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Ballyshannon

Ballyshannon is a market town in southern , 22 km south of Donegal Town, and with a population of 2250 in 2022. It's by the estuary of the River Erne and in Irish it's Béal Átha Seanaidh, "the mouth of Seannach's ford".
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Places of Interest

Highlights include St Patrick’s Church, Ballyshannon and Finner Camp.

Church
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Aerodrome
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is a military installation near Ballyshannon in . is situated 3½ km west of Ballyshannon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bundoran and Rossnowlagh.

Town
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Ballyshannon is a market town in southern , 22 km south of Donegal Town, and with a population of 2250 in 2022. It's by the estuary of the River Erne and in Irish it's Béal Átha Seanaidh, "the mouth of Seannach's ford". is situated 6 km southwest of Ballyshannon.

Village
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is a seaside village in the south of , Ireland. It is about 8 kilometres north of Ballyshannon and 16 km southwest of Donegal Town. is situated 6 km north of Ballyshannon.

Village
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Ballyshannon is a market town in southern , 22 km south of Donegal Town, and with a population of 2250 in 2022. It's by the estuary of the River Erne and in Irish it's Béal Átha Seanaidh, "the mouth of Seannach's ford". is situated 7 km east of Ballyshannon.

Ballyshannon

Latitude
54.502° or 54° 30′ 7″ north
Longitude
-8.1898° or 8° 11′ 23″ west
Population
2,300
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE BSN
Open location code
9C6HGR26+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52269587
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2966406
Wiki­data ID
Q805462
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ballyshannon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باليشانون”
  • Asturian: “Ballyshannon”
  • Basque: “Ballyshannon”
  • Bulgarian: “Балишанън”
  • Catalan: “Ballyshannon”
  • Cebuano: “Ballyshannon”
  • Chinese: “巴利香农”
  • Chinese: “巴利香浓”
  • Chinese: “巴利香濃”
  • Chinese: “巴里香農”
  • Czech: “Ballyshannon”
  • Danish: “Ballyshannon”
  • Dutch: “Ballyshannon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باليشانون”
  • Esperanto: “Ballyshannon”
  • French: “Ballyshannon”
  • Georgian: “ბალიშენონი”
  • German: “Ballyshannon”
  • Greek: “Μπάλισανον”
  • Hebrew: “באלישנון”
  • Irish: “Béal Átha Seanaidh”
  • Italian: “Ballyshannon”
  • Japanese: “バリーシャノン”
  • Lithuanian: “Bališanonas”
  • Manx: “Béal Átha Seanaidh”
  • Moksha: “Баллишаннон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ballyshannon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ballyshannon”
  • Norwegian: “Ballyshannon”
  • Persian: “بالی شانون”
  • Polish: “Ballyshannon”
  • Portuguese: “Ballyshannon”
  • Russian: “Баллишаннон”
  • Russian: “Бэллишэннон”
  • Serbian: “Балишенон”
  • Silesian: “Ballyshannon”
  • Slovenian: “Ballyshannon”
  • Spanish: “Ballyshannon”
  • Swedish: “Ballyshannon”
  • Ukrainian: “Баллішаннон”
  • Welsh: “Ballyshannon”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ballyshannon”. Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.