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Castlebar

Castlebar is the county town of in the west of Ireland. It's an agreeable provincial place but has limited sights within town; places of interest lie some distance out and you'll need your own transport.
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  • Type: Town with 13,100 residents
  • Description: county town of County Mayo, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castlebar and MacHale Park.

Railway station
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railway station serves the town of in , Ireland. The station is on the Dublin–Westport/Galway railway line and is the penultimate stop on the line for services towards .

Stadium
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is a GAA stadium in Castlebar, , Ireland. It is the home of the Castlebar Mitchels GAA and Mayo GAA Gaelic football teams. Built in 1931, the ground currently has a capacity of 28,000 and is named after John MacHale, Catholic Archbishop of Tuam from 1831 to 1881.

Hospital
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is a general hospital in Castlebar, , Ireland. It is managed by Saolta University Health Care Group.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Breaghwy and Turlough.

Village
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Breaffy, officially , is a village in , . It is 3.7km southeast of Castlebar, the county town. The village is in the townland and civil parish of . is situated 4 km east of Castlebar.

Village
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, is a village in , , 6 km northeast of Castlebar. It is known for the presence of the Museum of Country Life, and for its well-preserved and unusually squat round tower, built between 900 and 1200. is situated 6 km northeast of Castlebar.

Castlebar

Latitude
53.8568° or 53° 51′ 25″ north
Longitude
-9.298° or 9° 17′ 53″ west
Population
13,100
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE CLB
Open location code
9C5GVP42+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52231249
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2965654
Wiki­data ID
Q749196
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Castlebar” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կասլբար”
  • Basque: “Castlebar”
  • Belarusian: “Каслбар”
  • Breton: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”
  • Breton: “Castlebar”
  • Bulgarian: “Касълбар”
  • Catalan: “Castlebar”
  • Cebuano: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”
  • Cebuano: “Castlebar (kapital sa kondado sa Ireland)”
  • Cebuano: “Castlebar”
  • Chinese: “卡斯尔巴”
  • Czech: “Castlebar”
  • Danish: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”
  • Danish: “Castlebar”
  • Dutch: “Castlebar”
  • Esperanto: “Castlebar”
  • Faroese: “Castlebar”
  • Finnish: “Castlebar”
  • French: “Castlebar”
  • Galician: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”
  • Galician: “Castlebar”
  • Georgian: “კასლბარი”
  • German: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”
  • German: “Castlebar”
  • Greek: “Κάσλμπαρ”
  • Hebrew: “קאסטלבר”
  • Hungarian: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”
  • Hungarian: “Castlebar”
  • Indonesian: “Caislean an Bharraigh”
  • Indonesian: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”
  • Indonesian: “Castlebar”
  • Irish: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”
  • Irish: “Chaisleán an Bharraigh”
  • Italian: “Castlebar”
  • Japanese: “カスルバー”
  • Japanese: “キャッスルバー”
  • Korean: “캐슬바”
  • Latvian: “Kāslbāra”
  • Lithuanian: “Kaslbaras”
  • Lithuanian: “Kastlbaras”
  • Lithuanian: “Kesilbaras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Castlebar”
  • Northern Frisian: “Castlebar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Castlebar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Castlebar”
  • Norwegian: “Castlebar”
  • Persian: “کسلبار”
  • Polish: “Castlebar”
  • Portuguese: “Castlebar”
  • Russian: “Каслбар”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”
  • Serbian: “Castlebar”
  • Serbian: “Kaslbar”
  • Serbian: “Каслбар”
  • Slovak: “Castlebar”
  • Slovenian: “Caisleán an Bharraigh”
  • Slovenian: “Castlebar”
  • Spanish: “Castlebar”
  • Swahili: “Castlebar”
  • Swedish: “Castlebar”
  • Ukrainian: “Каслбар”
  • Urdu: “کیسلبار”
  • Welsh: “Castlebar”
  • “Castlebar”

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