Craughwell
Craughwell railway station is a railway station serving the village of Craughwell in County Galway, Ireland. It is an unstaffed single-platform station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in County Galway, Ireland
- Also known as: “Craughwell railway station”
- Address: Craughwell
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rahasane Turlough and Caherkinmonwee Castle.
Rahasane Turlough
Lake
Rahasane Turlough is a turlough, west of Craughwell in southwest County Galway. It is the largest surviving turlough in Ireland. A turlough is a karst lake, which has no surface outlet and is surrounded on all sides by rising land. Rahasane Turlough is situated 3 km west of Craughwell.
Caherkinmonwee Castle
Castle
Caherkinmonwee Castle, also known as Caher Castle, is a tower house located in County Galway, Ireland. Caherkinmonwee Castle is situated 3 km northeast of Craughwell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Craughwell and Athenry.
Craughwell
Village
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craughwell is a village and townland in County Galway, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of approximately 1,000 people. Craughwell is 8 km south of Athenry, 12 km west of Loughrea, and 22 km east of Galway city.
Athenry
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Athenry is a market town in County Galway with medieval town walls, castle and abbey. In Irish it's Baile Átha an Rí, town of the ford of the king. Those kings were the Ó Mainnín dynasty, ousted in the 12th century by supporters of the O'Connor kings, who in turn were ousted in the 13th century by the Anglo-Norman de Bermingham overlords.
Ardrahan
Village
Photo: Fractal Angel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardrahan is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. Ardrahan is situated 9 km southwest of Craughwell.
Craughwell
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.22513° or 53° 13′ 31″ northLongitude
-8.73583° or 8° 44′ 9″ westOperator
Iarnród Éireann—Irish RailNetwork
InterCityOpen location code
9C5H67G7+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 2829159704OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q3969502
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Craughwell” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Station Craughwell”
- French: “Craughwell”
- Irish: “Creachmhaoil”
- Irish: “Stáisiún Chreachmhaoile”
- Italian: “stazione di Craughwell”
- Italian: “Stazione di Craughwell”
- Russian: “Кранхуэлл (станция)”
- Russian: “Кранхуэлл”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Craughwell Garda Station and Killora Church (ruins).
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