Cliffs of Moher

Presentation

Cliffs of moher

Nadia Wiszniewska, 7a

Basic Info

Cliffs of Moher are on the west coast of Ireland. Those cliffs are about 120 m high, but the highest one is 214 m! They are 14 km long. Cliffs of moher are Ireland's turists favourite attraction. Every year there are about 1 mln turists! Everyone who go to Ireland should visit this amazing place in Country Clare!

Paths

The Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience menages about 800m of safe paths. Using them you can see a lot of beautiful cliff landscapes. There are also other usable paths, but they aren’t safe. Of course, everyone can use them, but on it’s own risk! .

O'Brien's tower

This stone tower was built in 1835 by Cornelius O'Brien on the highest cliff. Probably he built it to drink tea inside. O'Brien's Tower is a small, beautiful observation building, with amazing panorama of cliffs. Now it's open for every visitor, who wants to look at cliffs form above!

Covid-19

Because of the Covid-19 everyone can book ticket online now - 5€ normal ticket and free entry for children.

Weather

What's the weather like?

Weather in Ireland (and on Cliffs of Moher) is usually bad. There is windy, cloudy and cold. Sometimes there is also fog - the cliffs in fog look like magical! On the vertical bar (right) you can see the probability of cloudiness, rain and wind > 10 km / h in April and May. There is also an average humidity and temperature in April and May.

Facts

Branaumore

Shop area

Online visit

UNESCO

Film

If you can't visit Cliffs of Moher in real life, you can do it online.

Restaurants and shops are carved out of th rock

This big stone column is home of thousands of birds.

Cliffs of Moher was in Harry Potter and Half -Blood Prince scene.

Cliffs of Moher have UNESCO Global Geopark Status.

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Myths & legends

The Leap of the Foals

The Legend of Hag’s Head

After the introduction of Christianity to Ireland the importance of Celtic practices has declined. Pantheon of Celtic deities was angry of that. In protest they turned themselves into the horses. They galloped to caves under the Cliffs of Moher and spent there years. Then, when they get out, sun blinded theirs eyes. Horses galloped to the edge of cliff and fall. Now that cliff is known as The Cliff of the Foals.

A witch names Mal felt in love with an Irish warrior - Cú c hulainn. There was one problem - he didn't love her. Cú c hulainn had to run away from Mal throughout the Ireland, but she didn't give up. Warrior jumped to the island, near the Moher Cliffs. The witch also jumped on the island. Cú c hulainn quickly jumped back onto mainland. Then Mal jumped again, but she fell and hit her head against the rocks (near cliffs). Now these rocks are known as Hag's Head Rocks. Some people say that these rocks have Mal's head shape.

SeaBirds

Guillemot

Razorbill

Chough

Puffin

Chough - Wieszczek

Guillemot - Nurzyk

Razorbill - Alka

Puffin - Maskonur

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