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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Ballyvaughan.
Ballyvaughan
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Ballyvaughan is a village in County Clare, overlooking Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. With a population of 360 in 2022, it's a tiny straggling place but a good base for exploring the Burren region. Discover Ballyvaughan is the village website.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cahermacnaghten and Poulnagollum.
Cahermacnaghten
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cahermacnaghten is a ringfort south of Ballyvaughan in the Burren area, in County Clare, Ireland. It, or a nearby building, is the site of the famous O'Davoran law school. The fort is a National Monument.
Poulnagollum
Cave
Photo: Sometimes Incoherent, CC BY 3.0.
Pollnagollum–Poulelva is an active stream passage cave situated in County Clare, Ireland.
Cahermore ringfort
Archaeological site
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Cahermore ringfort or sometimes Caher Mór or "Ballyallaban stone fort" is a ringfort south of Ballyvaughan in the Burren area, in County Clare, Ireland. It is a National Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lisdoonvarna and Noughaval.
Lisdoonvarna
Town
Photo: Cqui, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Doolin is a small community in County Clare on the west coast of Ireland, with a population of about 300. The main attraction is the Cliffs of Moher, and it's also an access point for reaching the Aran Islands and The Burren.
Noughaval
Hamlet
Noughaval is a small village in the townland with the same name in County Clare, Ireland. It is said to be the site where St. Mogua founded a monastery.
Burren
- Type: Area
- Description: glaciated karst landscape region or alvar in northwest County Clare, Ireland
- Also known as: “The Burren”
- Categories: natural region, protected area, and karst
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Turkish: “Burren”
- Ukrainian: “Буррен”
- Western Frisian: “Burren”
- “The Burren”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Burren”. Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.