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Cliffs of Moher
County Clare & the Burren
Those connecting Dingle with Galway can entertain themselves along the way by joyriding along the dramatic coastal cliffs, evocative landscape, and tidy villages of County Clare. Workaday Ennis, the county's leading city, has a fine traditional music scene and a market bustle. Overlooking the Atlantic, the dramatic Cliffs of Moher offer tenderfeet a thrilling hike. And the Burren is a unique, windblown limestone moonscape that hides an abundance of flora, fauna, caves, and history.
At a Glance
▲▲▲ Cliffs of Moher Steep cliffs bordered by a bluff-top trail — offering breathtaking coastal views — perched precariously 600 feet above the churning Atlantic.
▲▲ The Burren Limestone wonderland for hikers, desolate but botanically diverse, sheltering evocative 4,000-year-old burial structures that witnessed humans' transition from hunter-gatherers to farmer-herders.
▲ Doolin Friendly crossroads town drawing great musicians to its pubs and serving as an easy base for cruising along the Cliffs of Moher and day-tripping to the Aran Island of Inisheer.
▲ Ennis County's main market town (great overnight base for nearby Shannon Airport) sporting fun trad music pubs and historic abbey ruins, with Craggaunowen open-air folk park nearby.
