Caves are dark

The Burren is still Barren

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May 2nd 2007
Limestone... ah, limestone...I'm going to keep this short, since we want some more pub food for dinner! (Fine dining is a casualty of the current exchange rate...) We spent a relaxing morning in Doolin, then drove off to spend the afternoon in The Burren, a wide expanse of limestone that, millions of years ago, used to be under the ocean (back in the days when Ireland was around the equator... ... read more

Europe » Ireland » County Clare

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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more