The Cliffs of Moher is one of Ireland’s top visitor attractions and a designated UNESCO Geo Park. O'Brien’s Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic cliffs, at the top of which you can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, and the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara. The cliffs take their name from a ruined promontory fort called “Mothar,” which was demolished during the Napoleonic wars to make room for a signal tower.

The Cliffs of Moher is home to one of the major colonies of cliff-nesting seabirds in Ireland, and in 1986 the area was designated as a Special Protection Area for birds under the EU Birds Directive. Coastway Ltd., a surveying and geospatial engineering company, was approached in April 2012 to assist in contributing to an environmental impact statement for the future development of a specific area on the Cliffs of Moher and its immediate hinterland. The plan is to make the Cliffs of Moher a future UNESCO World Heritage program site. There are currently only two in Ireland—Bru na Boinne and Skellig Michael.

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