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Connacht

Connacht, also spelled Connaught, is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms.
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  • Type: province of Ireland with 589,000 residents
  • Description: province in Ireland
  • Also known as: “Connacht P.”, “Connacht Prov.”, “Connacht Province”, “Connachta”, “Connaught P.”, “Connaught Prov.”, “Connaught Province”, “Cúige Chonnacht”, “P. of Connacht”, “P. of Connaught”, “Prov. of Connacht”, “Prov. of Connaught”, “Province of Connacht”, and “Province of Connaught”
  • Historically known as: “Connaught”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kilcashel Stone Fort.

Archaeological site
is a double court cairn and National Monument located in , , 800m southeast of . The last surviving member of three stone forts in the area, it's estimated to have been constructed between 2,500 and 500BC.

Connacht

Latitude
53.87° or 53° 52′ 12″ north
Longitude
-8.6333° or 8° 38′ west
Population
589,000
Elevation
74 metres (243 feet)
Open location code
9C5HV9C8+2M
Geo­Names ID
7521313
Wiki­data ID
Q164421
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Connacht” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوناكت”
  • Aragonese: “Connacht”
  • Aragonese: “Connachta”
  • Armenian: “Կոննախտ”
  • Asturian: “Connacht”
  • Asturian: “Connachta”
  • Basque: “Connacht”
  • Basque: “Connachta”
  • Belarusian: “Канахт”
  • Belarusian: “Конахт”
  • Breton: “Connachta”
  • Breton: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Bulgarian: “Connachta”
  • Bulgarian: “Конахт”
  • Catalan: “Connacht”
  • Catalan: “Connaught”
  • Catalan: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Cebuano: “Connacht”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆناکت”
  • Chinese: “Connacht Séng”
  • Chinese: “干諾省”
  • Chinese: “康诺特”
  • Chinese: “康诺特省”
  • Chinese: “康諾特省”
  • Chuvash: “Коннахт”
  • Croatian: “Connachta”
  • Croatian: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Czech: “Connacht”
  • Czech: “Connachta”
  • Czech: “Connaught”
  • Czech: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Danish: “Connacht”
  • Danish: “Connaught”
  • Dutch: “Connacht”
  • Esperanto: “Connacht”
  • Estonian: “Connachta”
  • Estonian: “Connachti provints”
  • Estonian: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Faroese: “Connacht”
  • Faroese: “Connachta”
  • Faroese: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Finnish: “Connacht”
  • Finnish: “Connachta”
  • Finnish: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • French: “Connacht”
  • French: “Connachta”
  • Galician: “Connacht”
  • Galician: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Georgian: “კონაქტი”
  • Georgian: “კონაქტის პროვინცია”
  • Georgian: “კონოტი”
  • German: “Connacht”
  • German: “Connachta”
  • German: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • German: “Westirland”
  • Greek: “Connachta”
  • Greek: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Greek: “Κόναχτ”
  • Greek: “Κόνοτ”
  • Hebrew: “קונאכט”
  • Hebrew: “קונכט”
  • Hungarian: “Connacht”
  • Hungarian: “Connachta”
  • Iban: “Connacht”
  • Indonesian: “Connacht”
  • Indonesian: “Connachta”
  • Interlingue: “Connacht”
  • Interlingue: “Connachta”
  • Irish: “Connacht”
  • Irish: “Connachta”
  • Irish: “Connaught”
  • Irish: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Italian: “Connacht”
  • Italian: “Connaught”
  • Japanese: “コナハト”
  • Japanese: “コノート”
  • Japanese: “西アイルランド”
  • Korean: “코노트”
  • Latin: “Connacia”
  • Latvian: “Konahta”
  • Lithuanian: “Konachtas”
  • Lithuanian: “Konakta”
  • Low German: “Connacht”
  • Macedonian: “Конахт”
  • Manx: “Connaghtey”
  • Manx: “Queiggey Connaghtey”
  • Mazanderani: “کوناخت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Connacht Séng”
  • Narom: “Counachie”
  • Northern Frisian: “Connacht”
  • Northern Frisian: “Connachta”
  • Northern Frisian: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Connacht”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Connacht”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cúige Chonnachta”
  • Norwegian: “Connacht”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Connacht”
  • Ossetian: “Коннахт”
  • Persian: “کانوت”
  • Persian: “کوناکت”
  • Polish: “Connacht”
  • Polish: “Connachta”
  • Polish: “Connaught”
  • Portuguese: “Connacht”
  • Pushto: “کناخت”
  • Romanian: “Connacht”
  • Russian: “Коннаут”
  • Russian: “Коннахт”
  • Scots: “Connacht”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Còigeamh Chonnacht”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Connachta”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Serbian: “Connacht”
  • Serbian: “Connachta”
  • Serbian: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Serbian: “Konot”
  • Serbian: “Конат”
  • Serbian: “Конахт”
  • Serbian: “Конот”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Connacht”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Konaht”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Konot”
  • Slovak: “Connacht”
  • Slovenian: “Connacht”
  • Spanish: “Connacht”
  • Spanish: “Connachta”
  • Spanish: “Connaught”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Connacht”
  • Swedish: “Connacht”
  • Swedish: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Thai: “คอนนอต”
  • Turkish: “Connacht”
  • Turkish: “IE-C”
  • Ukrainian: “Коннахт”
  • Urdu: “کوناخت”
  • Urdu: “کوناکٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Connacht”
  • Welsh: “Connachta”
  • Welsh: “Cúige Chonnacht”
  • Western Panjabi: “کناکٹ”
  • Wu Chinese: “康诺特省”
  • Yue Chinese: “干諾省”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kiltymaine and Bellanaheltia Bridge.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lissydaly Bridge and Crunaun Bridge.

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