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Gortakecran

Gortakecran is a locality in , . Gortakecran is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Attymon and Dunsandle railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Jamesr88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
railway station serves the townland of in , . The station is on the Dublin to Rail service. Passengers to or from Westport railway station travel to and change trains. is situated 4 km north of Gortakecran.

Building
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
opened in 1890 as the only intermediate station on the Loughrea & Attymon branch line. It closed on 3 November 1975. As of 2000 the station and its surrounds and associated rolling stock are privately owned.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bullaun and New Inn.

Hamlet
Photo: Tecnikp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in east , Ireland. It lies 6 km northeast of on the R350 regional road. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. is situated 6 km southeast of Gortakecran.

Hamlet
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"New Inn" is a village in east , . It lies mostly within the townland of Knockbrack, 14 km northeast of . The village is on the Eiscir Riada, a series of hills which stretches across the Great Plains of Ireland. is situated 8 km east of Gortakecran.

Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a market town in with medieval town walls, castle and abbey. In Irish it's Baile Átha an Rí, town of the ford of the king. Those kings were the Ó Mainnín dynasty, ousted in the 12th century by supporters of the O'Connor kings, who in turn were ousted in the 13th century by the Anglo-Norman de Bermingham overlords.

Gortakecran

Latitude
53.2875° or 53° 17′ 15″ north
Longitude
-8.6075° or 8° 36′ 27″ west
Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)
Open location code
9C5H79PV+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52262740
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
3312349
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