Claregalway
Baile Chláir or Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe is a Gaeltacht village approximately 10 km north of Galway city in County Galway, Ireland. Claregalway was founded on the banks of the River Clare, hence the derivation of its name: Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe meaning "town on the Clare, in Galway".- Type: Town with 1,630 residents
- Description: town in County Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Claregalway Friary and Killeen Castle.
Claregalway Friary
Ruins
The Claregalway Friary is a ruined medieval Franciscan abbey in Claregalway, County Galway, Ireland.
Killeen Castle
Castle
Killeen Castle is a 15th-century tower house… Killeen Castle is situated 4 km southwest of Claregalway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cloonboo and Castlegar.
Cloonboo
Village
Cloonboo, also Clonboo, is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Cloonboo is situated 6 km northwest of Claregalway.
Castlegar
Village
Galway is the county town of County Galway on the west coast of Ireland. Castlegar is situated 6 km southwest of Claregalway.
Doughiska
Suburb
Doughiska is a townland and suburb of Galway City in County Galway, Ireland. Doughiska is situated 7 km south of Claregalway.
Claregalway
- Category: locality
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.34048° or 53° 20′ 26″ north
Longitude
-8.94624° or 8° 56′ 47″ west
Population
1,630
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
9C5H83R3+5G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Claregalway” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Baile Chláir”
- Catalan: “Baile an Chláir”
- Cebuano: “Claregalway”
- Danish: “Claregalway”
- Dutch: “Claregalway”
- Georgian: “კლერგოლუეი”
- German: “Baile Chláir”
- German: “Claregalway”
- Irish: “Baile Chláir”
- Italian: “Baile Chláir”
- Japanese: “クレアゴールウェイ”
- Russian: “Клэрголуэй”
- Spanish: “Baile Chláir”
- Swedish: “Claregalway”
- Urdu: “کلیئرگیلوے”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Montiagh and Kiltullagh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Saint James‘ and Claregalway Post Office.
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