The Burren (Great rock) is a unique karst-landscape region in northwest County Clare, in Ireland. The region measures approximately 250 square kilometres and is enclosed roughly within the circle comprised by the villages Ballyvaughan, Kinvara, Tubber, Corofin, Kilfenora and Lisdoonvarna, It is bounded by the Atlantic and Galway Bay on the west and north respectively. Strictly speaking the territory of the Burren or barony of Burren only contains the villages of Lisdoonvarna, Ballyvaughan, Fanore, Craggagh, New Quay/Burrin, Bealaclugga (Bellharbour) and Carron. It is not top vacation destinations but interesting once.
GPS travel destination: 53° 3′ 0″ N, 9° 6′ 0″ W
May 162008
Posted by Ella at 9:37 pm Tagged with: barony, county clare, ireland, landscape region, northwest county, square kilometres, top vacation destinations
