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Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare

BALLYVAUGHAN is an attractive little port is best known as the gateway to the Burren and for its major attraction, the Aillwee Cave, but its seafood comes a close second - and, as it is in a leafy valley with a wide range of amenities close at hand, it makes a comfortable base for exploring the Burren.

The Burren is an area of great rocky expanse, considered by many to be a unique landscape. Each year botanists and naturalists roam this lunar landscape in search of Arctic, Alpine and Mediterranean plants that grow in profusion over the limestone pavements. The Burren is renowned for its archaeology. Ballyvaughan is surrounded by megalithic tombs such as Poulnabrone dolmen, celtic ring forts, medieval churches and castles.

The area is a haven for walkers and in particular, hill walkers.

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Hylands Burren Hotel

Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare

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Hylands Burren Hotel

Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare

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Burren Fine Wine & Food

Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare

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Gardens

Brigit's Garden & Cafe

Oughterard, Co. Galway

Jenny Beale's beautiful themed garden near Oughterard reflects the Celtic festivals and, in addition to woodland trails, ring fort and stone chamber and has a café that is worth a visit in its own right. A walk through the gardens is a ...

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Golf

Galway Bay Golf Club

Oranmore, Co. Galway
Course Type: Links / Parkland

Located near the village of Oranmore just outside Galway City the Galway Bay Golf Resort is essentially parkland by the sea, bordered as it is on three sides by the Atlantic. But the absence of trees makes it even more exposed to the elements tha ...

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Self Catering

Kinvara Suites

Kinvara, Co. Galway

"The luxury of a hotel suite, the privacy and freedom of home together with a beautiful design." Kinvara suites are situated within a newly converted 18th century stone hayloft. They are set back from the road in a secluded garden in ...

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What's On

Ennistymon Farmers Market - Co Clare - Saturday Morning

Saturdays 10am-2pm

Address:

West Clare Art Gallery on the Ennis Road Ennistymon

Contact:

Cate Conway - 086 053 6644

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Tourist Attractions

Dromore Wood

Ennis, Co. Clare

Dromore Wood is a nature reserve that covers an area of approximately 400 hectares (1,000 acres). There is a great variety of habitats to support a diverse range of plant and animal life including a river, lakes, turloughs, callows, limestone pav ...

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Wedding Venues

Ard Bia Restaurant

Galway City, Co. Galway

Ard Bia, literally High Food, is an appropriate moniker for this highly-regarded restaurant that is a member of the BIM Seafood Circle, which recently moved from cramped premises on Quay Street to an attractive riverside location - the stone-buil ...

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