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Burren National Park (Irish: Páirc Náisiúnta Bhoirne) [2] is one of eight national parks in Ireland managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. It covers a small part of the Burren, a karst landscape in County Clare on the west coast. [3] [4] [5] Burren National Park was founded and opened to the public in 1991. [6]
The Burren (/ ˈ b ʌr ə n / BURR-ən; Irish: Boirinn, meaning 'rocky district') [1] is a karst/glaciokarst landscape centred in County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland. [2] It measures around 530 square kilometres (200 sq mi), within the circle made by the villages of Lisdoonvarna, Corofin, Gort and Kinvara. [3]
The geopark began as a mid-2000s project of Clare County Council and the local community, the "Environmental Protection of the Burren through Visitor Management Initiative", which was funded and supported by the council, Fáilte Ireland, Shannon Development, the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Burrenbeo Trust. The initiative evolved ...
Among the recorded animals there are choughs and peregrine falcons, and a herd of feral goats. [1] A rare glue fungus has been recorded on the hazel trees growing in Keelhilla. [ 6 ] The site also contains an early medieval ecclesiastical settlement associated with St Colman mac Duagh , with a number of archaeological monuments including a ...
Aillwee Cave (Irish: Aill Bhuí) is a cave system in the karst landscape of the Burren in County Clare, Ireland. The name Aillwee is derived from the Irish Aill Bhuí which means "yellow cliff". [2] Privately owned, it forms part of the Aillwee Cave and Birds of Prey Centre attraction.
The Burren Boirinn: County Clare: 15 km 2 (5.8 sq mi) 1991 [2] Wicklow Mountains Sléibhte Chill Mhantáin: County Wicklow: 205 km 2 (79 sq mi) [3] 1991 Wild Nephin Néifinn Fhiáin: County Mayo: 150 km 2 (58 sq mi) 1998 [4] Boyne Valley (Brú na Bóinne) National Park Brú na Bóinne: County Meath: 2.2 km 2 (0.85 sq mi) 2023 Páirc Náisiúnta ...
Ballyryan or Ballyreen (Irish: Baile Uí Rinn; Ring's homestead) is a small inland mostly west-facing limestone crag in The Burren in County Clare, Ireland.It is popular with rock climbers due to its easy access, the range of short easy-to-intermediate rock climbs, and its close proximity to the much larger and highly regarded, Ailladie rock-climbing sea-cliff; Ailladie is also locally known ...
The lake lies within the jurisdiction of Clare County Council, and is within the Mid-West Region of Ireland. Lough Bunny is within the Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark, the Burren National Park, [3] and the East Burren Complex Special Area of Conservation, overseen by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.