Burren Heart and Soul

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The Burren Heart and Soul

was inspired by the documentary, Heart of Stone, featured on Irish television by filmmaker Katrina Costello and narrated by Brendan GleesonThe Burren  is part of the Burren National Park, UNESCO site, dating back 300 million years.

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Burren  Heart and Soul

The Burren, Heart of Stone featured on Irish television and it was a joy to watch.  The self-taught filmmaker Katrina Costello brought us on a magical journey, narrated by the soothing tones of  Brendan Gleeson.  It began with a walk through the seasons on this rocky limestone terrain, a fascinating and truly unique landscape in Co. Clare, Ireland.  The cinematography was second to none.   The Burren  is part of the Burren National Park, UNESCO site, adjacent territory including the Cliffs of Moher. It is formed of carboniferous shale, sandstones and limestone dating back 300 million years

Sometimes, I can feel, touch and taste the landscape.  I have visited the Burren many times and I have enjoyed working on this painting – Burren Heart and Soul. I wanted to try to capture a glimpse of this enchanting land with the curious shaped Mullaghmore mountain in the background.

Hopefully I have captured some of that magic in this oil painting 50 x 60 cms

 

This documentary introduced the flora and fauna, fascinating turloughs and disappearing lake.  So many other truly interesting facts followed by a feature on nomadic hunters from prehistoric times. Worth checking out!

The Burren National Park is located in the southeastern corner of the Burren and is approximately 1500 hectares in size. The Park land was bought by the Government for nature conservation and public access. It contains examples of all the major habitats within the Burren: Limestone Pavement, Calcareous Grassland, Hazel scrub, Ash/Hazel Woodland, Turloughs, Lakes, Petrifying Springs, Cliffs and Fen.

The word “Burren” comes from an Irish word “Boíreann” meaning a rocky place. This is an extremely appropriate name when you consider the lack of soil cover and the extent of exposed Limestone Pavement. However it has been referred to in the past as “Fertile rock” due to the mixture of nutrient rich herb and floral species.

In 1651 a Cromwellian Army Officer named Ludlow remarked, “of this barony it is said that it is a country where there is not water enough to drown a man, wood enough to hang one, nor earth enough to bury them. This last is so scarce that the inhabitants steal it from one another and yet their cattle are very fat. The grass grows in tufts of earth of two or three foot square which lies between the limestone rocks and is very sweet and nourishing.”

The highest point in the park is Knockanes (207 metres) which continues as a curving terraced ridge to Mullaghmór to the south. East of this ridge is an area of extensive, low lying limestone pavement containing a number of semi-permanent lakes. West of this ridge the pavement sweeps down to partially drift-covered ground which gradually rises again to reach the foot of a rocky escarpment. To the south of the park the limestone bedrock disappears under a layer of glacial till. This till area is far more intensively managed for pasture and silage.

Source: BurrenNationalPark.ie

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