What is recorded here

Carran is a small Burren village where Michael Cusack helped found the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is also called An Carn, meaning the cairn, and that name suits its limestone edge, old churches and quiet upland life. The place is small enough to know by heart, yet it gave Ireland one of its most enduring games.

Situated on a low limestone ridge running SW-NE within the Burren National Park. A cairn (diam. c. 8m) somewhat inundated by scrub and with evidence of having been disturbed in the past. A second cairn (CL010-226----) lies c. 60m to the NE. (pers. comm. Michael Lynch) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 30 July 2014

A Neolithic cairn; likely dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). Its location within the Burren National Park suggests it is part of a broader landscape of megalithic and ceremonial sites, reflecting early agricultural and ritual practices in the region.

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