Craughwell
Craughwell is a village and townland in County Galway, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of approximately 1,000 people. Craughwell is 8 km south of Athenry, 12 km west of Loughrea, and 22 km east of Galway city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 769 residents
- Description: town in Connacht, Ireland
- Also known as: “Cranghwell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Craughwell and Caherkinmonwee Castle.
Craughwell
Railway station
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Craughwell railway station is a railway station serving the village of Craughwell in County Galway, Ireland. It is an unstaffed single-platform station.
Caherkinmonwee Castle
Castle
Caherkinmonwee Castle, also known as Caher Castle, is a tower house located in County Galway, Ireland. Caherkinmonwee Castle is situated 3 km east of Craughwell.
Rahasane Turlough
Lake
Rahasane Turlough is a turlough, west of Craughwell in southwest County Galway. It is the largest surviving turlough in Ireland. A turlough is a karst lake, which has no surface outlet and is surrounded on all sides by rising land. Rahasane Turlough is situated 3 km west of Craughwell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athenry and Kilcolgan.
Athenry
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Athenry is a market town in County Galway with medieval town walls, castle and abbey. In Irish it's Baile Átha an Rí, town of the ford of the king. Those kings were the Ó Mainnín dynasty, ousted in the 12th century by supporters of the O'Connor kings, who in turn were ousted in the 13th century by the Anglo-Norman de Bermingham overlords.
Kilcolgan
Village
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Kilcolgan, is a village on the mouth of the Kilcolgan River at Dunkellin Bay in County Galway, Ireland. The settlement is at the junction of the N67 and R458 roads, which lies between Gort and Clarinbridge. Kilcolgan is situated 9 km west of Craughwell.
Ardrahan
Village
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Ardrahan is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. Ardrahan is situated 9 km southwest of Craughwell.
Craughwell
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.23068° or 53° 13′ 50″ northLongitude
-8.73487° or 8° 44′ 6″ westPopulation
769Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
9C5H67J8+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 4080559912OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2965070Wikidata ID
Q2090966
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Craughwell” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Craughwell”
- Cebuano: “Craughwell”
- Dutch: “Craughwell”
- Georgian: “კრახუელი”
- German: “Craughwell”
- Irish: “Creachmhaoil”
- Japanese: “クローウェル”
- Russian: “Крахуэлл”
- Russian: “Кряхвиль”
- Spanish: “Craughwell”
- Swedish: “Craughwell”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Colman’s Church and Craughwell Garda Station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Craughwell”. Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.