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The Clare Glens are a wooded area with a path up the red sandstone gorge separated by the banks of the Clare river, which separates Counties Tipperary and Limerick, Ireland. It is located approximately 4 km from Newport, County Tipperary, approximately 5 km from Murroe on the R506 road.

There are two carparks located near to the entrance for walkers. There is also a small children's play area and picnic area and toilet facilities at the smaller carpark.^{[citation needed]}

There is a signposted trail consisting of a walkway on both banks of the river with views and swimming locations.[1] This includes an opening below a waterfall known as The Big Eas.^{[citation needed]}

The river is used as a kayaking venue, and canoeists usually enter the Clare river at the top carpark by Ashroe and kayak down the waterfalls and rapids.^{[citation needed]}

In the late 1990s the Limerick path of the Clare Glens was widened and levelled to allow emergency vehicles access to the two mile long walk.^{[citation needed]}

The Clare Glens were hit during storm Darwin on 12 February 2014, and suffered severe damage.[2]

The site is a listed European Special Area of Conservation (SAC), designated for its areas of oak woodland habitat and a species of rare fern known as the Killarney Fern Trichomanes speciosum[3]

References

External links

• Irish Whitewater Clare Glens River Guide
• UL Kayak Club Clare Glens River Guide
• Clare Glens Walks

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