Burren Country

Paul Clements, from County Tyrone, lives in Belfast and spends part of each year in the West of Ireland researching, writing, walking, and seeking inspiration in the Burren's limestone hills. His acclaimed The Height of Nonsense (2005) was a bestseller. A former BBC journalist, he now contributes to newspapers and magazines and to travel guides to Ireland He is a Fellow of Green-Templeton College, Oxford, and of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

'Burren Prayer' by Michael Longley Map: The Burren Prologue, Epiphany: Caught and Smitten Chapter One Westing and Arrival Chapter Two They all have Outrageous Names Chapter Three The Pool of Sorrows Chapter Four A Tour through the Paint Box Chapter Five An Aphrodisiac of the Senses Chapter Six The Hypnotic Fascination of Mullaghmore Chapter Seven Time and Tide Chapter Eight Grazing around Gleninagh Chapter Nine Travels of the Wandering Rocks Chapter Ten A Woman for all Seasons Chapter Eleven The Music of the Sea Chapter Twelve The Burren Painters Chapter Thirteen Benign Storyteller Chapter Fourteen The Tinker's Heartbreak: Burren Roads Chapter Fifteen Bard of Bell Harbour Chapter Sixteen The Weavers of Sheshymore Epilogue Flirting with the Spirit of the Burren Coda Glossary Burren bibliography General bibliography Websites Acknowledgements