I have 3 recording of'Cliffs'. Two, Christy Moore, and Peggy Sweeney, say 'take a view o'er the mountains'. The other, Noel Healey, says 'take a view o'er the Shannon'. Detailed topographical maps show only flat farmland and no mountains on either the Kerry or Clare side. I watched the Sweeney DVD again. It opens in Ballybunion, where there are some modest cliffs. This, I think, tells us that Dooneen must be in the Ballybunion area.

I agree with you Jim. I never go back to my old home in Donegal because I can barely see Lough Foyle from it any more because of new houses. It used to be an open view. And Muff is now virtually a suburb of Derry (tho the two are in different countries!)