Kiltartan
Kiltartan is a barony and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. The southern portion of this barony was formerly known as Cenél Áeda na hEchtge or O'Shaughnessy's Country, the northern portion was called Coill Ua bhFiachrach and the eastern part was called Oireacht Réamoinn.Photo: dougf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kiltartan Castle and Coole Park.
Kiltartan Castle
Ruins
Photo: dougf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kiltartan Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
Coole Park
Photo: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coole Park is a nature reserve of approximately 1,000 acres located a few miles west of Gort, County Galway, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service, part of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Thoor Ballylee
Castle
Photo: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thoor Ballylee Castle is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. Thoor Ballylee is situated 2½ km east of Kiltartan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gort and Ardrahan.
Gort
Town
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gort is a town in County Galway in the west of Ireland, with a population of 2900 in 2022. It's in low-lying farming country but is at the edge of the bare limestone plateau of the Burren. Gort is situated 3½ km south of Kiltartan.
Ardrahan
Village
Photo: Fractal Angel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardrahan is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. Ardrahan is situated 7 km north of Kiltartan.
Kinvarra
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinvara or Kinvarra is a sea port village in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of Kinvarradoorus in the north of the barony of Kiltartan. Kinvarra is also an electoral division. Kinvarra is situated 10 km northwest of Kiltartan.
Kiltartan
- Type: Locality
- Description: barony and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland
- Category: barony
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.09833° or 53° 5′ 54″ northLongitude
-8.81194° or 8° 48′ 43″ westElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
9C5H35XQ+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 52245500OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Russian—“Kiltartan” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kiltartan”
- Chinese: “基爾塔”
- Dutch: “Kiltartan”
- Irish: “Cill Tartan, Barúntacht”
- Irish: “Cill Tartan”
- Russian: “Килтартан”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kiltartan Millennium Park and Kiltartan Gregory Museum.
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