Leenane
Leenane or Leenaun is a village on the south shore of Killary fjord in County Galway, with a population of about 200. That fjord is the county boundary: the north shore and the little settlements of Aaleagh and Clog lie in County Mayo, but it's convenient to describe them here.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Tipper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: El Comandante, Public domain.
- Type: Village
- Description: village and townland in County Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Leenaun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leenaun Hill and Ben Gorm.
Leenaun Hill
Peak
Photo: Britishfinance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leenaun Hill at 618 metres, is the 201st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 243rd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Leenaun Hill lies on a massif that overlooks Leenaun village and Killary Harbour, and which is at the far…
Ben Gorm
Peak
Photo: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ben Gorm is a mountain with a height of 700 metres on the north side of Killary Harbour in County Mayo, Ireland. The Ben Gorm mountains also includes two other peaks: Ben Creggan/Binn an Charragáin, and Maul Laur/Meall Láir or Ben Creggan South Top. Ben Gorm is situated 3½ km northwest of Leenane.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Delphi.
Delphi
Locality
Photo: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Delphi is a locality in County Mayo, Ireland. Its English name was coined by the Marquis of Sligo, who built a hunting lodge there. The valley includes the Owengar River that connects Fin Lough to Doo Lough, between the fjord of Killary Harbour to the south… Delphi is situated 5 km northwest of Leenane.
Leenane
- Categories: human settlement, townland, and locality
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.5958° or 53° 35′ 45″ northLongitude
-9.6942° or 9° 41′ 39″ westElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
9C5GH8W4+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 52267926OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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 “Leenane”. Photo: El Comandante, Public domain.