Glencastle
Glencastle is a small village, electoral division and townland in the northwest of County Mayo, Ireland. The townland of Glencastle has an area of approximately 2,337 acres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gweesalia and Belmullet.
Gweesalia
Locality
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Gweesalia or Geesala is a small Gaeltacht village in County Mayo, Ireland. It is on the Gweesalia peninsula in the Electoral Division of Rathhill, in the Civil Parish of Kilcommon, in the Barony of Erris in the west of the county. Gweesalia is situated 8 km south of Glencastle.
Belmullet
Town
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Belmullet is a coastal Gaeltacht town with a population of 1,019 on the Mullet Peninsula in the barony of Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. It is the commercial and cultural heart of the barony of Erris, which has a population of almost 10,000. Belmullet is situated 9 km northwest of Glencastle.
Bangor
Village
Photo: Comhar, Public domain.
Bangor Erris is a town in Kiltane parish in Erris, County Mayo, Ireland with a population of over 300. It is on the banks of the Owenmore River and is a "gateway" to the Erris Peninsula linking Belmullet with Ballina and Westport. Bangor is situated 9 km southeast of Glencastle.
Glencastle
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Ireland
- Category: human settlement
- Location: County Mayo, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.18128° or 54° 10′ 53″ northLongitude
-9.87145° or 9° 52′ 17″ westElevation
51 metres (167 feet)Open location code
9C6G54JH+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4667332249OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Glencastle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Glencastle”
- Dutch: “Glencastle”
- Irish: “Gleann Chaisell”
- Irish: “Gleann Chaisil”
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