The name derives from “boireann”, Gaelic for “rocky land”. The Burren is a vast limestone
plateau in County Clare, a desolate region where few trees manage to survive, but which has
its own unique botanical environment in which an astonishing array of flowers thrive in the
summer, taking root in the crevices of the limestone pavement. These crevices, known as
“grykes”, were formed by glaciation, wind and rain erosion.