 Ballyvaughan, the village centre Ballyvaughan (Irish: Baile Uí Bheacháin, meaning Town of the Beacháin (Behan) family or Townland of the Mushrooms) is a small harbour village in County Clare in the Republic of Ireland. It is located on the south shores of Galway Bay, in the northwest corner of The Burren; the Burren is an area of great rocky expanse, considered by many to be a unique landscape. Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ...
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When under Gaelic rule, Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the túatha. ...
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For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist, while several county names have changed. ...
County Clare (Contae an Chláir in Irish) is in the Irish province of Munster. ...
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County Clare (Contae an Chláir in Irish) is in the Irish province of Munster. ...
Galway Bay (Irish: Loch Lurgain or Cuan na Gaillimhe) is a large bay on the west coast of Ireland, between County Galway in the province of Connacht to the north and the district of Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster to the south. ...
Burren landscape The Burren (from Irish: , meaning great rock; Boirinn is the modern form used by the Ordnance Survey) is a unique karst-landscape region in northwest County Clare, in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Each year botanists and naturalists roam this karst landscape in search of Arctic, Alpine and Mediterranean plants that grow in profusion over the limestone pavements. The Burren is renowned for its archaeology. Ballyvaughan is surrounded by megalithic tombs such as Poulnabrone dolmen, celtic ring forts such as Caherconnell Stone Fort, medieval churches and castles. Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ...
Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now often viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines of integrative organismal biology. ...
Karst topography occurs when a landscape is marked by underground drainage patterns. ...
Limestone pavement above Malham Cove A limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles artificial pavement. ...
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Poulnabrone Dolmen in the Burren Poulnabrone Dolmen is an ancient portal tomb in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland, dating back to the Neolithic period, probably between 3800 BC to 3200 BC. It comprises a 12 foot tabular capstone supported by two slender portal stones and is bordered by a nearby...
Ringforts are fortified settlements that are typical of the 5th and 6th century AD in Ireland. ...
Section of wall of Stone Fort Caherconnell Stone Fort is an ancient and exceptionally well preserved Celtic Ring Fort in Ireland, situated in the Burren, about 1 km south of the Poulnabrone dolmen. ...
Close to Ballyvaughan, is Aillwee Cave, a tunnel cave approximately 1 kilometre long created by melt waters of the Ice Age. Inside Aillwee Cave in the Burren, County Clare Aillwee Cave is one of the many thousands of ancient caves beneath An Bhoireann, (or in English, The Burren) with over 1km of passages leading into the heart of the mountain. ...
Ballyvaughan is also home to the Burren College of Art. Burren College of Art is an internationally recognized non-profit independent art college specialising in undergraduate and graduate fine art education. ...
Ballyvaughan is a busy village with many pubs, restaurants, shops, B&Bs and other amenities including the new pier and slipway,constructed in 2006, which has opened up the area to boating, fishing, scuba diving and other sea activities.
Ballyvaughan has been tagged Ireland's 'Gold Coast' as a result of the huge boom in property prices in the area. Demand for holiday homes has seen the average house price in the town rise from €45,000 in 1995 to €480,000 in 2005. However, a planned development of 40 holiday houses has prompted concern that the local property market will lose value.
History
In May 1921 an IRA unit of approximately 25 men successfully ambushed a party of 10 Royal Marines and their sergeant in the village near the old post office. The IRA unit captured some weapons and withdrew. Privates Chandler and Bolton were mortally wounded and Privates Lavin and Currell wounded.
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