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Cliffs of Moher
The Cliffs of Moher ()〔(Cliffs of Moher ) Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 24 February 2012.〕 are located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Cliffs of Moher )〕 They rise above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head, and reach their maximum height of just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometres to the north.〔(Discover Ireland website (official tourism site) – Cliffs of Moher )〕 A round stone tower near the midpoint of the cliffs, the tower was built in 1835 by Sir Cornelius O'Brien.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=CliffsofMoher.ie (Official Site) )〕 From the cliffs and from atop the tower, 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.〔 The cliffs rank amongst the top visited tourist sites in Ireland,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ireland's most popular tourist attractions for 2012 announced )〕 and receive almost one million visitors a year.〔 The closest settlements are Liscannor (6 km south) and Doolin (7 km north).
==Name==
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''.〔(Archaeology of the Burren: Prehistoric Forts and Dolmens in North Clare ) by Thomas Johnson Westropp. ''Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland'' Vol. xxxv., Consecutive Series; Vol. xv., Fifth Series (1905). Retrieved: 24 February 2012.〕 The fort still stood in 1780 and is mentioned in an account from John Lloyd's a ''Short Tour Of Clare'' (1780).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lloyds Tour of Clare, 1780: Burren, Mohar, Liscannor Bay )〕 It was demolished in 1808 to provide material for a new telegraph tower.〔 The present tower near the site of the old ''Moher Uí Ruidhin'' was built as a lookout tower during the Napoleonic wars.
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