Clare remains among the most popular tourism destinations in the country, according to Failte Ireland.
Newly-published figures for 2014 show some 561,000 people visited the county, making it the fifth most popular with people travelling to Ireland.
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Only Dublin, Cork, Kerry and Galway out performed Co. Clare.
Of these visitors, the majority, 228 thousand, came from North America, followed by Mainland Europe and Britain.