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Corcomroe Abbey

The roofless ruins of a Cistercian abbey in a quiet valley of the Burren.

Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0
Open
Always
Price
Free
Time Needed
30 minutes
Address
Corcomroe, Bellharbour, County ClareDirections
Getting There
About 15 minutes by car east of Ballyvaughan.

Why Go

Founded around 1195, the abbey keeps fine carved capitals and the tomb of a local king. Its gray walls stand in green fields under the bare limestone hills.

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