12

[laughs]

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

4:12

... why I feel the urge.

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

4:14

But it's kind of interesting that you said, like, what was the moment? 'Cause in a lot of ways I think it's more like a series of moments than anything else.

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

4:21

And the walk that I did that finished up just in March gone, so that's what? About five months ago.

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

4:28

That really was inspired by the walk that I did back in 2016, so it goes back quite a while.

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

4:35

Um, and there's a whole story as to why I decided to do that.

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

4:38

Like, you know, so it's spinning a very long yarn.

44 MINS LATER

Robert FarrellyHOST

48:25

Do you wanna have a quick chat about that?

Eamonn Keaveney on walking barefoot across Europe

Jan 23 · 8m

Sean MoncrieffHOST

2:12

And like, which is worse, walking on a hot day or walking on a cold day?

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

2:18

Oh, good question.

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

2:19

I actually think walking for my feet, I think the cold, because it takes a long time.

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

2:25

They'll warm up, you know, they will kind of adapt to the cold.

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

2:27

But the feet would get cold very quickly then once I stop.

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

2:32

And I find that if you're walking on tarmac or something, it has to be very hot.

Eamonn KeaveneyGUEST

2:37

And you have to stand still for it to actually hurt your feet.

Sean MoncrieffHOST

5:11

And