Carney

Carney is a village on the Maugherow Peninsula in , . It is 8 km north of town.
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  • Type: Locality with 395 residents
  • Description: village in County Sligo, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Carney, County Sligo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Columba’s Church, Drumcliff and Lower Rosses Lighthouse.

Church
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St Columba's Church is a parish church of the , located in the village of , . It is best known for its association with William Butler Yeats, who was buried in the churchyard in 1948, having previously been buried close to where he died, in France. is situated 2½ km southeast of Carney.

Lighthouse
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is situated 3 km southwest of Carney.

House
Photo: Aspdin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neo-classical Greek revivalist style country house in , . The house was built between 1830 and 1835 for Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet by London architect Francis Goodwin. is situated 3½ km west of Carney.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drumcliffe and Rathcormack.

Village
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Drumcliff or is a village in , Ireland. It is 8 km north of on the N15 road on a low gravel ridge between the mountain of Ben Bulben and Drumcliff Bay.

Locality
Photo: Brian Herrity, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Rathcormac is a village in , . It is 6 km north of on the N15 road between mountain and the sea. is situated 4 km southeast of Carney.

Photo: Gerry Gallagher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in with a population of 900 in 2022. It's a fishing village at the outflow of Sligo Bay, and "Ross" means the peninsula between that and Drumcliffe Bay further north.

Carney

Latitude
54.34056° or 54° 20′ 26″ north
Longitude
-8.52722° or 8° 31′ 38″ west
Population
395
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
9C6H8FRF+64
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52250464
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2965759
Wiki­data ID
Q2566968
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Carney” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Carney”
  • Cebuano: “Carney”
  • Dutch: “Carney”
  • Georgian: “კარნი”
  • Irish: “Fearann Uí Chearnaigh”
  • Polish: “Carney”
  • Russian: “Карни”
  • Spanish: “Carney”
  • Swedish: “Carney, Irland”
  • Swedish: “Carney”

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