Talk:The Burren

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Untitled[edit]

I have re-inserted the reference to the Clare County Library Website/Parliamentary Gazeteer interpretation of the origins of the name "Corcomroe". 194.125.54.224, if you can provide a more credible alternative, please do.

Also, I am not convinced that your assertion regarding the grammatical correctness of the name is accurate - as far as I am aware, Boirinn refers to the village, An Bhoireann refers to the area, and each is grammatically correct (just as Éirinn/Éireann are) in context. Gabhala 13:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Karst[edit]

Are you sure that this is a karst landscape? I went to see it, and I can see that limestone is present, but isn't the lack of any major amounts of soil more to do with glacial scrubbing? Is there a geological survey of Ireland that can be used as a reference? Kevin 30 March 2010. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.251.234.37 (talk) 09:56, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's a karstic landscape by any account, sharing many - but not necessarily all - of the features one would expect from an area where limestone has and is undergoing solution. The geology section could do with the attention of a geologist who is familar with the area - I've already corrected or removed a few oddities but there's more to do. cheers Geopersona (talk) 19:50, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Corcomroe[edit]

I'm thinking that the bulk of the second paragraph would be more appropriate in an article on Corcomroe, rather than under "The Burren". If nobody has any objections, I will begin an article on Corcomroe, and move the text there, in a few days. Gabhala 13:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the history of the broader region is more suited to its own article than this one. I just had a try at cleaning up this article; I'm not particularly informed about the naming issues and all that, so if I've screwed something up, please fix it.

Also, seeing as the gallery's been removed, the orphaned images will need to be tagged for deletion. Just a warning in advance. -- Shoejar^talk/edits 03:06, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tagging those orphaned images now. -- Shoejar^talk/edits 05:31, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Organisation of pages Aran Island,s Inishmore, Inishmaan, and Inisheer, and the Burren[edit]

These all share more or less the same geology, flora and fauna. It might be worthwhile creating one page deveoted to all of them and dealing with these topics. cckkab (talk) 10:43, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Slow worm[edit]

Whilst I agree the Slow Worm is not a very distinctive Burren species, it is in fact present in Ireland in the Burren, although introduced. Citations for this are McCarthy, T.K. 1977 The slow-worm, Anguis fragilis L.: a reptile new to the Irish fauna. Irish Naturalists' Journal 19: 49 McGuire, C. & Marnell, F. 2000 The present status of the slow-worm, Anguis fragilis L., in Ireland. Bulletin Irish biogeographical Society 24: 69-74 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Limnoporus (talk • contribs) 18:40, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Western and Eastern Corcomroe[edit]

There appears to be an inconsistency in the paragraph headed "History". It says initially that Western Corcomroe became Corcomroe and Eastern Corcomroe became The Burren ruled by the O'Loughlins, but later in the paragraph it says that the O'Connors ruled the eastern part.Peter O'Loghlin (talk) 21:15, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page Title[edit]

This page should be titled Burren, and the current Burren page should be entitled Burren (disambiguation). Bogger (talk) 10:54, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why? "The Burren" is the normal name for this fascinating area. The Banner talk 11:50, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Confusion of timings?[edit]

I removed this sentence "This process occurred in steps as the water level of the Carboniferous ocean had risen and fallen over time, thus exposing areas to the atmosphere for a time before covering them again." which made no sense in the context in which it appeared - that of the modern day evolution of the landscape. It may be however that the terraced appearance in the modern landscape relates to the weathering and erosion of strata being influenced by the occurrence of multiple widespread palaeokarstic surfaces, formed contemporaneously i.e. during the Carboniferous period, within the rock succession. Is that what is meant? cheers Geopersona (talk) 06:38, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Montage for infobox[edit]

Should a montage be added to the infobox as many images have meaning to the place. TMN81 (talk) 21:02, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, the present picture is sufficient. The Banner talk 21:30, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

But wouldn't a montage be better.(TMN81 (talk) 21:45, 24 January 2018 (UTC))[reply]

No. The Banner talk 22:34, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]