Carraroe

Carraroe is a tiny village which is nevertheless the largest settlement on the Carraroe / Cheathrú Rua Peninsula of Connemara in . It has a population of 725 people, and has one of the highest percentages of Irish speakers in the country, at 78%.
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  • Town with 725 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 8 metres (26 feet)
  • Description: village in Connemara, county Galway, Ireland
  • Also known as
    “An Cheathrú Rua”
    “Carrowroe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Inchamakinna and Cashla Bay Lighthouse.
is an in , .
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rossaveel and Costelloe.
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Rossaveal or is a Gaeltacht village and… is situated 4 km east of Carraroe.
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Casla is a Gaeltacht village between and… is situated 4 km northeast of Carraroe.
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Lettermore is a Gaeltacht village in , Ireland. is situated 4½ km northwest of Carraroe.

Carraroe

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Latitude
53.2634° or 53° 15′ 48″ north
Longitude
-9.5997° or 9° 35′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C5G7C72+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52254033
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2965746
Wiki­data ID
Q482400

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Carraroe” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “An Cheathrú Rua”
  • Basque: “Carraroe”
  • Basque: “Cheathrú Rua”
  • Breton: “An Cheathrú Rua”
  • Catalan: “An Cheathrú Rua”
  • Cebuano: “Carraroe”
  • Dutch: “An Cheathrú Rua”
  • Georgian: “კარარო”
  • German: “An Cheathrú Rua”
  • German: “Carraroe”
  • German: “Carrowroe”
  • Hungarian: “An Cheathrú Rua”
  • Hungarian: “Carraroe”
  • Hungarian: “Carrowroe”
  • Irish: “An Cheathrú Rua”
  • Japanese: “キャラロー”
  • Russian: “Карраро”
  • Spanish: “An Cheathrú Rua”
  • Swedish: “Carraroe”
  • Turkish: “Carraroe”
  • Urdu: “کیراروو”

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