A History of County Clare
Clare is one of the six counties of Munster, although many older maps show it as part of Connacht. Indeed, County Clare has a landscape and atmosphere typical of counties west of the Shannon. Its northern parts, especially the Burren, are obviously part of the same landscape as south Galway and the Aran Islands, while its southern parts are more typical of its Munster neighbours Limerick and - just across the Shannon estuary - North Kerry.