JOYCEAN PICS 2009
The Burren (Boireann), County Clare
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  The landscape of the Burren along R477
  
  
CONTENTS 2009
   1  Glasgow IASIL 2009@University of Glasgow
   2  Glasgow (Glaschu) and Joyce
   3  Glasgow (Glaschu): miscellanea
   4  Edinburgh (Dun Eideann)
   5  New Lanark, South Lanarkshire
   6  Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park (Pairc Naiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Troisichean)
   7  Oban (An t-Oban)
   8  Kilchurn Castle, Argyll and Bute
   9  Inveraray Castle (Caisteal Inbhir Aora), Argyll and Bute
  10  Glen Coe (Gleann Comhann), the Central Highlands
  11  Loch Lochy (Loch Lochaidh) and Loch Oich (Loch Omhaich) of the Caledonian Canal
  12  Loch Ness (Loch Nis) of the Caledonian Canal
  13  Inverness (Inbhir Nis)
  14  Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath) and Joyce
  15  Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath): miscellanea
  16  Moneygall (Muine Gall), County Offaly
  17  Limerick (Luimneach)
  18  The Burren (Boireann), County Clare
  19  Doolin (Dulainn), County Clare
  20  The Cliffs of Moher (Aillte an Mhothair), County Clare
  21  Connemara (Conamara)
  22  London and Joyce
  23  London: miscellanea
  24  Bognor Regis, West Sussex
  25  Sidlesham, West Sussex
  26  Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

The Burren (Boireann), County Clare, Ireland
4 August, 2009


  The Burren (Irish: Boireann, meaning "great rock") is a karst-landscape region in northwest County Clare of Ireland.  It is one of the largest karst landscapes in Europe.  The region measures approximately 250 square kilometers and is enclosed roughly within the circle made 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.  A small portion of the Burren has been designated as Burren National Park.  It is one of only six national parks in the Republic of Ireland and the smallest in size (15 sq km).  The definite article (making it "the Burren") has only been added to the name in the last few decades, possibly by academics, as it had always been called Boireann in Irish and Burren in English.
  Burren is rich with historical and archaeological sites.  There are more than 90 megalithic tombs in the area, portal dolmens (including Poulnabrone Dolmen), a Celtic high cross in the village of Kilfenora, and a number of ring forts - among them the triple ring fort Cahercommaun on the edge of an inland cliff, and the exceptionally well-preserved Caherconnell Stone Fort.  Corcomroe Abbey is one of the area's main scenic attractions.  The territory of Burren was also called Corco Modhruadh Oirthearach ("eastern Corcomroe"), which is the northeastern portion of the shared territory, or tuath, of Corco Modhruadh, and means "the people (or territory) of Modruadh."  The diocese of Kilfenora, in which Burren is situated, is coextensive with the territory of Corco Modhruadh.  In the annals, Burren was often called "Burren in Corco Modhruadh."  The O Lochlainn clan styled themselves Kings of Burren and ruled the area until the mid-1600s.  The present-day descendant of the last chief of the O Lochlainn clan resides in Ballyvaughan.
  During counter-guerilla operations in Burren in 1651-52, Edmund Ludlow stated, "(Burren) is a country where there is not enough water to drown a man, wood enough to hang one, nor earth enough to bury him...... and yet their cattle are very fat; for the grass growing in turfs of earth, of two or three foot square, that lie between the rocks, which are of limestone, is very sweet and nourishing."  The rolling hills of Burren are composed of limestone pavements with crisscrossing cracks known as "grikes", leaving isolated rocks called "clints."  The region supports arctic, Mediterranean and alpine plants side-by-side, due to the unusual environment.  The blue flower of the Spring Gentian, an alpine plant, is used as a symbol for the area by the tourist board.  Burren's many limestone cliffs, particularly the sea-cliffs at Ailladie, are popular with rock-climbers.  For cavers, there are a number of charted caves in the area.  Doolin is a popular "base camp" for cavers, and is home to one of the two main cave-rescue stores of the Irish Cave Rescue Organisation.  Burren has a long history of traditional Irish music.  It is particularly known for the "West Clare Style" of concertina playing and the music festival in Doolin.   (Quoted from the site of "Wikipedia")
  

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 (Tuesday 4 August) Information Board of the Burren, somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Burren, viewed from somewhere along R477 facing Galway Bay
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 (Tuesday 4 August) The Aran Islands (Oileain Arann) zoomed up from the Burren along R477 facing Galway Bay




        


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