The Burren
The Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland
The Burren - in Irish “Boirinn” meaning “great rock”- is a karst-landscape region in northwest Ireland.
When Oliver Cromwell, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649 – 53) first saw the Burren, legend has he said, “There isn’t a tree to hang a man, water to drown a man, nor soil to bury a man.”
We did not, alas, get to wander on the Burren. I admit, I was disappointed in this. I would have loved to have gotten up close and walked on it. In certain seasons it can be in bloom with lots of wildflowers.
Oh well, I guess I shall have to return.
Can you see the Burren as it rises above the rest of the Irish landscape?
The Burren - in Irish “Boirinn” meaning “great rock”- is a karst-landscape region in northwest Ireland.
When Oliver Cromwell, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649 – 53) first saw the Burren, legend has he said, “There isn’t a tree to hang a man, water to drown a man, nor soil to bury a man.”
We did not, alas, get to wander on the Burren. I admit, I was disappointed in this. I would have loved to have gotten up close and walked on it. In certain seasons it can be in bloom with lots of wildflowers.
Oh well, I guess I shall have to return.
Can you see the Burren as it rises above the rest of the Irish landscape?