Headford
Headford is a small town in County Galway, located 26 km north of Galway city in the west of Ireland. It is an angling centre for the eastern shore of Lough Corrib, and Greenfields, approximately 6.5 km west of the town, is its boating harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Robert Bone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kinlough Castle and Killursa.
Kinlough Castle
Castle
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinlough Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland. Kinlough Church, part of the National monument, is nearby. Kinlough Castle is situated 3½ km north of Headford.
Killursa
Ruins
Photo: Nealhen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Killursa is a medieval ruined church located in County Galway, Ireland. The name comes from the Irish ‘Cill Fhursa’, meaning “the church of Fursa”. St. Killursa is situated 2½ km west of Headford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shrule and Knockferry.
Shrule
Village
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shrule is a village in County Mayo in Ireland. It is in the south-east of Mayo, near the County Galway border. The boundary between counties Mayo and Galway follows much of the course of the Black River which runs on the south side of the village. Shrule is situated 6 km north of Headford.
Knockferry
Locality
Knockferry is a townland in County Galway, on the shores of Lough Corrib. The number of occupied dwellings is 20 and for census purposes it is incorporated within the 'census town' of Rosscahill, Wormhole with a total population of 295 in 2011. Knockferry is situated 7 km southwest of Headford.
Annaghdown
Village
Annaghdown is a civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. It lies around Annaghdown Bay, an inlet of Lough Corrib. Villages in the civil parish include Corrandulla, Cloonboo, and Annaghdown, a census settlement in the east of the parish, with Corrandrum National School located at its eastern end. Annaghdown is situated 10 km south of Headford.
Headford
- Type: Town with 973 residents
- Description: town in Connacht, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.46934° or 53° 28′ 10″ northLongitude
-9.10705° or 9° 6′ 25″ westPopulation
973Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
9C5GFV9V+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 52242647OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2963792Wikidata ID
Q2015820
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Headford” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Headford”
- Breton: “Áth Cinn”
- Bulgarian: “Хедфорд”
- Cebuano: “Headford”
- Chinese: “海特佛”
- Dutch: “Headford”
- Georgian: “ჰედფორდი”
- German: “Headford”
- Irish: “Áth Cinn”
- Italian: “Headford”
- Japanese: “ヘッドフォード”
- Russian: “Хедфорд”
- Russian: “Хэдфорд”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Áth Cinn”
- Spanish: “Headford”
- Swedish: “Headford”
- Uzbek: “Headford”
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