Mullaghmore (Irish: Mullach Mór, meaning 'Great Summit') is a 180 metre (590') limestone hill in the Burren in Glenquin, Kilnaboy County Clare, Ireland.

In April 1991, the Minister of State of the Irish Department of Finance announced a plan for the construction of an interpretative visitors' centre at Mullaghmore by the Office of Public Works (OPW).

This would have made use of EU Regional and Social funds earlier allocated by the European Commission after a general approval of the Irish tourism program that did not, however, take a stand on any specific projects.

Their coalition became known as Burren National Park Support Association and emphasized the economic potential of the OPW proposal as well as the prospect of much needed jobs in a high unemployment area.

[5] In December 1992, the WWF and An Taisce brought an action at the European Court of Justice, claiming that 2.7 million Irish pounds of Community funds allocated to the project should be suspended.

[2] The High Court found in February that the OPW had unconstitutionally and illegally initiated construction and that it did indeed lack the relevant statutory power.

[5] One week after the High Court decision, emergency legislation passed through both houses of the Irish parliament and was signed into law by the president.

This was supposed to consist of an entry point to the park, toilets, ranger accommodation and a roofed area on the site of the originally planned interpretive centre.

On the one hand, the Minister for the Arts, Gaeltacht and the Islands, Sile De Valera and the OPW claimed that the centre would have minimal visual impact and no significant adverse effects on the area.

An Bord Pleanála argued that the centre would have involved unacceptable damage to the environment and to the fragile local ecology and would have detracted from the scenery and rural character of the area.

[10] However, supporters of the scheme argued that a focal point for tourism in the Burren National Park would still be needed, as it would stop visitors from entering private lands.