Cavan’s Burren is worth effort of restoring

A FEW days ago I happened to be driving along a small road in the limestone uplands of north Cavan, close to the Fermanagh border.

One of those brown signposts that indicate things of visitor interest pointed up an even smaller road heading north. It said ‘The Burren’.

Like most people, I’d always imagined the Burren was in north-west Clare, so the signpost was an irresistible invitation. In fact I have educated myself on the internet and discovered the Irish word ‘boireann’ means a stony place, and there are several of them in Ireland.