Kilfenora Travel Guide

 mvtouring Says:  Kilfenora is not a very big place, but walking around you will discover some real gems 

 mvtouring Says:  The Poulnabrone-Dolmen is the most famous of the various megalith tombs that you may find in the Burren. The Poulnabrone-Dolmen dates back to the year 2500 B.C. and still today the scientists do not know exactely, how it was technically possible to build such heavy... 

 mvtouring Says:  The once powerful and important cathedral of Kilfenora dates back to the 6th century and was most probably founded by Holy Fachtnan. In the year 1055 it was mentioned first in the history-books and the cathedral that you may still see today dates back to the 12th century.... 

 mvtouring Says:  The Doorty Cross,is one of the most unique celtic high-crosses in Ireland, showing a bishop and 2 other persons. The cross is 13 feet high and dates back to the 12th century.At the small cemetery around the old cathedral-ruins there were once 7 high-crossesYou may enter the... 

 globetrott Says:  At the cemetery of Kilfenora you may see one of the most unique celtic high-crosses in Ireland : The Doorty Cross, showing a bishop and 2 other persons. The cross is 13 feet high and dates back to the 12th century. It is quite unique that a bishop - most probably Holy... 

 globetrott Says:  There is not a lot left of the formerly so powerful and important cathedral of Kilfenora, but in fact it dates back to the 6th century and was most probably founded by Holy Fachtnan. In the year 1055 it was mentioned first in the history-books and the cathedral that you may... 

 globetrott Says:  The so-called Poulnabrone-Dolmen is the most famous of the various megalith tombs that you may find in the Burren. The Poulnabrone-Dolmen dates back to the year 2500 B.C. and still today the scientists do not know exactely, how it was technically possible to build such heavy... 

 globetrott Says:  When you are driving to Kilfenora, especially when you are arriving from Ballyvaughan in the north you will realize, that you are driving through a really unique landscape :The "Burren" Burren is the name of a unique landscape,almost covered completely by vulcanic rocks,... 

 globetrott Says:  Close to the cemetery in Kilfenora you may visit an interesting museum : The Burren Centre. There you may see various exhibits about the special flora and fauna of the Burren and get an idea, what the Burren looks like underneath the surface in the landscape around of... 

 illumina Says:  The cathedral at Kilfenora is dedicated to St. Fachtna, who founded his monastery here during the sixth century. The original church was probably wooden and was later replaced by a stone building. The abbey church was burned in 1055 and many of the inhabitants killed.... 

 globetrott Says:  While most of the buildings of the Bunratty Folk Park are replicas or buildings that originally were placed at other parts of Ireland and were re-built into the museum-village of the Folk Park, Bunratty castle is more than 1000 years old. It originated as a Viking Trading... 

 globetrott Says:  Craggaunowen Project is the name of a museum , in a distance of about 25km south-east of Kilfenora !In that museum you may see an old Crannog ( an artificial island with some huts that are surrounded by a wooden fence) and an old fisher-boat made of leather. Employees in... 

 globetrott Says:  Not far from Kilfenora you may see one of the most famous cliffs of Ireland : The "Cliffs of Moher"Almost every tourist visiting Ireland has heared of the Cliffs of Moher and wants to go there by all means. Some even take a day-trip from Dublin just in order to have been at... 

 globetrott Says:  About 5km east of Kilfenora and about 6 km south of the Poulnabrone Dolmen you may see quite an impressive building : Leamaneagh Castle dates back to the 17th century and nowadays it is un-inhabited and the giant ruins are in the middle of a meadow with lots of sheep and... 

 globetrott Says:  Aillwee Cave is in a distance of just about 10km north of Kilfenora and the best I may say about it is that they have a good self-service restaurant and great toilets there. In my personal opinion the rest is a giant tourist-trap - they make a lot of advertisment and all... 

 globetrott Says:  Doolin is just quite a small village west of Lisdoonvarna and not far from Kilfenora, but for many fans of irish folk-music it is a place they are heading to because of a well-known music-pub: Gus O'Connor's Pub It is dating back to the year 1832 - with live-performances of...