On the Whitsuntide weekend (a bank holiday in mid-June) of 1952, students Brian Varley and J.M. Dickenson, aged 19 and 20 respectively, embarked on the vacation of a lifetime. They were exploring the rugged natural terrain of Lisdoonvarna, a small town north of County Clare in west Ireland. The Burren, as this region is colloquially known, was till then a largely unexplored area.
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