Claregalway
Baile Chláir or Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe is a Gaeltacht village about 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".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,250 residents
- Description: town in County Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Claregalway Friary and Killeen Castle.
Claregalway Friary
Ruins
Photo: Cmount, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Claregalway Friary is a ruined medieval Franciscan abbey in Claregalway, County Galway, Ireland. The abbey site features an east-facing, cruciform church with a 24-metre bell tower.
Killeen Castle
Castle
Photo: Irimurz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Killeen Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Killeen townland, near Castlegar, County Galway, on the western coast of Ireland. Originally built in 1493, the tower house and surrounding estate is historically associated with Blake family, one of the 14 tribes of Galway. 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. It is located on the N84 national secondary road from Galway to Castlebar. Cloonboo is in the civil parish of Annaghdown, in the barony of Clare. Cloonboo is situated 6 km northwest of Claregalway.
Castlegar
Village
Galway is the county town of County Galway on the west coast of Ireland. It's Ireland's fourth largest city, with a population in 2024 of 85,000, but its historic centre on the east bank of the River Corrib is compact. Castlegar is situated 6 km southwest of Claregalway.
Doughiska
Suburb
Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Doughiska is a townland and suburb of Galway City in County Galway, Ireland. There has been continuous urban development between Doughiska and the city centre due to the growth of Galway City in the early 21st century. Doughiska is situated 7 km south of Claregalway.
Claregalway
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.34048° or 53° 20′ 26″ northLongitude
-8.94624° or 8° 56′ 47″ westPopulation
1,250Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
9C5H83R3+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 52243714OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2965474Wikidata ID
Q803791
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Claregalway” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Baile Chláir”
- Basque: “Claregalway”
- Catalan: “Baile an Chláir”
- Cebuano: “Claregalway”
- Danish: “Claregalway”
- Dutch: “Claregalway”
- Georgian: “კლერგოლუეი”
- German: “Baile Chláir”
- German: “Claregalway”
- Irish: “Baile an Chláir”
- Irish: “Baile Chláir”
- Italian: “Baile Chláir”
- Japanese: “クレアゴールウェイ”
- Russian: “Клэрголуэй”
- Spanish: “Baile Chláir”
- Swedish: “Claregalway”
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