Burren Way

Burren Way
The Burren
Length114 kilometres (71 miles)[1]
LocationCounty Clare, Republic of Ireland
DesignationNational Waymarked Trail[1]
TrailheadsLahinch, Corofin[1]
UseHiking
Elevation change540 m (1,772 ft)[1]
DifficultyModerate[1]
SeasonAny
SightsThe Burren
SurfaceTarmac roads, green roads, droving roads, paths and forestry tracks
Websitehttp://burrenway.com/

The Burren Way (Irish: Slí Bhoirne)[2] is a long-distance trail in County Clare, Ireland. It is 114 kilometres (71 miles) long, begins in Lahinch and ends in Corofin, crossing The Burren, one of the largest karst limestone landscapes in Europe.

The trail, typically completed in five days,[1] comprises sections of tarmac road, boreen, droving road, path and forestry track.[1] It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and is managed by the Burren Way Committee.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Burren Way". IrishTrails. Irish Sports Council. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Burren Way". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ National Trails Office 2010, p. 33.