Ballynahown
Baile na hAbhann, anglicised as Ballynahown, is a Gaeltacht village about 31 km west of Galway, Ireland, on the R336 regional road between Indreabhán and Casla.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in County Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Baile na hAbhann”, “Baile na hAbhann, County Galway”, “Ballinahown”, and “Ballynahhown”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Connemara Airport.
Connemara Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
Connemara Airport or Connemara Regional Airport is located at Inverin in the Connemara region of Ireland, 15 nautical miles west of the city of Galway. Connemara Airport is situated 2½ km southeast of Ballynahown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rossaveel and Inveran.
Rossaveel
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rossaveal or Rossaveel is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the Connemara district of County Galway in the west of Ireland. It is the main ferry port for the Aran Islands in Galway Bay. Rossaveel is situated 4½ km northwest of Ballynahown.
Inveran
Village
Photo: Sean an Scuab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Indreabhán, meaning "mouth of the river" is a Gaeltacht village between Baile na hAbhann and Minna in County Galway, Ireland. There are Irish-language summer colleges in the area, most notably Coláiste Lurgan and Coláiste Uí Chadhain. Inveran is situated 5 km east of Ballynahown.
Costelloe
Village
Photo: Sean an Scuab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Casla is a Gaeltacht village between Indreabhán and An Cheathrú Rua in western County Galway, Ireland. The headquarters of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta is located there. Costelloe is situated 6 km northwest of Ballynahown.
Ballynahown
- Categories: human settlement, Gaeltacht, townland, and locality
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.24092° or 53° 14′ 27″ northLongitude
-9.50254° or 9° 30′ 9″ westElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
9C5G6FRW+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 6218756551OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Ballynahown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Baile na hAbhann”
- Catalan: “Baile na hAbhann”
- Dutch: “Baile na hAbhann”
- Dutch: “Ballinahown”
- French: “Baile na hAbhann”
- German: “Baile na hAbhann”
- German: “Ballinahown”
- German: “Ballynahhown”
- German: “Ballynahown”
- Irish: “Baile na hAbhann”
- Swedish: “Baile na hAbhann”
- Turkish: “Ballynahown”
- “Baile na hAbhann”
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Highlights include Ballynahown Post Office and Cashel House.
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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 “Ballynahown”. Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.