Aughnanure Castle
Aughnanure Castle is a tower house near Oughterard on the N59, in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. It was built by the O'Flaherty family in the late 15th century and fully restored in the 1960s. Today it is open to visitors from March to November.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kilcummin Parish Church.
Kilcummin Parish Church
Church
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Kilcummin Parish Church is situated 4 km west of Aughnanure Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosscahill and Oughterard.
Rosscahill
Hamlet
Rosscahill is a village in County Galway, Ireland, 18 km north-west of Galway city. The village is on the N59 road between Galway city and Oughterard. There are several bus services each day to Galway. Rosscahill is situated 3½ km southeast of Aughnanure Castle.
Oughterard
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Oughterard is a small town in County Galway, on the shores of Lough Corrib 26 km northwest of Galway city. It's on the edge of the Connemara hills and has accommodation and other visitor amenities; it's a commuter town for the city and its own population in 2022 was 1800.
Knockferry
Locality
Knockferry is a townland in County Galway, on the shores of Lough Corrib. The number of occupied dwellings is 20 and for census purposes it is incorporated within the 'census town' of Rosscahill, Wormhole with a total population of 295 in 2011. Knockferry is situated 8 km east of Aughnanure Castle.
Aughnanure Castle
- Type: Ruin
- Description: 16th century castle in Ireland
- Categories: tower house, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Aughnanure Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Aughnanure gaztelua”
- Danish: “Aughnanure Castle”
- Dutch: “Aughnanure Castle”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Achadh na mar”
- French: “Aughnanure Castle”
- German: “Aughnanure Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Achadh na nIúr”
- Irish: “Caisleán Achadh na nlubhar”
- Irish: “Caisleán Achadh na nlúr”
- Russian: “Замок Онанэйр”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Aughnanure”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Онанейр”
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