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The Burren

The Burren (/ˈbʌrən/ BURR-ən; Irish: Boirinn, meaning 'rocky district') is a karst/glaciokarst landscape centred in County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland. It measures around 530 square kilometres (200 mi2), within the circle made by the villages of Lisdoonvarna, Corofin, Gort and Kinvara. The area includes such natural features as Mullaghmore hill…

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Location
Northern Clare and southern Galway, Ireland
Area
130,966 acres (530.00 km2)
Governing body
National Parks and Wildlife Service

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related to Fauna · 46
The Burren → All, Also, Bilton, Boloria, Bulletin, Burren, Calamia, Central Ireland, Coleoptera, Connor, Department, Doros, Dublin, Enicocerus, Environment, Euphydryas, European, Foster, Gnophos, Hebauer
related to General, Geology, Landscape · 46
The Burren → Anon, Arcy, Biological Conservation, Burren, Burren Connect Project, Burren Country, Burren Villages, Collins Press, Connor, Cork, Coxon, D'Arcy, Feehan, Geology Trip Through, Gordon, Gormally, Guide, Hayward, Hoctor, Ice
related to Flora · 38
The Burren → An Bothan, Aran Islands, Arctic, Arenaria, Ballyvaughan, Burren, Burren Hills, Cambridge University Press, Checklist, Clare, Co, Connemara, Conservancy, Dactylorhiza, Festuca, Flora, Galway, Ireland, Ireland's, Irish
related to Early Modern · 30
The Burren → Anglo-Norman, As, Ballinalacken Castle, Baronies, Barony, Battle, Brehon, Burren, Cahermacnaghten, Clare, Corcomroe, Doolin, Doonagore Castle, Dysert O'Dea, For, Gaelic, Inchiquin, Ireland, MacClancys, Newtown Castle
related to Location · 27
The Burren → According, Aran Islands, Atlantic Ocean, Burren, Burren Programme, Clare, Cliffs, Coole Park, Corofin, County Galway, Crusheen, Doolin, Ennistymon, Galway Bay, Geology, Gort, In, Kilfenora, Kilmacduagh, Kinvara
related to Geopark · 22
The Burren → Burren, Clare County Council, Cliffs, Corrofin, Doolin, Doyle, Dr, Eamon, Encompassing, Failte Ireland, Galway Bay, Geological Survey, Geopark, GGN, Global Geoparks Network, Ireland, Moher, Moher Geopark, New Quay, The
related to history · 22
The Burren → Archaeological, At, Ballyganner, BC, BC The Burren, Burren, Clare, Doolin, Doolin Axe Factory, However, Ice Age, Lake Inchiquin, Megalithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, No, Noughaval, Overall, Pollen, Poulnabrone
related to Notes · 21
The Burren → Antiquaries, Barony, BBC, Burren, Clare, County, County Clare, Extracts, History, Ireland, James Frost Part II, Journal, National Library, Royal Society, The Flowers, The History, The Journal, These, Thomas Dineley, Thomond Chapter
related to National Park · 12
The Burren → After, Burren, Burren Action Group, Corofin, Dromore Wood, Irish, It, Mullaghmore, National Parks, Taking, The Burren National Park, The National Park
related to Funga · 11
The Burren → Burren, Callome, Circinaria, Endolithic, Exposed, Lempholemma, Leptogium, Over, The Burren's, Unlike, Verrucaria

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burren area limestone also ireland found clare around local landscape one region age including irish species galway many like century

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The BurrenArea130,966 acres (530.00 km2)1.00infobox
The BurrenCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
The BurrenGoverning bodyNational Parks and Wildlife Service1.00infobox
The BurrenLocationNorthern Clare and southern Galway, Ireland1.00infobox
The Burrenis aspring gentian0.90text
The Burrenis alate-Neolithic/early-Bronze Age wedge tomb0.90text
Poulnabrone dolmeninstance ofand historic monuments0.80text
Caherconnell Stone Fortinstance ofand historic monuments0.80text
Dactylorhiza fuchsii subsp. okellyi.The grikesinstance ofincluding unique forms0.80text
Calluna grow well on patches of acidic peat that effectively isolates them from the underlying basic limestone.Woody plant encroachment by Blackthorninstance ofAcid-loving plants0.80text
Hazel is a common phenomenon in the Burreninstance ofAcid-loving plants0.80text
kamenitzasinstance ofparticularly in more mesic microhabitats0.80text

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