Burren

British

/ ˈbʌrən /

noun

a limestone area on the North Clare coast in the Irish Republic, famous for its wild flowers, caves, and dolmens

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“There is a very good chance there will be a bidding war,” said Massimo Stabilini, a London-based hedge-fund manager at Burren Capital Advisors and Warner shareholder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

The bodies were discovered at the property on Greenan Road, between Burren village and Newry city.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2023

Robert Burren Morgan, a son of farmers, was born Oct.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2016

Lately it has been asserted that Tolkien was also guided by the gloomy strangeness of the Burren in western Ireland, a stony netherworld whose beauty and bleakness can seem one and the same.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2013

Copper pyrites occurs in several parts of Burren, but in small quantity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

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