Ballycannan
Ballycannan is a village in County Clare, Ireland. Ballycannan has about 646 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shannon hydroelectric scheme and Thomond Park.
Shannon hydroelectric scheme
Power station
The Shannon hydroelectric Scheme was a major development by the Irish Free State in the 1920s to harness the power of the River Shannon. Its product, the Ardnacrusha power plant, is a hydroelectric power station located near Ardnacrusha within County Clare approximately 2.4 kilometres from the Limerick border. Shannon hydroelectric scheme is situated 2½ km east of Ballycannan.
Thomond Park
Sports venue
Photo: Mrgoggins90, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thomond Park is a stadium in Limerick in the Irish province of Munster. The stadium is owned by the Munster Rugby and has Shannon RFC and UL Bohemian RFC as tenants. Thomond Park is situated 3 km south of Ballycannan.
Gaelic Grounds
Stadium
The Gaelic Grounds, known for sponsorship reasons as the TUS Gaelic Grounds, is the principal GAA stadium in the city of Limerick in Ireland. Home to the Limerick hurling and football teams, it has a capacity of 44,023. Gaelic Grounds is situated 3½ km south of Ballycannan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meelick and Parteen.
Meelick
Village
Photo: C O’Flanagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meelick is a small village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, situated a few kilometres north of Limerick city in the Mid-West Region.
Parteen
Village
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parteen is a village in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated in the townland of the same name that is part of the civil parish of St Patrick's. It is also part of the ecclesiastical parish of Parteen-Meelick-Coonagh in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick.
Ardnacrusha
Hamlet
Ardnacrusha is a village in County Clare, Ireland, located on the northern bank of the River Shannon. By road, it is 6.6 kilometres north of Limerick. The name derives from the phrase Ard na Croise meaning "the height of the cross", due to a large cross marker placed there in 1111 to mark the boundary of the Diocese of Limerick. Ardnacrusha is situated 2½ km east of Ballycannan.
Ballycannan
- Type: Village with 646 residents
- Description: village in County Clare, Ireland
- Category: locality
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.70241° or 52° 42′ 9″ northLongitude
-8.64995° or 8° 38′ 60″ westPopulation
646Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
9C4HP922+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 2105933398OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8643960Wikidata ID
Q26718360
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Ballycannan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ballycannan”
- Cebuano: “Ballycannan”
- French: “Ballycannan”
- German: “Ballycannan”
- Portuguese: “Ballycannan”
- Russian: “Балликаннан”
- Scots: “Ballycannan”
- Spanish: “Ballycannan”
- Swedish: “Ballycannan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Meelick Bridge and Thomond Village Student Accommodation.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ballynanty Rovers and Castlepark.
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