Doolin Cave Our first stop is Doolin Cave. Doolin Cave is a family run attraction just outside the village of Doolin in the heart of the Burren, it is one of the best kept secrets of the Burren. The cave was discovered in the 1950s by Brian Varley and Mike Dickenson, two members of the

Uncle Dave’s Brown Bread Ingredients 2oz white flour                                                         .5 pint of buttermilk 1oz bran                                                                     1.5 oz butter 1 tbs wheatgerm                                                      .5 tsp salt 1 heaped tsp. breadsoda                                        1 tbs. brown sugar 1 egg (Beaten) 12 oz wheatmeal organic flour   Method Mix all the dry ingredients, rub in the butter. Stir in the beaten egg

I start off by asking how he came to work at Doolin Cave. “Well I’m in college at moment studying architecture and I needed a summer job and have always had an interest in geology. I’m a local and saw that caves seemed to be a big thing in the area and as I had

Doolin Cave beat off stiff competition from the other finalists (The Burren Nature Sanctuary & Sea Synergy Marine Awareness & Activity Centre ) to be named the gold award winner on the day. The judges for the competition included: Catherine Mack (responsibletravel.com) Kevin Griffin (DIT tourism lecturer and former-EDEN awards judge) Paddy Mathews (Fáilte Ireland)

This week the Doolin Cave team spoke with Arthur, a WWOOFer, who is making his way around the Clare Countryside and is currently helping us with some work on our nature trail. For those of you who maybe reading this and thinking “what’s a WWOOFer?”, don’t worry I was also in this predicament. WWOOF stands

For those of you who may not have met Jim, he is a striking character, standing over six feet tall with a beaming smile; he is the embodiment of the big friendly giant. He is just finished a tour when I catch up with him and is always up for a chat. I begin by