Ballyvaughan or Ballyvaghan is a small harbour village in County Clare, Ireland. It is located on the N67 road on the south shores of Galway Bay, in the northwest corner of The Burren. This position on the coast road and the close proximity to many of the area's sights has turned the village into a local center of tourism activity. At the time of the 2011 Census Ballyvaughan had a population of 258. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking community, until 1956.

Places of interest include:

• The Burren: Each year botanists and naturalists roam this karst landscape in search of Arctic, Alpine and Mediterranean plants that grow in profusion over the limestone pavements. The Burren is renowned for its archaeology. Ballyvaughan is in proximity to numerous megalithic tombs such as Poulnabrone dolmen, situated 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Ballyvaughan, ring forts such as Caherconnell Stone Fort, Ballyallaban ringfort or Cahermore ringfort as well as medieval churches and castles/tower houses, such as at Gleninagh.
• 3.5 km to the south is the Aillwee Cave, a show cave over 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) long.
• Beside the Aillwee Caves, just 400-metres north of the upper car-park is the novice rock-climbing location of Aill na Cronain.
• For trained cave explorers, there is the Poll na Gollum, Faunarooska, and the Cullaun series.
• The Burren College of Art is located outside of Ballyvaughan at Newtown Castle.