Carron (Ireland)

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Al Carn
Carron
Carron (Ireland) (Ireland)
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Coordinates 53 ° 2 ′  N , 9 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 2 ′  N , 9 ° 5 ′  W
Basic data
Country Ireland

province

Muenster
county Clare
Telephone code +353/065
Cassidy's Pub
Cassidy's Pub

Carron (in Irish also Carran or in Gaelic and Al Carn called) refers to a scattered settlement in County Clare .

In the northwest the place borders on County Galway .

The village center consists of the restaurant and pub Cassidy's Pub , the Clares Rock Hostel , a church, a school and the old school which houses the Burren-Life director's office. Within a few kilometers one can reach The Burren Parfumery , Caherconnell Fort, a prehistoric settlement, the Poulnabrone Dolmen , two Turloughs (seepage lake) and the typical karst landscape of the Burrens.

Personalities

Sons and daughters

Michael Cusack (1847–1906), founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association

Web links

Commons : Carron  - album with pictures, videos and audio files