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Geopark Academy to focus on unique Burren landscape

The geology, history, ecology and future tourism development of the Burren in County Clare are the focus of a major two-day event announced for...

International Furnace Festival underway at Caherconnell

A showcase of medieval iron smelting and forging will take place on the weekend of August 27th and 28th at Caherconnell Stone Fort in the heart of the Burren in County Clare.

330-million-year-old burrows discovered in Burren

Abandoned fossil burrows dating back 330 million years, 100 million years before the appearance of the first dinosaurs, have been found in limestone rock on the coast of Doolin in County Clare. 

325m-year-old amphibian bones discovered in Clare

A recently discovered single limb bone and a possible ilium of a tetrapod discovered in Co Clare is the oldest stratigraphically well-constrained tetrapod skeletal fossil material described from Ireland.

Drought uncovers Clare’s geological past

Recent low water levels, due to the prolonged drought, have revealed previously unseen rocks on the shore of Lickeen Lake.

320-million-year-old shark tooth fossil found in Clare

A 320-million-year-old shark tooth fossil has been discovered on the Co Clare coastline and will be put on public display next week.
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