Loughrea
Loughrea, is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies to the north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains and Lough Rea, the lake from which it takes its name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include St Brendan’s Cathedral and St. Mary’s Priory.
St Brendan’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Vanessa Kennedy, CC BY 2.0.
The Cathedral of St. Brendan, Loughrea, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert. The cathedral was designed in Neo-Gothic style and houses one of the most extensive collections of arts and crafts and Celtic Revival artefacts of any single building in Ireland.
Tonaroasty
Archaeological site
Tonaroasty is an abandoned village and national monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bullaun.
Bullaun
Hamlet
Photo: Tecnikp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bullaun is a village in east County Galway, Ireland. It lies 6 km northeast of Loughrea on the R350 regional road. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Bullaun is situated 6 km north of Loughrea.
Loughrea
- Type: Town with 6,320 residents
- Description: town in County Galway, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.19816° or 53° 11′ 53″ northLongitude
-8.56906° or 8° 34′ 9″ westPopulation
6,320Elevation
84 metres (276 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE LOUOpen location code
9C5H5CXJ+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 52260827OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Loughrea” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Loughrea”
- Bulgarian: “Лохрей”
- Catalan: “Loughrea”
- Cebuano: “Loughrea”
- Danish: “Loughrea”
- Dutch: “Loughrea”
- French: “Loughrea”
- Galician: “Loughrea”
- Georgian: “ლოხრეი”
- German: “Loughrea”
- Indonesian: “Baile Locha Riach”
- Indonesian: “Loughrea”
- Irish: “Baile Locha Riach”
- Italian: “Loughrea”
- Japanese: “ロックレイ”
- Japanese: “ロッホリー”
- Polish: “Loughrea”
- Russian: “Бале-Лоха-Риах”
- Russian: “Лохре”
- Russian: “Лохрей”
- Serbian: “Локреј”
- Spanish: “Loughrea”
- Swedish: “Loughrea”
- Ukrainian: “Лохрей”
- Urdu: “لوخرے”
- Welsh: “Loughrea”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loughrea Post Office and The Auld Triangle.
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