Dromore Wood

Top choice in The Burren


Extending along a lovely river, Dromore Wood encompasses some 400 hectares of picturesque Irish woodland as well as the ruins of the lakeside 17th-century O'Brien Castle and two ring forts. Dromore Wood is 9.3km east of Corofin; you'll need your own transport.


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