About Kinvara and The Burren
Kinvara (Cinn Mhara) - ‘The Head of the Sea’, is County Galway’s only prominent sea village on the southern shores of Galway Bay. It is situated at the head of Kinvara Bay. Dunguaire Castle guards this end of the bay, and is one of the most popular tourists spots in County Galway. Medieval-type banquets are held nightly each summer in this old 16th century tower house. Kinvara was once a thriving port to which the necessities of life, such as turf (fuel), were brought by the traditional Connemara sailing craft in the 19th century. This trade is recalled each Summer in Cruinniu na mBad, a sea and music festival organised by the village, which sees the old boats compete in a host of exciting races and events.
Cruinniu Na Mbad Festival
Up to 100 unique Irish boats, the Galway Hookers, once the workhorses of the coast of Connemara and North Clare, will gather for a weekend of racing and celebration at Cruinniú na mBád (Gathering of the Boats) festival in Kinvara. Since its revival in 1979, the festival has become one of the most unique and successful weekend festivals in Ireland.
The Burren
The Burren (Boireann), meaning Great rock, is a unique karst-landscape region in northwest County Clare, in Ireland.
The region measures approximately 250 square kilometres and is enclosed roughly within the circle comprised by the villages Ballyvaughan, Kinvara, Tubber, Corofin, Kilfenora and Lisdoonvarna, It is bounded by the Atlantic and Galway Bay on the west and north respectively. 
Burren is rich with historical and archeological sites. There are more than 90 megalithic tombs in the area, portal dolmens, a celtic high cross in the village of Kilfenora, and a number of ring forts - among them the triple ring fort Cahercommaun on the edge of an inland cliff, and the exceptionally well-preserved Caherconnell Stone Fort. Poulnabrone, meaning ‘ Hole of the Sorrows’, is one of the area’s main scenic attractions. Poulnabrone is a portal dolmen (a neolithic tomb).
The Cliffs of Moher
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland’s top Visitor attractions. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O’Brien’s Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South.
