Sunday, 14 October 2012

Irish Photograph - O'Briens Tower Co Clare


O'Brien's Tower marks the highest point of the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland, located a short distance from the village Doolin, famous for its traditional Irish music.The tower was built on the cliffs in 1835 by local landlord Cornellius O'Brien as an observation tower for the hundreds of Victorian tourists that frequented the cliffs at the time. On a clear day the view can extend as far as Loop Head at the southern tip of Clare and beyond to the mountains of Kerry. Looking north from O'Brien's Tower on clear days, the Twelve Bens in Connemara (also known as the Twelve Pins) beyond Galway Bay can be seen, and typically the Aran Islands to the west.

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