Today we are going in the Burren.
The Burren (Gaelic Bhoireann Year, "the stony country") is a desert plateau karst located northwest of County Clare. This package of sedimentary rocks is about 300 km ²
This region sees develop side by side of Mediterranean and alpine plants. The symbolic flower of the Burren is also the blue gentian, a plant that typically found in the Alps.
The story is that we made in this description Cromwell
"Not enough water to drown a man, wood enough to hang him, not enough land to bury"
Passing Black Head and the coast, we meet some very nice cottages before arriving at the cliffs of Moher.
Impressive cliffs reaching 214 meters high and 8 km long, a path is built up the tower O'Brien. Despite the weather not very good, we can see the Aran Islands where we will go after tomorrow.
To return, we pass through the center of the Burren to visit St Fachtnan's Cathedral. Despite its small size, the name was chosen because Kilfenora Cathedral in 1152 formed the smallest dioceses throughout Ireland.
We continue our road passing near the Dolmen and Carran Church Poulnabrone where 33 bodies dating from 4200 to 2900 BC have been unearthed.
The landscape here is all the more mineral Burren.
Before finding my new Irish friends, a last stop before Dunguaire Castle.
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