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The Burren in County Clare is a landscape unlike any other. The chalky grey karst topography was formed beneath the sea then thrust upward, sculpted by a collision of tectonic plates to form a lunar terrain of limestone that today supports a hugely diverse and unique ecosystem.
It is a solitary, starkly beautiful place, its effect to make the visitor pause. On the top…

