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Mount Vernon at the Flaggy Shore, Burren

Representative photograph: Mount Vernon at the Flaggy Shore, Burren. Photo: Keith Salvesen · CC BY-SA 2.0

Day trip

Burren Land & Sea

A smokehouse visit, a Burren botany walk and oysters on the Flaggy Shore.

  • Full day
  • from Galway
  • May to September

The limestone Burren has a flora found nowhere else in Ireland. Walk it with a wild food guide, then taste its smoked fish and shellfish.

The hands-on moment

A smokehouse visit, a Burren botany walk and oysters on the Flaggy Shore.

The day

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When to go

May to September

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