Foynes
Foynes is a town and major port in County Limerick in the midwest of Ireland, located at the edge of hilly land on the southern bank of the Shannon Estuary. The population of the town was 512 as of the 2022 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sean an Scuab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyhahill and Coolmeen.
Ballyhahill
Village
Ballyhahill is a village and townland in County Limerick, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 146 people. It is 40 km west of Limerick city. The White River flows to the east of the village. Ballyhahill is situated 8 km southwest of Foynes.
Coolmeen
Locality
Coolmeen, formerly called Kilfiddane, is a Roman Catholic parish in County Clare, Ireland. Coolmeen is situated 9 km northwest of Foynes.
Askeaton
Town
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Askeaton is a town in County Limerick, Ireland. The town is built on the banks of the River Deel which flows into the Shannon Estuary 3 km to the north. Askeaton is situated 9 km east of Foynes.
Foynes
- Type: Town with 542 residents
- Description: village in County Limerick, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Limerick, Munster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.61114° or 52° 36′ 40″ northLongitude
-9.11095° or 9° 6′ 39″ westPopulation
542Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE FOVOpen location code
9C4GJV6Q+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 52248991OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Foynes” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Foynes”
- Bulgarian: “Фойнс”
- Catalan: “Foynes”
- Cebuano: “Foynes”
- Chinese: “福因斯”
- Dutch: “Foynes”
- French: “Foynes”
- German: “Foynes”
- Irish: “Faing”
- Italian: “Foynes”
- Japanese: “ファイン港”
- Japanese: “フォイン”
- Japanese: “フォインズ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Foynes”
- Norwegian: “Foynes”
- Russian: “Фойнс”
- Spanish: “Foynes”
- Swedish: “Foynes”
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