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Furbogh

Furbo or Furbogh is a settlement in , , Ireland. As of the 2022 census, it had a population of 868 people. It lies along the coast, overlooking , in a Gaeltacht area.
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  • Type: Village with 308 residents
  • Description: settlement in County Galway, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Furbo”, “Furbo, County Galway”, and “Na Forbacha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barna Quay.

Pier
Photo: Newbert12, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a pier, which is situated 4 km east of Furbogh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barna and Spiddal.

Village
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, officially known as Bearna in both Irish and English, is a coastal village on the R336 regional road in Connemara, , Ireland. Located approximately 7 km west of the centre of Galway city, it has become a satellite village of Galway. is situated 4 km east of Furbogh.

Photo: O’Dea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village on the north coast of Galway Bay in Connemara, . 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.

Suburb
Photo: Arnold Unterholzner, CC BY 2.0.
is a seaside area to the southwest of 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 . is situated 9 km east of Furbogh.

Furbogh

Latitude
53.24889° or 53° 14′ 56″ north
Longitude
-9.20793° or 9° 12′ 29″ west
Population
308
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
9C5G6QXR+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52230654
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3312222
Wiki­data ID
Q2012973
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“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”
  • “Na Forbacha”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Aras an Phíarsaígh na Forbacha and West Coast Fitness.

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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 “Furbogh”. Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 3.0.