Killarone

Killarone is a locality in County Galway, Connacht. Killarone is situated nearby to the town Oughterard, as well as near Rosscahill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aughnanure Castle and Kilcummin Parish Church.

Aughnanure Castle

House

Photo: Miguev, CC BY 3.0.

Aughnanure Castle is a tower house near Oughterard on the N59, in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. It was built by the O'Flaherty family in the late 15th century and fully restored in the 1960s. Today it is open to visitors from March to November.

Kilcummin Parish Church

Church

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Kilcummin Parish Church is situated 3 km northwest of Killarone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oughterard and Rosscahill.

Oughterard

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oughterard is a small town in County Galway, on the shores of Lough Corrib 26 km northwest of Galway city. It's on the edge of the Connemara hills and has accommodation and other visitor amenities; it's a commuter town for the city and its own population in 2022 was 1800.

Rosscahill

Town

Rosscahill is a village in County Galway, Ireland, 18 km north-west of Galway city. The village is on the N59 road between Galway city and Oughterard. There are several bus services each day to Galway. Rosscahill is situated 4 km southeast of Killarone.

Knockferry

Locality

Knockferry is a townland in County Galway, on the shores of Lough Corrib. The number of occupied dwellings is 20 and for census purposes it is incorporated within the 'census town' of Rosscahill, Wormhole with a total population of 295 in 2011. Knockferry is situated 9 km east of Killarone.

Killarone

Type: Locality
Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.41444° or 53° 24′ 52″ north

Longitude

-9.28278° or 9° 16′ 58″ west

Elevation

7 metres (23 feet)

Open location code

9C5GCP78+QV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52242977

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3312241

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