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O'Brien's Tower

Clare, County Clare, Ireland
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About O'Brien's Tower

O'Brien's Tower marks the best point of the Cliffs of Moher, a totally popular traveler vacation spot in County Clare, Ireland. It is located a quick distance from the villages Doolin and Liscannor. The tower became constructed at the cliffs in 1835 by way of local landlord and MP Sir Cornellius O'Brien as an remark tower for the Victorian travelers that frequented the cliffs on the time: "strangers travelling the Magnificent Scenery of this neighbourhood".

It is said to have to start with served as a teahouse, featuring a large spherical table with seats of ironwork. Another version tells of O'Brien building the tower in an effort to galvanize ladies he changed into relationship. On a clear day the view can increase as some distance as Loop Head at the southern tip of Clare and past to the mountains of Kerry. Looking north from O'Brien's Tower on clear days, the Twelve Bens in Connemara beyond Galway Bay can be seen, and usually the Aran Islands to the west.

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