What is recorded here
Formoyle West Cave opens beneath County Clare, subjecting human bodies to darkness, depth and the risk of drowning. It is not a display chamber for tourists; it is a living cave where water, stone and breath share one narrow system. Anyone who enters must read the land, respect the owner and be prepared to leave before the cave stops being generous.
The Irish Caves Database records Formoyle West Cave at Formoyle West in County Clare. This point comes from its public cave register. A cave map point does not by itself grant access: check local conditions and ask the landowner where needed.
The cave register does not grant public access. Check conditions and ask the landowner before entering private land.
Places near here
IndicatedFairy fort / stone ringfort · 530 yd
Enclosure in Formoyle WestEnclosure · 615 yd
Formoyle R.C. ChapelChurch · 1730 yd
garda station/constabulary barracksgarda station/constabulary barracks · 1.4 mi
Faunarooska Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.4 mi
Fanore BeachBeach / strand · 1.5 mi
Slieve ElvaMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
FaunarooskaCave · 1.8 mi
PollbailinyCave · 1.9 mi
Black HeadHeadland · 3.3 mi