The Burren National Park is located in the southeastern corner of the Burren. The word “Burren” comes from an Irish word “Boíreann” meaning a rocky place. It contains examples of all the major habitats within the Burren: limestone pavement, calcareous grassland, hazel scrub, ash/hazel woodland, turloughs, lakes, petrifying springs, cliffs. This boundary map is for illustrative purposes only and shall not be held conclusive as to the boundaries or their extent. Please note the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage makes no representation or provides any warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or currency of this map. The use of this map, which may be altered or updated at any time without notice, is at the sole risk of the user. https://www.nationalparks.ie/
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Overviewboundaryenvironmentirelandlocationnational parknational parks and wildlife servicenpwsprotected sites
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Contact Emailnpws_gis@housing.gov.ie
Contact NameDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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Harvest Source Titledata.gov.ie - Environment
Identifierfad63c38-6112-40ac-bdad-86bffd2ce1d6
Issued2021-11-22
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Modified2026-06-03T02:22:47
ProvenanceThis boundary map was produced using parcel data sourced from the Land Registry dataset from Property Registration Authority of Ireland and the OSI PRIME 2 dataset.
The polygon geometry was generalised to 50M to produce this map using the Simplify Polygon toolset (using Wang-Muller algorithm method) in ArcGIS Pro 2.8 software.
Publisher NameDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Publisher Urihttps://data.gov.ie/organization/department-of-housing-planning-community-and-local-government
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