Lahinch
Lahinch is a small seaside resort in County Clare in the west of Ireland. In Irish it's An Leacht, "the peninsula" and also known as Leacht Uí Chonchubhair, "Cairn of O'Connor" for the chieftain slain at Dough Castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 638 residents
- Description: town in County Clare, Ireland
- Also known as: “Lehinch”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dough Castle and Lahinch Golf Club.
Dough Castle
Ruins
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dough Castle is a ruined tower house at Lahinch in County Clare, western Ireland. It was established by the O'Conors in the early 14th century, but nothing remains of the original structures.
Lahinch Golf Club
Building
Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lahinch Golf Club is a links golf course in western Ireland, in the town of Lahinch on the northwest coast of County Clare in northern Munster. It is situated approximately thirty-two kilometres northwest of the town of Ennis.
Moy House
Guest house
Photo: The Banner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moy House is a Georgian country house hotel in County Clare, Ireland, about 3 kilometres south of Lahinch off the N67 road near the village of Moy. Originally set in 15 acres of woodland on the River Moy, it was built in the mid 18th century as the holiday home of Sir Augustine Fitzgerald.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ennistimon and Liscannor.
Ennistimon
Town
Photo: Chairego apc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ennistymon or Ennistimon is a country market town in County Clare, near the west coast of Ireland. The River Inagh, with its small rapids known as the Cascades, runs through the town, behind the main street. Ennistimon is situated 3½ km east of Lahinch.
Liscannor
Village
Photo: Liscannorman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lahinch is a small seaside resort in County Clare in the west of Ireland. In Irish it's An Leacht, "the peninsula" and also known as Leacht Uí Chonchubhair, "Cairn of O'Connor" for the chieftain slain at Dough Castle.
Lahinch
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.9321° or 52° 55′ 56″ northLongitude
-9.3459° or 9° 20′ 45″ westPopulation
638Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
9C4GWMJ3+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 52269014OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2962981Wikidata ID
Q1800597
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Lahinch” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lahinch”
- Catalan: “Lahinch”
- Cebuano: “Lehinch”
- Dutch: “Lahinch”
- French: “Lahinch”
- French: “Lehinch”
- Galician: “Lahinch”
- German: “Lahinch”
- German: “Lehinch”
- Irish: “An Leacht”
- Irish: “Leacht Uí Chonchubhair”
- Irish: “Leacht Uí Chonchúir”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lahinch”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lehinch”
- Norwegian: “Lahinch”
- Polish: “Lahinch”
- Russian: “Лехинч”
- Spanish: “Lahinch”
- Swedish: “An Leacht”
- Swedish: “Lahinch”
- Swedish: “Lehinch”
- Urdu: “لاہینچ”
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