Dromore Wood

Dromore Wood Nature Reserve encompasses approximately 400 hectares of diverse habitats in the southeastern part of the Burren region in County Clare. Established as a statutory nature reserve in 1985, this state-owned woodland showcases an exceptional mosaic of natural and semi-natural habitats including rivers, lakes, turloughs (seasonal lakes), callows (flooded meadows), limestone pavement, fen peat, reed beds, and species-rich native woodland. The reserve's location at the transition between the limestone Burren uplands and the lowland agricultural landscape creates conditions supporting remarkable biodiversity, earning designation as both a Nature Reserve and a Special Area of Conservation under EU law.