If you're travelling to Ireland, why not have a peek and see how the weather's acting here in the West. Book a hotel in Clare and go to the nearby sights such as the Burren. The Burren lies to the south of Galway in County Clare, Ireland. The title Burren comes from the Irish - bhoireann which means a stony spot. Its development has lain unspoiled ever since the ice-age and is made up of karstic limestone, the biggest section of such in Western Europe.
It is a place of surprise and pleasure to botanists, archaeologists and ecologists alike and occupies an area of approximately 300 sq. kms. The area is really bleak in appearance with glacial soil loss at a maximum. Nevertheless it has sufficient soil to grow a wide variety of the most unusual and most rarified of plants, many of them strange bed fellows.
An excellent collection of alpines as well as Mediterranean varieties grow together in this limestone region with, oddly, a number of them being lime-hating plants. The Burren is bordered to the west by the Atlantic and Galway Bay and it is tucked in the north-west corner of Clare.
This region has some of the best historical megalithic tombs in Ireland, or even in Western Europe. You will find artefacts of human habitation dating back to almost 6000 years and the most famous may be the vortal tomb, or portal dolman, at Poulnabrone. In this area alone there are far more than 60 wedge tombs and the densest concentration in Ireland.
Nestling unobtrusively within the Burren, and just four miles from Ballyvaughan, would be the Aillwee Caves. They were found in the 1940's by way of a local farmer although out scrambling sheep. His dog had disappeared and ended up being found inside the cavern entrance that must have been covered for millennia. Remains of brown bears and indentations from the bear pits were found not far from the entrance. Bears happen to be extinct in Ireland for centuries which means this find brought on some exhilaration.
It is a place of surprise and pleasure to botanists, archaeologists and ecologists alike and occupies an area of approximately 300 sq. kms. The area is really bleak in appearance with glacial soil loss at a maximum. Nevertheless it has sufficient soil to grow a wide variety of the most unusual and most rarified of plants, many of them strange bed fellows.
An excellent collection of alpines as well as Mediterranean varieties grow together in this limestone region with, oddly, a number of them being lime-hating plants. The Burren is bordered to the west by the Atlantic and Galway Bay and it is tucked in the north-west corner of Clare.
This region has some of the best historical megalithic tombs in Ireland, or even in Western Europe. You will find artefacts of human habitation dating back to almost 6000 years and the most famous may be the vortal tomb, or portal dolman, at Poulnabrone. In this area alone there are far more than 60 wedge tombs and the densest concentration in Ireland.
Nestling unobtrusively within the Burren, and just four miles from Ballyvaughan, would be the Aillwee Caves. They were found in the 1940's by way of a local farmer although out scrambling sheep. His dog had disappeared and ended up being found inside the cavern entrance that must have been covered for millennia. Remains of brown bears and indentations from the bear pits were found not far from the entrance. Bears happen to be extinct in Ireland for centuries which means this find brought on some exhilaration.
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If you want to book a hotel in Clare then the Temple Gate Hotel is the perfect place to stay. It is a great perfect place to stay if you wish to go to the Burren.
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