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County Galway
About 13 miles away
A lively harbor city of music pubs and festivals, with Connemara's bogs and the Aran Islands close by.
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Aillwee Cave
A show cave of underground streams and a waterfall, with a bird of prey center beside it.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Aillwee, Ballyvaughan, County ClareDirections
- Getting There
- About 5 minutes by car south of Ballyvaughan.
Why Go
Guided tours lead deep into the hillside past stalactites, a frozen waterfall of calcite and the hollows where brown bears once hibernated, before they died out in Ireland.
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About 21 miles away
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County Kerry
About 73 miles away
Lakes and mountains in a great national park, at the start of the Ring of Kerry.
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