Cliffs of Moher
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| Five miles northwest of Lahinch, these are one of the outstanding coastal features of Co. Clare. This great "Wall of Thomond", consisting of horizontal beds of millstone, grit and sandstone, stretches for nearly five miles from Hag's Head (440 ft) to O'Brien's Tower, where they attain a height of 299 ft. Near O'Brien's Tower there is a car park and viewing platform for visitors. O'Brien's Tower, a circular castle-style structure was erected in 1835 by Cornelius O'Brien, a noted (or notorious) local landowner |
