Clare takes its name from An Clár, ‘the level place’, though its landscape is anything but flat — from the vast limestone pavement of the Burren to the sheer drop of the Cliffs of Moher into the Atlantic.
Contae an Chláir · The Banner County · Munster
Clare takes its name from An Clár, ‘the level place’, though its landscape is anything but flat — from the vast limestone pavement of the Burren to the sheer drop of the Cliffs of Moher into the Atlantic.
This was the homeland of Brian Boru, born near Killaloe into the Dál gCais, who rose to become High King of Ireland and broke Viking power at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.
