Connemara
County Galway is on the west coast of Ireland, historically in the province of Connacht. It has great scenery in the Connemara peninsula, along the shores of Galway Bay and out in the Aran Islands.- Type: Area
- Description: cultural region in County Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Chonamara”, “Connemara/Conamara”, and “Konemara”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Derryclare and Bencorr.
Bencorr
Peak
Bencorr at 711 metres, is the 82nd–highest peak… Bencorr is situated 3 km west of Connemara.
Lissoughter
Peak
Lissoughter or Lissoughter Hill is a prominent hill… Lissoughter is situated 3 km southeast of Connemara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Recess.
Recess
Village
Recess, officially Sraith Salach, is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Recess is situated 4 km southeast of Connemara.
Connemara
- Category: region
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.5° or 53° 30′ north
Longitude
-9.75° or 9° 45′ west
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
9C5GG722+22
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Connemara” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կոնեմարա”
- Basque: “Connemara”
- Bavarian: “Connemara”
- Breton: “Conamara”
- Catalan: “Conamara”
- Chinese: “康尼瑪拉”
- Chinese: “康尼馬拉”
- Czech: “Connemara”
- Danish: “Connemara”
- Dutch: “Connemara”
- Esperanto: “Connemara”
- Finnish: “Connemara”
- French: “Connemara”
- German: “Connemara”
- Hebrew: “קונמארה”
- Hungarian: “Connemara”
- Iloko: “Connemara”
- Irish: “Conamara”
- Italian: “Connemara”
- Japanese: “コーンメイラ山地”
- Japanese: “コネマラ山地”
- Lithuanian: “Konamara”
- Manx: “Conamara”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Connemara”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Connemara”
- Norwegian: “Connemara”
- Polish: “Connemara”
- Portuguese: “Connemara”
- Romanian: “Connemara”
- Russian: “Коннемара”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Conamara”
- Slovenian: “Connemara”
- Spanish: “Connemara”
- Swedish: “Connemara”
- Thai: “คอนเนมารา”
- Ukrainian: “Коннемара”
- Venetian: “Conemara”
- Welsh: “Conamara”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cashel and Cur.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lough Inagh and Bencorrbeg.
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