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Of course The Burren is just across the road in Davis Square so I popped over to see if it was the real deal.
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Unspoiled since the Ice Age, The Burren is the largest area of karstic limestone in Western Europe and home to many unusual rare plants.
Mickey Goodman: Five Ways to Visit Ireland Like the Queen of England or President of the United States Mickey Goodman 2011
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The fractured limestone landscapes of Western Ireland, and in particular, Connemara, the Aran Islands and the Burren are the subject of Robinson's cartographic and literary output.
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The fractured limestone landscapes of Western Ireland, and in particular, Connemara, the Aran Islands and the Burren are the subject of Robinson's cartographic and literary output.
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The fractured limestone landscapes of Western Ireland, and in particular, Connemara, the Aran Islands and the Burren are the subject of Robinson's cartographic and literary output.
A Different Stripe: 2009
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Unspoiled since the Ice Age, The Burren is the largest area of karstic limestone in Western Europe and home to many unusual rare plants.
Mickey Goodman: Five Ways to Visit Ireland Like the Queen of England or President of the United States Mickey Goodman 2011
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We also visited what is known as The Burren and the town of Doolin before making our way back to Dublin.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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It happened, too, that some of the first batches of exiles were ordered into North Clare, to a district known as the Burren, whose peculiarity is that what little soil is to be found there has collected into rifts below the surface, or accumulated into pockets of earth at the feet of the hills, leaving the rest of the surface sheer rock, the very streams, whose edges would otherwise be green, being mostly carried underground.
The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879
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This tour also includes scenic drives in the 'Burren', Antrim coast and Boyne Valley.
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What to do: 1. Take a driving or walking tour through The Burren, a remarkable 100-mile limestone plateau resembling a moonscape that seems incongruous on this lush Emerald Isle.
Mickey Goodman: Five Ways to Visit Ireland Like the Queen of England or President of the United States Mickey Goodman 2011
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