Clifden Castle
Clifden Castle is a ruined manor house west of the town of Clifden in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland. It was built c. 1818 for John D'Arcy, the local landowner, in the Gothic Revival style.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Letterdeen Standing Stone and Clifden Lifeboat Station.
Letterdeen Standing Stone
Archaeological site
Letterdeen Standing Stone is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 km northeast of Clifden Castle.
Clifden Lifeboat Station
Ruins
Clifden Lifeboat Station is located on The Quay at Clifden, a town on the northern shore of the Owenglin River, where it runs into Clifden Bay, in the Connemara region of County Galway, on the east coast of Ireland. Clifden Lifeboat Station is situated 2 km east of Clifden Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clifden and Ballyconneely.
Clifden
Ballyconneely
Village
Ballyconneely is a village and small ribbon development in west Connemara, County Galway Ireland.… Ballyconneely is situated 7 km south of Clifden Castle.
Cleggan
Village
Cleggan is a fishing village in County Galway, Ireland. The village lies 10 km northwest of Clifden and is situated at the head of Cleggan Bay. A focal point of the village is the pier, built by Alexander Nimmo in 1822 and extended in 1908. Cleggan is situated 8 km northwest of Clifden Castle.
Clifden Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: Castle in County Galway, Ireland
- Categories: built structure, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.49178° or 53° 29′ 30″ north
Longitude
-10.0567° or 10° 3′ 24″ west
Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)
Open location code
9C5FFWRV+P8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Clifden Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Clifden gaztelua”
- Danish: “Clifden Castle”
- French: “Clifden Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Clifden”
- Russian: “Замок Клифден”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Кліфден”
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