page_title: Ailladie
section_title: Shore angling
hierarchical_section_title: Ailladie / Shore angling
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph standing on the edge of the Ailladie sea-cliffs (also called Ballyreen cliffs), looking south into the Falla Uaigneach section (southern end of Ailladie).
context_page_description: Ailladie, is an 800-metre-long west-facing limestone sea cliff, that varies in height from 8 metres to 35 metres, situated on the coast of The Burren in County Clare, Ireland. Ailladie is one of Ireland's most highly regarded rock-climbing locations, particularly for high technical grade climbs and deep-water soloing. It is also a location for shore-angling competitions, and, with its cliffs and view of the Aran Islands, a popular photography stop for tourists.
context_section_description: The limestone ledges at the base of Ailladie's cliffs (at the far north and far south ends), are regarded for their shore-angling and are described as providing "superb bottom fishing". Anglers know the area as Ballyreen-south of Fanore, and several of the rocks have numbers painted on them for shore-angling competitions.  Ballyreen is noted as one of the few shore-angling locations in Clare where sharks (porbeagle and blue), and conger eels have been successfully landed.
  Because of the proximity of these low limestone ledges to deep Atlantic waters, the ledges have seen several fatalities over the years of anglers who were caught by sudden swells or large waves, and were carried out to sea.
caption: Looking south through a small zawn into Ailladie's Falla Uaigneach cliff-section, with the southerly ledges used for shore-angling after it.
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