Furbogh
Furbo or Furbogh is a settlement in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, it had a population of 868 people. It lies along the coast, overlooking Galway Bay, in a Gaeltacht area.- Type: Town with 868 residents
- Description: settlement in County Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Furbo”, “Furbo, County Galway”, and “Na Forbacha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barna Quay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barna and Spiddal.
Barna
Town
Barna, officially known as Bearna in both Irish and English, is a coastal village on the R336 regional road in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Located approximately 7 km west of the centre of Galway city, it has become a satellite village of Galway. Barna is situated 4 km east of Furbogh.
Spiddal
Spiddal is a village on the north coast of Galway Bay in Connemara, County Galway. With a population of 254 in 2022, it's not so much the largest, more like the least tiny, of the little settlements that straggle along R336, all described on this page.Salthill
Suburb
Salthill is a seaside area to the southwest of Galway city centre in the west of Ireland. The area is home to a number of tourist amenities and there is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as "the Prom", which overlooks Galway Bay. Salthill is situated 9 km east of Furbogh.
Furbogh
- Categories: human settlement, Gaeltacht, and locality
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.24889° or 53° 14′ 56″ north
Longitude
-9.20793° or 9° 12′ 29″ west
Population
868
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
9C5G6QXR+HR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Furbogh from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Furbogh” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Na Forbacha”
- Bulgarian: “Фурбогх”
- Catalan: “Na Forbacha”
- Cebuano: “Furbogh”
- Danish: “Furbogh”
- Danish: “Na Forbacha”
- Dutch: “Na Forbacha”
- Georgian: “ფურბო (ირლანდია)”
- Georgian: “ფურბო”
- German: “Furbo”
- German: “Na Forbacha”
- Irish: “Na Forbacha”
- Russian: “Фёрбо”
- Spanish: “Na Forbacha”
- Swedish: “Furbogh”
- Turkish: “Furbo”
- Urdu: “فربو، کاؤنٹی گالوے”
- “Na Forbacha”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Derryloughan East and Gortgar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aras an Phíarsaígh na Forbacha and West Coast Fitness.
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