Carran
Carran, also Carron, is a small village in County Clare, Ireland. It is in the Burren region, within a civil parish of the same name. It is notable mainly for being the birthplace of Michael Cusack, the inspirer and co-founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Tullycommon Wedge Tomb and Cahercommaun.
Tullycommon Wedge Tomb
Archaeological site
The Tullycommon Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in The Burren region of County Clare, Ireland.
Cahercommaun
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Cahercommaun, sometimes Cahercommane is a triple stone ringfort on the south-east edge of the Burren area, in Kilnaboy, near the rural village of Carran, in County Clare, Ireland. It was built in the 9th century.
Temple Cronan
Ruins
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Temple Cronan is a ruined medieval oratory or chapel built near a holy well in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland. The current building apparently dates from the 12th and 15th centuries, although it may partly incorporate earlier buildings or some of the masonry thereof.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Killinaboy and Noughaval.
Killinaboy
Village
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilnaboy or Killinaboy is a village, townland and civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the Burren, and as of the 2011 census the area had 347 inhabitants. Killinaboy is situated 7 km south of Carran.
Noughaval
Hamlet
Noughaval is a small village in the townland with the same name in County Clare, Ireland. It is said to be the site where St. Mogua founded a monastery. Noughaval is situated 7 km west of Carran.
Boston
Locality
Boston is a village in north County Clare, Ireland. It is situated near Lough Bunny, off the R460 road from Corofin to Gort, at the northeastern edge of the Burren National Park, and close to the border with County Galway. Boston is situated 10 km east of Carran.
Carran
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: town in Munster, Ireland
- Categories: dispersed settlement and locality
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.03573° or 53° 2′ 9″ northLongitude
-9.07632° or 9° 4′ 35″ westElevation
139 metres (456 feet)Open location code
9C5G2WPF+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 1372724607OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Carran” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carran”
- Cebuano: “Carran”
- Dutch: “Carran”
- German: “Carron”
- Irish: “An Carn, Contae an Chláir”
- Irish: “An Carn”
- Russian: “Карран”
- Swedish: “Carran (samhälle)”
- Swedish: “Carran”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Carran”. Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.