Lough Corrib
Lough Corrib is a lake in the west of Ireland. The River Corrib or Galway River connects the lake to the sea at Galway. It is the largest lake within the Republic of Ireland and the second largest on the island of Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Aughnanure Castle.
Aughnanure Castle
House
Aughnanure Castle is a tower house near Oughterard on the N59, in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. It was built by the O'Flaherty family in the late 15th century and fully restored in the 1960s. Today it is open to visitors from March to November. Aughnanure Castle is situated 3 km southwest of Lough Corrib.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosscahill and Knockferry.
Rosscahill
Hamlet
Rosscahill is a village in County Galway, Ireland, 18 km north-west of Galway city. The village is on the N59 road between Galway city and Oughterard. There are several bus services each day to Galway. Rosscahill is situated 5 km south of Lough Corrib.
Knockferry
Locality
Knockferry is a townland in County Galway, on the shores of Lough Corrib. The number of occupied dwellings is 20 and for census purposes it is incorporated within the 'census town' of Rosscahill, Wormhole with a total population of 295 in 2011. Knockferry is situated 6 km east of Lough Corrib.
Oughterard
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Oughterard is a small town in County Galway, on the shores of Lough Corrib 26 km northwest of Galway city. It's on the edge of the Connemara hills and has accommodation and other visitor amenities; it's a commuter town for the city and its own population in 2022 was 1800.
Lough Corrib
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Galway, Connacht, Ireland
- Categories: Special Area of Conservation and body of water
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Lough Corrib” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Corrib aintzira”
- Basque: “Lough Corrib”
- Breton: “Loch Coirib”
- Breton: “Loch Coiribe”
- Bulgarian: “Лох Кориб”
- Catalan: “llac Corrib”
- Catalan: “Llac Corrib”
- Cebuano: “Lough Corrib”
- Chinese: “科理布湖”
- Chinese: “科里布湖”
- Chuvash: “Лох-Корриб”
- Czech: “Loch Coirib”
- Czech: “Lough Corrib”
- Dutch: “Lough Corrib”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لوج كوريب”
- Esperanto: “Corrib”
- Finnish: “Lough Corrib”
- French: “Lac Corrib”
- French: “Lough Corrib”
- Galician: “Lago Corrib”
- Georgian: “ლოხ-კორიბი”
- German: “Loch Coirib”
- German: “Lough Corrib”
- Irish: “Loch Coirib”
- Irish: “Loch Coiribe”
- Italian: “Lago Corrib”
- Italian: “Lough Corrib”
- Japanese: “コリブ湖”
- Korean: “코리브 호”
- Korean: “코리브호”
- Latvian: “Koriba ezers”
- Latvian: “Loch Coirib”
- Latvian: “Lohkoriba ezers”
- Latvian: “Lohkoribs”
- Latvian: “Lough Corrib”
- Lithuanian: “Koribo ežeras”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lough Corrib”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Coirib”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lough Corrib”
- Norwegian: “Lough Corrib”
- Polish: “Loch Coirib”
- Polish: “Lough Coirib”
- Polish: “Lough Corrib”
- Portuguese: “Lago Corrib”
- Romanian: “Lough Corrib”
- Russian: “Лох-Корриб”
- Spanish: “Lago Corrib”
- Spanish: “Lough Corrib”
- Swedish: “Loch Coirib”
- Swedish: “Lough Corrib”
- Thai: “Lough Corrib”
- Thai: “ล็อกคอร์ริบ”
- Turkish: “Lough Corrib”
- Ukrainian: “Лох-Корріб”
- Venetian: “Lough Corrib”
- Welsh: “Loch Coiribe”
- Welsh: “Loch Corrib”
- Welsh: “Lough Corrib”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Srue and Corranellistrum.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aughnanure Castle and Inchiquin.
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