Burren
The Burren is a large area of northern County Clare, in the west of Ireland, with karst landscape - a great bare limestone sheet sculpted by water action.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Ballyvaughan.
Ballyvaughan
Ballyvaughan is a village in County Clare, overlooking Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Poulnagollum and Cahermore ringfort.
Poulnagollum
Cave
Pollnagollum–Poulelva is an active stream passage cave situated in County Clare, Ireland.
Cahermore ringfort
Archaeological site
Cahermore ringfort or sometimes Caher Mór…
Gleninsheen Wedge Tomb
The Gleninsheen wedge tombs are two prehistoric wedge…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lisdoonvarna and Noughaval.
Noughaval
Hamlet
Noughaval is a small village in the townland with the same name in County Clare, Ireland.
Burren
- Area
- …lies at an elevation of 220 metres (722 feet)
- …is also known as “The Burren”
- Description: glaciated karst landscape region or alvar in northwest County Clare, Ireland
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
53.0608° or 53° 3′ 39″ north
Longitude
-9.2161° or 9° 12′ 58″ west
Open location code
9C5G3Q6M+8H
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Frisian—“Burren” goes by many names.
- Basque: “The Burren”
- Breton: “An Bhoireann”
- Catalan: “The Burren”
- Chinese: “巴倫國家公園”
- Chinese: “巴倫地區”
- Czech: “Burren”
- Dutch: “Boireann”
- Dutch: “Burren”
- Esperanto: “An Boireann”
- Esperanto: “Burren”
- Esperanto: “The Burren”
- Finnish: “Burrenin kansallispuisto”
- French: “Burren”
- German: “Burren”
- Hausa: “Burren”
- Hebrew: “הבארן”
- Irish: “An Bhoireann”
- Irish: “An Bhoirinn”
- Irish: “Bhoirne”
- Irish: “Boirinn”
- Italian: “Burren”
- Italian: “The Burren”
- Japanese: “バレン”
- Korean: “버런”
- Lithuanian: “Burenas”
- Malay: “The Burren”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Burren”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Boireann”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Burren”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Burren”
- Norwegian: “Burren”
- Polish: “Burren”
- Portuguese: “Burren”
- Russian: “Буррен”
- Slovenian: “Burren”
- Spanish: “Burren”
- Spanish: “El Burren”
- Spanish: “The Burren”
- Swedish: “Boireann”
- Swedish: “Burren”
- Swedish: “The Burren”
- Thai: “เดอะเบอร์เรน”
- Turkish: “Burren”
- Ukrainian: “Буррен”
- Western Frisian: “Burren”
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