AROUND COROFIN

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Local Roots?

Pubs   Bofey Quinns  Main Street Corofin  (0)65 6837321

            Cassidys of Carron

Restaurants  Restaurant Le Catelinais  Market Street Corofin  (0)65 6837425

Crafts

Interior Design Woodcrafts  065 6837011  Kilnaboy,Co. Clare,

Doolin Crafts Gallery  065-7074309 Beautiful sweaters,
tweeds, pottery, jewellery

The Pottery Shop Church Street Corofin (0)65 6837020

The Burren Perfumery Carron 065-7089102

Poulnabrone A large cluster of wedge tombs c.3000 BC such as the fine example of Parknabinnia with their entrances orientated towards the setting sun, the land of the underworld.

Lisdoonvarna Spa   Taking the waters is said to provide relief from rheumatism, rheumatic and atonic gout, scrofulous swellings and some diseases of the bones and joints

Kilnaboy has a wealth of ecclesiastical sites, the finest example of which is the old ruin of Kilnaboy church. It is this church that gives the parish its name. The Irish translation being Cill Inghine Baoith (The church of the daughter of Baoith),Baoith who was a female saint to whom some holy wells are dedicated. The church has many fine features; A Sheela-Na-Gig over the doorway (a carved female figure in a provocative posture), and two rare crosses unique in the country, The Lorraine cross (a double armed cross) on the west gable and a small Tau cross (a T-shaped cross) formally marking the boundaries on Roughan Hill but now on display at the Clare Heritage Centre in nearby Corofin.

Kilmacduagh has the remains of a 7th century church, Ireland's highest Round Tower, a 10th century church and other ruins dating back centuries. The Round Tower served as a safe house during various foreign invasions and pillaging expeditions. The monks and as many others as could fit would climb the ladder to the first doorway, over 26 feet above ground level, and then carry the ladder up with them.

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Coole Park  - the Irish literary Museum  

Thor Ballylee, Gort -  "With old mill boards and sea-green slates", William B.Yeats,  restored this Norman tower

St Bridget's Well, Liscannor

Golf Courses in the area

Fishing. A chain of lakes stretches away to the north-east. These include Lough Atedaun, Lough Cullaun, the Ballyeighter Loughs and Lough George near Ruan. The Fergus River flows through Lough Atedaun, then runs north-east to Ballyteigue Lake before turning south into Dromore Lake.

Riding

Burren Riding Centre   065 7076140 / 087 2341828   Fanore Ballyvaughan

Adventure Centre  Kilrush Creek,  Kilrush

Dolphin Watching  

Ferry from Doolin to the Aran islands 

Bicycle Hire

Essential Reading

Burren Journey  George Cunningham

The Burren, a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare

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