River Corrib

The River Corrib in the west of Ireland flows from through to . The river is among the shortest in Europe, with only a length of six kilometres from the lough to the Atlantic.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Ireland
  • Also known as: “Corrib” and “Corrib river”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spanish Arch and Galway City Museum.

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The and the Caoċ Arch in city, Ireland, are two remaining arches on the Ceann an Bhalla.

Museum
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is a in Galway City, , . It was founded on 29 July 2006, and is located beside the .

Theater building
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An Taibhdhearc is the national Irish language theatre of . It was founded in 1928. The word taibhdhearc means "ghostly vision", from, "taibhse" meaning ghost, and "dearcadh" meaning "view".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Claddagh and Galway.

Suburb
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The is an area close to the centre of , Ireland, where the River Corrib meets . It was formerly a fishing village, just outside the old city walls.

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is the county town of on the west coast of Ireland. It's Ireland's fourth-largest city, with a population in 2024 of 85,000, but its historic centre on the east bank of the River Corrib is compact.

Suburb
Photo: Arnold Unterholzner, CC BY 2.0.
is a seaside area to the southwest of city centre in the west of Ireland. The area is home to a number of tourist amenities and there is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as "the Prom", which overlooks .

River Corrib

Latitude
53.2675° or 53° 16′ 3″ north
Longitude
-9.04889° or 9° 2′ 56″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9C5G7X82+XC
Geo­Names ID
2965114
Wiki­data ID
Q954009
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Satellite Map

Discover River Corrib from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“River Corrib” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Corrib”
  • Basque: “Corrib ibaia”
  • Catalan: “Riu Corrib”
  • Cebuano: “River Corrib”
  • Chinese: “科里布河”
  • Chuvash: “Корриб”
  • Dutch: “Corrib”
  • Finnish: “Corrib”
  • French: “Corrib”
  • Galician: “Río Corrib”
  • German: “Corrib”
  • Irish: “Abhainn na Gaillimhe”
  • Italian: “Corrib”
  • Japanese: “コリヴ川”
  • Japanese: “コリブ川”
  • Lithuanian: “Koribas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Corrib”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Corrib”
  • Norwegian: “Corrib”
  • Polish: “Corrib”
  • Russian: “Корриб”
  • Spanish: “Rio Corrib”
  • Spanish: “Río Corrib”
  • Ukrainian: “Корріб”
  • Welsh: “Afon Corrib”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Salt Hill and Shancroagh.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Galway Harbour and Lynch’s Castle.

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