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GEOPARK GEOLOGY ROAD NETWORK Looped Walk Trail Head N18 Way National Road Flaggy Shore N67 Shale Black Head Link Road Sandstone and Shale CHECK THESE OUT New Quay Murrooghtoohy R347 Geosite Castle Burrenbeo Visitor/Education Centre N67 Trust Kinvarra CMonument Burren Nature a h Viewinger Point Sanctuary Beach V Bell Harbour Abbey a l USE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT le Caher Valley Loop y Churches Bus Service Black Head Loop Fanore to Ballyvaughan Trek Wood Loop Train Station Fanore Burren Outdoor R477 Baliny Coole Park Ferry ROAD NETWORK Education Centre An Rath Visitor Centre Electric Car Charging Point National Road Cahermore Regional Road Ballyallaban GET ON YOUR BIKE N67 ve Link Road arran Gragan e C eser Cycling Route Trail Head e R Sliev N66 atur Kilmacduagh Bike Hire/Repair N Monastic Site Poulnabrone Burren TAKE A WALK Loop Perfumery Templecronan Loop Templecronan Church Geopark Heritage Trail Cave Craggycorradane Carran Turlough Loop Caherconnell Fort Carran Coastal Walk R477 Carran R460 Looped Walk Trail Head Turlough Boston Cycleway Carran R479 Smokehouse Church Lough Doolin Pier Cycleway R476 Mid Clare Way Doolin Bunny R480 Cycle Hub Michael en ark Doolin Burr CHECK THESE OUT Cusack ational P Centre N Geosite R478 N67 Tubber Cathedral Lough Avalla Burren National Visitor/Education Centre The Burren Centre Leamaneh Farm Loop Park Trails R462 Castle R460 Kilfenora Monument Cliffs of Moher

Viewing Point Visitor Experience R476 R481 Killinaboy Church N18

Cliffs of Moher Killinaboy

Genealogy Centre R478 Ballinruan Heritage Centre Visitor Centre ROAD NETWORKBelfast Moher National Road Town Trail Corro n Burren and Lehinch N85

Regional Road Ennistimon Geopark GalwayLink Road Dublin Ruan

Ennis Ruan-Dromore Wood Loop R476 SHANNON International Moyhill

Airport Dromore Wood

Cork Nature Reserve R460 Dysert O’Dea Archaeology Centre

Sources of map data Ordnance Survey data reproduced under OSi License number 2010/04/CCMA/ . Unauthorised reproduction infringes Ordnance Survey Ireland and Government of Ireland copyright. © Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2010. FUNDED BY SUPPORTED BY © Geological Survey Ireland Bedrock Data Copyright © 2010 Burren Connect Project. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, or stored in any retrieval system of any nature without prior permission of the authors and publishers. MAINTAINING OUR INTERNATIONAL TREASURE to the Burren & Cliffs WELCOME GeoparkLIFE is our Tourism for Conservation project funded by EU LIFE. PLAY YOUR PART of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark, a We are striving to balance the conservation of our unique landscape with supporting Assist us to create a truly sustainable destination by following fascinating landscape of 36,000 hectares local livelihoods through tourism. this code: located in North , Ireland. We are working in partnership with: Leave the limestone pavement as you find it. Preserve natural habitats and leave wildflowers undisturbed. Local tourism businesses to develop and implement As well as being the finest example of a glaciated Take care not to damage monuments, walls and buildings. a sustainable code of practice. landscape in Europe our Geopark is home to: Respect landowners, their property and their livestock. a very special collection of flora and fauna, Local, regional and national agencies to develop Park and camp in designated areas. an abundance of ancient archaeological sites, integrated management practices at a selection of Leave no trace of your visit, take nothing but memories. natural heritage sites and monuments. and a vibrant local community, working together to Use sustainable transport options. enhance your understanding of this special place. Local communities on active conservation projects. Thank you for helping to LEAVE NO TRACE. We were awarded ‘UNESCO Global Geopark’ status Our aim is to ensure that the Burren & Cliffs of Moher We hope you have a wonderful visit. in recognition of this amazing landscape and our Geopark is a vibrant, sustainable, world-class destination. management of this unique heritage. In 2016 we were awarded the National Geographic World Legacy Award for Destination Management.

OUR BIODIVERSITY THE ROCK STORY In our Geopark you will find: OUR PAST COMMUNITIES Limestone dominates the Geopark. Formed The Burren has been famously referred to as ‘a vast memorial to bygone cultures’. over 300 million years ago on the bed of a tropical Over 70% of Ireland’s native species of flora. Around 7,000 years ago people foraged, fished and hunted for their food from sea, it has been carved into fantastic shapes Over 25% of Ireland’s orchid-rich dry calcareous camping sites along the Atlantic coast. Around 6,000 years ago woodland was over the millennia through exposure to earth grassland, home to 23 of the 27 native Irish cleared and farming began. Down through the centuries our ancestors buried their movements, rainwater and ice sheets. Hidden orchid species. dead in tombs like . They built cairns, communal cooking beneath this highly visual land and seascape is Artic-alpine flowers growing alongside species that places, hill forts and ritual sites. Later cultures built thousands of a complex underworld of caves, including the originated in a Mediterranean climate. miles of stone walls, hundreds of circular longest cave system in Ireland. 28 of Ireland’s 30 butterfly species foraging among stone farmsteads and castles. Christianity At the southern edge of the Geopark, layer upon this diverse vegetation. brought with it monasteries, holy wells, layer of shale and sandstone formed in a large Because of all this special biodiversity, over 80% of the churches and places of pilgrimage. These river delta around 318 million years ago are Geopark is designated as Special Areas of Conservation. are the remnants of our past in stone; for the spectacularly exposed at the Cliffs of Moher. The Burren National Park provides public access to this wonderfully rich stories behind these stones take a guided walk with our many local Throughout the Geopark you will findgeosites special natural landscape and offers a free bus service experts at www.burren.ie and (locations on map overleaf) selected to illustrate around the park during the summer months. To find out www.burrenbeo.com. the geological features. See www.burrengeopark.ie more visit www.burrennationalpark.ie for more information on these sites.

BE ACTIVE - Whatever your interest GardeningArcheryGEOL GY culture sculpture STAY AND TASTE THE GEOPARK Foraging INTERESTED IN USING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT? kayaking chocolate making Winner of the European Destination of Excellence Birds folklore (EDEN) Award for Tourism & Local Gastronomy 2015. Please help us protect our environment by using sustainable B tanyYOGA Surfing FARM TOURS Winner of the Foodie Towns of Ireland 2015. transport whenever possible. Painting CAVING woodland weaving craft Don’t just visit the Burren, taste it! Visit www.buseireann.ie for information on public bus services. BOAT TrIPS MusArchaeology c cycling Follow the Burren Food Trail and see the path your food Pedal and electric bikes can be hired in Ballyvaughan, Kilfenora and Walks sustainable takes from field to plate. Celebrate our culture and our (see map overleaf). Visit our participating attractions and activities by bike and rock climbing Ceramics building COOKING Techniques local produce with us at one of our food festivals in May avail of the ‘Free Cup of Tea if you Cycle to Me’ offer. Check out the vast range of activities and experience and October or at a Food Trail Monday event. provided by the Burren Network. See Use the Burren & Cliffs of Moher Geopark travel APP to find out all See www.burren.ie for festival and event details and to www.burren.ie for a complete list or pick up the about the Geopark and its attractions and avail of green travel incentive download the Food Trail leaflet. Geoparks activity leaflet in visitor centres. vouchers from members of the Burren Ecotourism Network. Join us at the Burren Rocks Festival each May when Need somewhere to stay? Use the Burren National Park free bus service to take you around activities and events around our geology and cultural From castles to glamping, the Burren Ecotourism Network the park. It leaves from the Burren National Park Information Centre Download the App: life get underway. www.burrengeopark.ie members provide the very best of places to stay in the in Corrofin hourly during the summer months. The Burren & Cliffs of Moher Geopark Burren to suit all budgets and needs. See www.burren.ie There are electric car charging points available in for a complete listing. 9 locations (see map overleaf).