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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  • Type: Town with 725 residents
  • Description: village in Connemara, county Galway, Ireland
  • Also known as: “An Cheathrú Rua” and “Carrowroe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Inchamakinna and Cashla Bay Lighthouse.

Islet
is an in , .

Lighthouse
Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ruins
Photo: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Costelloe and Rossaveel.

Village
Photo: Sean an Scuab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Casla is a Gaeltacht village between and An Cheathrú Rua in western , . The headquarters of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta is located there. is situated 4 km northeast of Carraroe.

Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rossaveal or is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the district of in the west of Ireland. It is the main ferry port for the in . is situated 4 km east of Carraroe.

Village
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lettermore is a Gaeltacht village in , Ireland. It is also the name of the island, linked by road to the mainland, on which the village sits. is situated 4½ km northwest of Carraroe.

Carraroe

Latitude
53.2636° or 53° 15′ 49″ north
Longitude
-9.5997° or 9° 35′ 59″ west
Population
725
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
9C5G7C72+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52254033
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2965746
Wiki­data ID
Q482400
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“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”
  • “An Cheathrú Rua”

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