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The Burren (Irish: Boíreann, meaning "rocky place") is a 250 sq km landscape in County Clare, Ireland encompassing a circle of villages: Ballyvaughan, Kinvara, Tubber, Corofin, Kilfenora, and Lisdoonvarna. The word "Ballyvaughan" means fertile rock, an accurate name for the area because of the vast limestone, a result of sediment in a tropical sea 350 million years ago, that still allows for farming to occupy the main industry. Farmers employ the stone in various ways, such as marking territory.

Description
The Burren (Irish: Boíreann, meaning "rocky place") is a 250 sq km landscape in County Clare, Ireland encompassing a circle of villages: Ballyvaughan, Kinvara, Tubber, Corofin, Kilfenora, and Lisdoonvarna. The word "Ballyvaughan" means fertile rock, an accurate name for the area because of the vast limestone, a result of sediment in a tropical sea 350 million years ago, that still allows for farming to occupy the main industry. Farmers employ the stone in various ways, such as marking territory.