Back in summer 1975, I flew over the northern part of the Burren in an Air Corps Alouette 3 helicopter. I was routing to the Aran Islands to collect a patient on Inis Mór for transfer to hospital in ...

This October Bank Holiday (October 24-26), join traditional farmers in the magnificent Burren, Co. Clare landscape for a unique Winterage Weekend celebration. The celebration honors the local ...

This is the Burren, its name derived from the Irish word ‘boíreann’, which means ‘rocky place’. Here, over some 140sq miles in the north of County Clare, that comforting quilt of green is stripped ...

The Burren is a wild and rugged escarpment that dominates Ireland’s west coast. It gets its name from the Gaelic word Boíreann, meaning 'a rocky place' You can save this article by registering for ...

A chance conversation over a pint of Guinness in the1970s led an Irishman on a literary odyssey to prove that the Burren, in County Clare inspired JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth in “The Lord of the Rings” ...

The Burren Eco Tourism Network has won a Lonely Planet award in its 'Best in Travel' picks for 2021. The group consists of more than 60 local enterprises committed to sustainable tourism in the Burren ...

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr Walsh, has been urged to put in place resources to protect the Burren landscape. The chairman of the Burren IFA, Mr Michael Davoren, has predicted that, if the ...

Landscape and legacy inspired founder and Ballyvaughan native Noel O’Loughlen to enter the world of whiskey making. It all stemmed from his childhood when his family and friends would gather around an ...

SOME 117 farmers have received payments averaging €6,000 under the new DAFF-NPWS-funded Burren Farming for Conservation Programme (BFCP). The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Simon ...