River Corrib
The River Corrib in the west of Ireland flows from Lough Corrib through Galway to Galway Bay. The river is among the shortest in Europe, with only a length of six kilometres from the lough to the Atlantic.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Ireland
- Also known as: “Corrib river” and “Rio Corrib”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Spanish Arch and Galway City Museum.
Galway City Museum
Museum
Photo: Shane.Halloran, Public domain.Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe
Theater building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Claddagh and Galway.
Salthill
Suburb
River Corrib
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
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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: “Río Corrib”
- Ukrainian: “Корріб”
- Welsh: “Afon Corrib”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Salt Hill and Shancroagh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Galway Harbour and Lynch’s Castle.
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Worth a closer look: Galway and Tuam.
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