The Burren Visitor Centre

06/09/2026

An event for your calendar if you always wanted to learn this old skill or brush up on it if you maybe did it before. It will take place in the back room of the tea rooms so it’s a great opportunity to have a cuppa and enjoy some company and craft.

26/08/2026

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23/08/2026

A beautiful end to today’s concertina event with Tim Collins and Aoife Kelly. The tune is called The battering ram.

23/08/2026

We had a full house for our last two events for . Two amazing talks about concertinas by Tim Collins of the Kilfenora Céilí Band and the evolution of archaeology in Ireland and the Burren by local archaeology expert Elaine Lynch. The two events were absolutely fantastic and we look forward to future events.

21/08/2026

For your diary:

We are really looking forward to the Caherconnell Furnace Festival next weekend at Caherconnell Stone Fort on 29th/30th August. See the ancient skill of iron smelting which had been lost from Ireland for hundreds of years, but is now being given a new life by the lads at Irish Bloomery Iron.
Irish iron ore will be transformed into iron metal using fire, air and charcoal, in hand-built clay furnaces, replicating what the inhabitants of Caherconnell Stone Fort were during Medieval times.
The Caherconnell Furnace Festival is supported by Clare County Council.
For more information contact [email protected]

21/08/2026

Our neighbours ”up the road from us” - a well preserved stone ringfort with daily guided tours Caherconnell Stone FortThe Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark

19/08/2026

The third and final event for National Heritage week for 2026 is going to be special. This coming Sunday 23rd of August at 3 PM we will learn more from local archaeologist Elaine Lynch about the local finds and beyond. Free event, not to be missed.

An overview of the remarkable advances made in archaeology in Ireland since the 1970s, when relatively few sites had been identified and described. Now, thanks ...

15/08/2026

08/08/2026

The schedule of events we are hosting for National Heritage week.

03/08/2026

There are so many hidden treasures in the Burren that are off the beaten track that don’t appear on all the usual mainstream tourist literature.

That’s why popping in to the Burren Visitor Centre as your first stop in the area is well worth your while. Not only do we host an excellent exhibition about the tangible and intangible culture of the area, but our passionate, local staff have a wealth of knowledge and experience of the real burren, and the places where you’ll get real experiences, real people, real life and how it’s lived here.

Places such as the wonderful Caher Bridge Garden featured here - a testimony of 25 years hard work of creativity and planting.

It is well worth a visit - but appointments must be booked in advance.