Grand Canal
The Grand Canal is the southernmost of a pair of canals that connect Dublin, in the east of Ireland, with the River Shannon in the west, via Tullamore and a number of other villages and towns, the two canals nearly encircling Dublin's inner city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Brigid’s Hospital and Creagh National School.
St. Brigid’s Hospital
Hospital
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St. Brigid's Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland.
Creagh National School
School
Creagh National School is a primary school in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. Originally founded in 1939, it is a Catholic boys and girls national school located on the outskirts of Ballinasloe in the civil parish of Creagh.
Ballinasloe
Railway station
Photo: Patrick Wyse Jackson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ballinasloe railway station is a railway station in Ballinasloe, County Galway. It is operated by Iarnród Éireann. Opened in 1851, this railway station is a fine and imposing Tudor style building, designed by George Wilkinson. Ballinasloe is situated 3½ km northwest of Grand Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballinasloe and Old Town.
Ballinasloe
Town
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Ballinasloe is a town in the easternmost part of County Galway, Ireland, situated on the River Suck, which forms the boundary with County Roscommon. Located at an ancient crossing point on the river, evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of Bronze Age sites.
Old Town
Locality
Old Town is a small village in the townland of Cloonfad in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the R357 road between Ballinasloe, County Galway and Shannonbridge, County Offaly. Old Town is situated 5 km southeast of Grand Canal.
Aughrim
Village
Aughrim is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located between the towns of Loughrea and Ballinasloe, along the old N6 national primary road that used to be the main road between Galway and Dublin. Aughrim is situated 8 km west of Grand Canal.
Grand Canal
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Ireland
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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 Bokmål: “Grand Canal, Irland”
- Norwegian: “Grand Canal”
- Polish: “Grand Canal”
- Polish: “Wielki Kanał (Irlandia)”
- Polish: “Wielki Kanał”
- Spanish: “Canal Grand de Irlanda”
- Spanish: “Canal Grand”
- Spanish: “Gran Canal (Irlanda)”
- Spanish: “Gran Canal de Irlanda”
- Spanish: “Grand Canal”
- Swedish: “Grand Canal”
- Urdu: “گرینڈ کینال”
- Welsh: “Camlas Grand”
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