tourist attractions around north west coast ennistymon

Doolin Cave, also known as 'Poll an Ionain', is located in the Burren region of County Clare. Discovered in 1952 it consists of about 6 miles (roughly 10.5km) of passage. The main feature of the cave is 'The Great Stalactite'. This measures almost 7 metres in length making it one of the largest free hanging stalactites in the world....

Created by nature and carved out of limestone, Aillwee Cave is one of many caves beneath The Burren....

This company produces Ireland's finest oak smoked Atlantic salmon. One can discover the ancient tradition of cold smoking salmon and learn more about the folklore of salmon. See audio visual displays in four languages. Afterwards, visitors can relax in the 100 year old pub, the Roadside Tavern. The visitor centre also includes a gourmet store and craft shop specialising in locally produced foods and crafts. A worldwide mail order service is available....

The word Burren derives its name from Boireann, which means 'rocky land' in Gaelic - an apt name for this vast limestone plateau in northwest County Clare.
In the 1640's Cromwell's surveyor described it as 'a savage land, yielding neither water enough to drown a man nor tree to hang him, nor soil enough to bury'.
Few trees manage to grow in this desolate place, yet other plants thrive. The Burren is a unique botanical environment in which Mediterranean and alpine...

Just north of Lahinch, on the coast of West Clare, are the famous Cliffs of Moher, defiantly standing as giant natural ramparts (over 200m high) against the agressive might of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Cliffs of Moher (the Great Wall of Thomond) and O'Brien's Tower, which stands out on a headland, shows the extent of the O'Brien influence on the history of the Celtic Tribes. The Cliffs are 8km long and 214m high. It is there that one can most easily get a feel for the wildness of the terr...