Castlerea
Castlerea is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located in the west of the county and had a population of 2,348 at the 2022 census. Roughly translated from Irish, Castlerea is generally thought to mean 'brindled castle'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,350 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “An Caislean Riabhach”, “An Caisleán Riabhach”, and “Castlereagh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castlerea and Hanly Memorial Hall and National Schools.
Castlerea
Railway station
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Castlerea railway station serves the town of Castlerea in County Roscommon, Ireland. The station opened on 15 November 1860. The station is on the Dublin to Westport Rail service.
Hanly Memorial Hall and National Schools
School building
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Hanly Memorial Hall and National Schools is a school building.
Castlerea Prison
Prison
Castlerea Prison is a closed category, medium security prison in Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland. It houses men over 17 years of age. As of 2022, it had a bed capacity of 340 and the daily average number of resident inmates was 320.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballintober and Ballymoe.
Ballintober
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballintober is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is 6 kilometres from the town of Castlerea. As of the 2022 census, Ballintober had a population of 199. Ballintober is situated 7 km southeast of Castlerea.
Ballymoe
Village
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Ballymoe is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Ballymoe is situated on the western side of the River Suck that separates counties Galway and Roscommon. The N60 national secondary road meets the R360 regional road in the centre of the village. Ballymoe is situated 8 km south of Castlerea.
Castleplunket
Village
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Castleplunket, also spelled Castleplunkett, is a small village in County Roscommon, Ireland, situated at the junction of the R367 and R377 roads, some 10 km east of the town of Castlerea. Castleplunket is situated 10 km east of Castlerea.
Castlerea
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Roscommon, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.7665° or 53° 45′ 59″ northLongitude
-8.48715° or 8° 29′ 14″ westPopulation
2,350Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE CAAOpen location code
9C5HQG87+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 52263077OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Castlerea” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Castlerea”
- Catalan: “Castlerea”
- Cebuano: “Castlerea”
- Czech: “Castlerea”
- Danish: “Castlerea”
- Dutch: “Castlerea”
- French: “Castlerea”
- Galician: “Castlerea”
- Georgian: “კასლრეი”
- German: “Castlerea”
- Hebrew: “קאסלריאה”
- Irish: “An Caisleán Riabhach”
- Italian: “Castlerea”
- Japanese: “キャッスルレイ”
- Kazakh: “Каслрей”
- Polish: “Castlerea”
- Russian: “Каслра”
- Russian: “Каслрей”
- Scots: “An Caisleán Riabhach”
- Scots: “Castlerea”
- Spanish: “Castlerea”
- Swedish: “Castlerea”
- Welsh: “An Caisleán Riabhach”
- Welsh: “Castlerea”
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