Ken Lyons, Sustainability Manager, CIE Tours, Michael Davoren (Burren Farmer), Sinead Nagle (Burren farmer), Tim O’Connell (ReFarm Burren co-ordinator) and Conor Wall, Head of Product, Contracting, and Sustainability, CIE Tours. FIFTEEN local farmers in The Burren have been provided with ‘no-fence’ GPS collars which are emitting musical tones and training cows by music.
A HORSESHOE crab fossil dating back more than three hundred million years, has been discovered at the Burren UNESCO Global Geopark.
HIDDEN wildlife of the Burren is explored in a new series on TG4.
Glencurran Cave in the Burren, County Clare, where the earliest directly dated wildcat (Felis silvestris) ever found in Ireland was discovered. Photograph: Ken Williams IRELAND’s first known wildcat bones dating back 5,500 have been located in The Burren.
The Burren Visitor Centre in Kilfenora, County Clare, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sunday September 14 2025. For five decades, it has been a vital destination for visitors from around the world, offering a unique window into the geology, ecology, and history of the stunning Burren region. Famed for its breath-taking limestone pavements, rich …
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ADVENTURERS will descend quite literally on the spectacular Burren National Park later this month as MS Ireland hosts a cliff abseiling challenge to raise essential funds for people living with Multiple Sclerosis.
A two-day event focusing on the preservation and cultural significance of dry-stone walling in the Burren takes place this Saturday and Sunday (July 19th and 20th) at the Common Knowledge Centre in Kilfenora.
*Burren Oysters. Photograph: Eamon Ward IRELAND’s longest-running slow food festival returns to the Burren for its twentieth year.
A PILOT bus service for the Burren and Cliffs of Moher is expected to commence at the beginning of May and “will only work if people use the bus”.
BURREN Smoked Irish Eel from the Burren Smokehouse in Co Clare was the recipient of 3 stars at this year’s Great Taste Awards, the Guild of Fine Food has announced.