Tolkien slept here

"The Burren and Connemara are always credited as being in some small form an inspiration for Tolkien’s landscapes,'"said NUI Galway Archivist Barry Houlihan.
“The imagery and the imagination for the book The Lord of the Rings is The Burren in County Clare”.
http://galwayindependent.com/stories/item/5233/2012-51/From-Connemara-to-Mordor

"Some say Birmingham is Hobbiton ;) this is so exciting !!!"
http://watchouthereiam.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/day-107/