We were fortunate that it was not a windy day, so we could walk past the "point of no return" to get the best pictures. In February 2007, they opened a new hillside visitors center and shops at the Cliffs as part of an European Union-funded National Development Plan. http://www.cliffsofmoher.ie/Facilities.aspx
We drove through The Burren on the way to and from the Cliffs of Moher, stopping to take some photographs along the way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burren
The rocky topography of karst limestone was so fascinating.
The two castles we visited along the way were the Dunguaire and Newtown. Dunguaire Castle in County Galway, a 16th-century castle in Kinvarra, overlooking an inlet that opens to Galway Bay. During the summer, the castle hosts medieval banquets twice a night. http://www.castlesireland.com/dunguaire-castle.html
Newtown Castle, located just south of Ballyvaughan in County Clare, is an unusual 16th-century tower house that looks like a rocket on its launch pad. The castle was originally built by a sept of the O'Briens and later passed into the hands of the O'Loughlins (O'Lochlainns) - self-styled "Princes of the Burren." It was still inhabited by the family at the end of the 19th century, but later fell into ruin. In the 1990s the castle was restored as an exhibition centre for the adjacent Burren Art College.
After our adventure, we walked down the Prom and had dinner in Salthill at Osteria Da Roberta, a great Italian restaurant not too far from our home.
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