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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Bencorr and Derryclare.
Bencorr
Peak
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Bencorr at 711 metres, is the 82nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 102nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bencorr is situated near the centre of the core massif of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland. Bencorr is situated 3 km west of Connemara.
Derryclare
Peak
Derryclare or Derryclare Mountain is a mountain at the southern edge of Twelve Bens range in Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland. At 677 metres, it is the 119th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the 145th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
Lissoughter
Peak
Lissoughter or Lissoughter Hill is a prominent hill between the Twelve Bens and Maumturks mountain ranges, at the southern entrance to the Inagh Valley, in the Connemara National Park of County Galway, Ireland. Lissoughter is situated 3 km southeast of Connemara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Recess.
Recess
Village
Recess is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Its official name is in Irish, Sraith Saileach, and translates as "stream of the willow tree". A notable former resident was Seán Lester, the last Secretary General of the League of Nations, who lived there… Recess is situated 4 km southeast of Connemara.
Connemara
- Type: Area
- Description: cultural region in County Galway, Ireland
- Category: region
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Connemara” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կոնեմարա”
- Basque: “Conamara”
- Basque: “Connemara/Conamara”
- Basque: “Connemara”
- Bavarian: “Connemara”
- Breton: “Conamara”
- Breton: “Connemara”
- 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: “Conamara”
- Hungarian: “Connemara”
- Iloko: “Connemara”
- Irish: “Chonamara”
- Irish: “Conamara”
- Irish: “Connemara”
- Italian: “Conamara”
- Italian: “Connemara”
- Japanese: “コーンメイラ山地”
- Japanese: “コネマラ山地”
- Lithuanian: “Konamara”
- Lithuanian: “Konemara”
- Manx: “Conamara”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Connemara”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Connemara”
- Norwegian: “Connemara”
- Polish: “Connemara”
- Portuguese: “Connemara”
- Romanian: “Connemara”
- Russian: “Коннемара”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Conamara”
- Slovenian: “Connemara”
- Spanish: “Conamara”
- Spanish: “Connemara”
- Swedish: “Connemara”
- Ukrainian: “Коннемара”
- Venetian: “Conemara”
- Welsh: “Conamara”
- Welsh: “Connemara”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lough Inagh and Bencorrbeg.
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