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 Aillwee cave cafe, County
Clare, Ireland by Ash59
It also has a small cafe that serves basic home baked food and drinks. Leave a Comment
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 Aillwee Cave Entrance,
County Clare, Ireland by Ash59
2 or 3 warnings for you: -
At one point, seemingly deep underground, our guide warned us to stand perfectly still and explained that she was going to turn off the lights. When she did this, she explained that this was perfect darkness and that our eyes would never adjust to it. As you can imagine, if you are afraid of the dark, this would not be a good tour to take!
If you are tall, watch your head as some of the roofs are quite low but there are mercifully few of these low roofs and you will not walk many steps before you can stand upright again.
Because there are a few stairs and the ground can be uneven, a couple of the cave rules are:- no wheelchairs, no pushchairs and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Leave a Comment
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 Aillwee Caves by sabsi
You get an amusing guided tour through the cave, see bones of bears that used to live there more than 1000 years ago, stalagmites and stalagtites and everything gets explained very well and light effects are really nice! Leave a Comment Directions: Not far from Ballyvaughan at the R480. The roads around there are fantastic, you feel like driving on the moon because of the rocks everywhere!Website: http://www.aillweecave.ie
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 Aillwee Cave Entrance,
County Clare, Ireland by Ash59
Aillwee cave was formed in this manner and is the only cave in Ireland where it is safe for the public to enter, without using specialist pot-holing equipment.
The name “Aillwee” is made up of two Irish words, “aill” meaning yellow and “wee” means entrance. The yellow part came from the yellow gorse bushes that surround the entrance and area of the cave. Leave a Comment
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 Ailwee cave cheese shop by Ash59
There is also a very nice cheese shop near the car park that sells other local food and sweets as well.
The car park costs €2 but it may be worth it if you just want somewhere to have a picnic.
The cave tour costs: -
Adults €8.00
Children €4.50
OAP €6.50
Students (with valid student card) €6.50
Family ticket (2 adults plus 2 children) €22.00
Family ticket (2 adults plus 4 children) €26.00
Opening Hours: OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND. There are reduced opening times during the winter months.
10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Last Tour: 5.30 p.m. Leave a Comment
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 Aillwee cave praying
hands, County Clare,
ireland by Ash59
For those of you that can't remember which type comes down from the ceiling and which rises up, here is how I remember:-
Mites run up (legs) while tites comes down.
The pciture shows some stalagmites. They are quite peculiar as they look like a pair of hands, praying. They only look like this from one firection. From any other, they just look like any other stalagmite. Leave a Comment
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 Aillwee cave waterfall,
County Clare, Ireland by Ash59Leave a Comment
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