Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland - Cardall postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland
• Publisher:  Cardall Ltd., Dublin
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The Cliffs of Moher (Irish: Aillte an Mhothair)^[1] are located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland.^[2] They rise 120 metres (390 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head, and reach their maximum height of 214 metres (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometres to the north.^[3] The cliffs receive almost one million visitors a year.^[3]

O'Brien's Tower is a round stone tower near the midpoint of the cliffs built in 1835 by Sir Cornelius O'Brien to impress female visitors.^[2] From the cliffs and from atop the watchtower, visitors can see the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, the Maumturks and Twelve Pins mountain ranges to the north in County Galway, and Loop Head to the south.^[4]

The cliffs take their name from an old fort called Moher that once stood on Hag's Head, the southernmost point of the cliffs. The writer Thomas Johnson Westropp referred to it in 1905 as Moher Uí Ruis or Moher Uí Ruidhin.^[5] The fort still stood in 1780 and is mentioned in an account from John Lloyd's a Short Tour Of Clare (1780).^[6] It was demolished in 1808 to provide material for a new telegraph tower.^[5] The present tower near the site of the old Moher Uí Ruidhin was built as a lookout tower during the Napoleonic wars.^[7]

The cliffs consist mainly of beds of Namurian shale and sandstone,^[8] with the oldest rocks being found at the bottom of the cliffs. It is possible to see 300 million year-old river channels cutting through, forming unconformities at the base of the cliffs.^{[citation needed]}

There are an estimated 30,000 birds living on the cliffs, representing more than 20 species.^[9] These include Atlantic Puffins, which live in large colonies at isolated parts of the cliffs and on the small Goat Island.^[9] Also present are hawks, gulls, guillemots, shags, ravens and choughs

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: ireland

sub-theme=ireland

county/ country=clare

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted