Grand Canal

The Grand Canal is the southernmost of a pair of canals that connect , in the east of Ireland, with the in the west, via and a number of other villages and towns, the two canals nearly encircling Dublin's inner city.
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  • Type: Canal
  • Description: canal in Ireland
  • Also known as: “Canal Grand”, “Canal Grand de Irlanda”, “Gran Canal (Irlanda)”, and “Grand Canal, Irland”

Places of Interest

Highlights: St. Brigid’s Hospital and Creagh National School.

Hospital
Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Brigid's Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in , , .

School
is a primary school in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland.

Railway station
Photo: Patrick Wyse Jackson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
railway station is a railway station in , . is situated 3½ km northwest of Grand Canal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballinasloe and Old Town.

Town
Photo: Tournesol, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the easternmost part…

Locality
is a small village in the townland of Cloonfad in , . is situated 5 km southeast of Grand Canal.

Village
is a small village in , Ireland. is situated 8 km west of Grand Canal.

Grand Canal

Latitude
53.31917° or 53° 19′ 9″ north
Longitude
-8.19972° or 8° 11′ 59″ west
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
9C5H8R92+M4
Geo­Names ID
2963901
Wiki­data ID
Q1542537
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Grand Canal” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Grand Canal (Irlanda)”
  • Basque: “Grand Canal”
  • Cebuano: “Grand Canal”
  • Chinese: “愛爾蘭大运河”
  • Danish: “Grand Canal (Irland)”
  • Danish: “Grand Canal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قناة ضخمه”
  • French: “Grand Canal”
  • German: “Grand Canal”
  • Irish: “An Chanáil Mhór”
  • Italian: “Grand Canal (Irlanda)”
  • Italian: “Grand Canal”
  • Japanese: “グランド運河”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis Airijos kanalas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand Canal (Irland)”
  • Norwegian: “Grand Canal”
  • Polish: “Wielki Kanał (Irlandia)”
  • Polish: “Wielki Kanał”
  • Spanish: “Gran Canal de Irlanda”
  • Swedish: “Grand Canal”
  • Urdu: “گرینڈ کینال”
  • Welsh: “Camlas Grand”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Pollboy and Ardcarn.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Saint Enda’s Hospital and Castle Park.

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Worth a closer look: Galway and Tuam.

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