After our night of rocking alongside the Cliffs of Moher, we packed up and head to The Burren. It's an area north of the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare. It is known as a karst landscape, or a landscape that is defined by the dissolution of layers of bedrock and is one of the largest in Europe. The Burren also hosts nearly 90 megalithic tombs through the area. The hills are composed of limestone that criss crosses and is full of cracks. Due to its unusual environment, plants from Mediterranean climates and alpine climates grow side by side in the cracks. The temperature and soil temperature generally never drop below 6 C so this gives the area one of the longest growing seasons in Ireland.
We visited the village of Ballyvaughan, where we heard authentic Irish language being spoken. We found an area of the Burren that has caves with stalactites and stalagmites but due to the 17€ entrance fee, we took a scenic drive back towards the cliffs and back towards Dublin. Hope you enjoy the pictures of this wild landscape.
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