• • Fanore Dunes Conservation Programme
  • Traffic Manangement
  • Access to Private Lands
  • Development of Trails
• • Education Programmes
  • Training Programmes
  • Public Meetings
  • Committees
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Using the Web Site
• • Information Initiatives
  • Research
  • Eco Tourism
  • Funding Opportunities

Welcome to our Geopark downloads page! Here all available information downloads relating to the various aspects of our work on the Geopark Project are listed on a single webpage. Enjoy!

Geopark status

Report on the results of the nine public meetings on Geopark status that were held in various locations around the Burren during November 2009.	Background information on Geoparks (part of the presentation shown at the November series of public meetings).	Geopark status and the Burren (part of the presentation shown at the November series of public meetings).	Geopark Information Leaflet, which was distributed to all households in the Burren in January 2009.

The NEED Project

Report on the Geology of the Burren region (technical)	Report on the Geology of the Burren region (non-technical summary)

 The Burren Rocks! Festival

Burren Rocks! Festival brochure	Burren Rocks! Festival poster

            Geology Basics

• Geological Time
• How the rocks of North Clare were formed
• Ireland during the Carboniferous Period
• Explaining the geological map of North Clare
  
  Features In the Burren
  
• Bogwood
• Chert
• Dolines
• Drumlins
• Erratics
• Formation of Terraces
• Formation of the limestones.
• Formation of the siltstones and sandstones.
• Fossils in the limestone
• Freeze-thaw action on limestone.
• Joints
• Limestone pavement
• Springs in the limestone.
• Tilted limestones.
• Veins.