Looking north towards O'Brien's Tower

The Cliffs of Moher (Aillte an Mhothair, "Cliffs of the ruin") are located in the parish of Liscannor at the south-western edge of The Burren area near Doolin, which is located in County Clare, Republic of Ireland. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 614 KB) The Cliffs of Moher, on the Atlantic coast of County Clare in Ireland, looking north from Hags Head towards OBriens tower. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 614 KB) The Cliffs of Moher, on the Atlantic coast of County Clare in Ireland, looking north from Hags Head towards OBriens tower. ... Irish (), a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland, is constitutionally recognised as the first official language of the Republic of Ireland, and has official recognition in Northern Ireland as well. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... Liscannor in north-central Liscannor Bay Liscannor (Irish: Lios Ceannúir) is a coastal village in County Clare, Republic of Ireland. ... A road winds down Corkscrew Hill towards Ballyvaughan. ... Image:Dolmkolin harbour, County Clare, evening. ... County Clare (Contae an Chláir in Irish) is in the Irish province of Munster. ...

The cliffs rise 120 m (400 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head, and reach their maximum height of 214 m (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometers away. The cliffs boast one of Ireland's most spectacular views. On a clear day the Aran Islands are visible in Galway Bay, as are the valleys and hills of Connemara. The Trango Towers in Pakistan have the highest cliffs in the world In geography, a cliff is a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure. ... The Aran Islands (Irish: Na hOileáin Árann) are a group of three islands located at the mouth of Galway Bay, on the west coast of Ireland. ... Galway Bay (Irish: Loch Lurgain or Cuan na Gaillimhe) is a large bay/sea loch 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. ... Connemara (Irish Conamara), which derives from Conmhaicne Mara (meaning: descendants of Con Mhac, of the sea), is a district in the west of Ireland (County Galway). ...

O'Brien's Tower is a round stone tower at the approximate midpoint of the cliffs. It was built by Sir Cornellius O'Brien, a descendant of Ireland's High King Brian Boru, in 1835, as an observation tower for the hundreds of tourists that frequented the cliffs even at that date. From atop that watchtower, one can view the Aran Islands and Galway Bay, the Maum Turk Mountains and the Twelve Bens to the north in Connemara, and Loop Head to the south. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Bencorr from across Lough Inagh Benbaun from north of Lough Inagh The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins (Irish Na Beanna Beola) is a picturesque mountain range in Connemara in the west of Ireland. ...

Geology and wildlife

The cliffs consist mainly of beds of Namurian shale and sandstone, with the oldest rocks being found at the bottom of the cliffs. Shale Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. ... Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ...

There are many animals living on the cliffs, most of them birds: 30,000 birds of 29 species. The most interesting are the famous Atlantic Puffins, which live in large colonies at isolated parts of the cliffs and on the small Goat Island. Also present are hawks, gulls, guillemots, shags ravens and choughs. Binomial name Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a seabird in the auk family. ... There are a number of places named Goat Island: Goat Island is an island in Sydney Harbour. ... The term hawk refers to birds of prey in any of three senses: Strictly, to mean any of the species in the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis, and Megatriorchis. ... Genera Larus Rissa Pagophila Rhodostethia Xema Creagus Gulls are mammals in the family Laridae. ... The Guillemots comprise two genera of auks, Uria and Cepphus. ... Binomial name Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1758) The Common Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) is a species of cormorant. ... Species See text. ... Binomial name Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus, 1758) The Red-billed Chough, or just Chough (pronounced ), Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax is a member of the crow family, Corvidae. ...

Tourism

The cliffs are a significant tourist attraction, and there is a visitor center and parking lot on the site managed by Shannon Heritage, which also operates O'Brien's Tower. A largely unenclosed walking trail runs along the top edge of the entire length of the cliffs, skirting private grazing lands and often running within mere meters of a sheer dropoff into the ocean. As of 2006 the trail from the visitor centre is only accessible south of the tower due to large-scale construction work, however the trail is accessible from the other end of the trail all the way to the construction site. The trail abruptly ends at the construction site, making it difficult to cross between the trail following the ocean and the visitor centre area. A new, much larger visitor centre is under construction in the hillside behind the cliffs and is scheduled to open in first quarter 2007. A massive section of the hill has been removed to allow the centre to be built into the hillside. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1504x1004, 142 KB) Summary Building site at CLiffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland, Danny Burke Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Cliffs of Moher ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1480x654, 121 KB) Summary Building work at Cliffs of Moher, County Clare Ireland, Danny Burke Licensing File links There are no pages that link to this file. ...

A tourist died following a fall from the Cliffs of Moher during November 2006.[1]

Trivia

• The Cliffs of Moher were filmed as the "Cliffs of Insanity" in the 1987 movie, The Princess Bride.

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