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Loughanure

Loch an Iúir, anglicised as Loughanure, is a village and townland in , a district in the west of in Ireland. The village is in the Gaeltacht, being halfway between and , with the N56 road passing through the village.
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  • Type: Locality with 313 residents
  • Description: village in Ulster, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Loch an Iuir”, “Loch an Iúir”, and “Loch An Iúir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leo’s Tavern.

Pub
Photo: Sergio, CC BY 2.0.
Leo's Tavern is a pub in the Gaeltacht, known as the home of music artists Clannad, Enya and Moya Brennan. It serves food and is a music venue. is situated 3½ km north of Loughanure.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Annagary and Dungloe.

Village
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Anagaire is a village in district in , Ireland. As of 2022, the population was 309. is situated 3 km northwest of Loughanure.

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is a village on the west coast of . It's in a Gaeltacht area so its official name is the Irish An Clochan Liath - "the grey stepping stones".

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Gaoth Dobhair or is an Irish-speaking area on the northwest corner of . Its main settlements are Bunbeg and Derrybeg on the coast, Brinlack further north, and Dunlewey inland, with a population of 4065 in 2003.

Loughanure

Latitude
54.99722° or 54° 59′ 50″ north
Longitude
-8.29083° or 8° 17′ 27″ west
Population
313
Elevation
51 metres (167 feet)
Open location code
9C6HXPW5+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52252278
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
3307191
Wiki­data ID
Q3753938
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Loughanure” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Loch an Iúir”
  • Bulgarian: “Лоугхануре”
  • Catalan: “Loch an Iúir”
  • Cebuano: “Loughanure”
  • Dutch: “Loch an Iúir”
  • Irish: “Loch an Iúir”
  • Russian: “Лох-ань-Юр”
  • Spanish: “Loch an Iúir”
  • Swedish: “Loughanure”
  • Turkish: “Loch an Iúir”
  • “Loch an Iúir”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Loughanure”. Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.