Phone app puts Clare history at visitors’ fingertips

VISITORS to historic buildings in Co Clare can now use a mobile phoneapplication to browse information on the location which had previously only been available in booklet form.

The Clare County Council heritage information booklet was launched in early 2007 following a comprehensive audit of more than 80 early Christian, medieval and Celtic ecclesiastical buildings. Now it has been converted into a free, downloadable iPhone and iPad app.

“Rian na Manach (Pathway Of The Monks) — A Guided Tour of Ecclesiastical Treasures in Co Clare” features many of the buildings included in the book, supported by text and photographs, or as mapped reference points.