Doolin
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.- Type: Village
- Description: coastal village in Clare, Ireland
- Also known as: “Dulainn” and “Dúlainn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Doonagore Castle and Doolin Cave.
Doonagore Castle
Castle
Doonagore Castle is a round 16th-century tower house with a small walled enclosure located about 1 km south of the coastal village of Doolin in County Clare, Ireland.
Doolin Cave
Cave
Doolin Cave is a limestone cave near Doolin in County Clare, Ireland, on the western edge of The Burren. The name is the anglicised version of the Irish name Poll an Eidhneáin, which is said to translate into "Ivy Cliff Cave". Doolin Cave is situated 3½ km northeast of Doolin.
Ballinalacken Castle
Ruins
Ballinalacken Castle is a two-stage tower house located in Killilagh parish of County Clare, Ireland. It is of uncertain date but most likely was built in the 15th or early 16th century. Ballinalacken Castle is situated 4½ km northeast of Doolin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lisdoonvarna and Poulsallagh.
Lisdoonvarna
Town
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. Lisdoonvarna is situated 6 km east of Doolin.
Kilshanny
Locality
Kilshanny is a village and a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. Kilshanny is situated 7 km southeast of Doolin.
Doolin
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.0163° or 53° 0′ 59″ north
Longitude
-9.3776° or 9° 22′ 39″ west
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE DLN
Open location code
9C5G2J8C+GX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Doolin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Doolin”
- Chinese: “杜林”
- Czech: “Doolin”
- Dutch: “Doolin”
- Finnish: “Doolin”
- French: “Doolin”
- Galician: “Doolin”
- German: “Doolin”
- Irish: “Dúlainn”
- Italian: “Doolin”
- Japanese: “ドゥーリン”
- Latin: “Doolin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Doolin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Doolin”
- Norwegian: “Doolin”
- Polish: “Doolin”
- Russian: “Дулин”
- Spanish: “Doolin”
- Swedish: “Doolin”
- Ukrainian: “Дулін”
- Urdu: “ڈولن”
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