Knockafoska
Knockafoska is a locality in County Galway, Connacht. Knockafoska is situated nearby to the locality Na Doiriú Theas, as well as near Doire Íochtair.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Costelloe Lodge and Cashla Bay Lighthouse.
Costelloe Lodge
House
Costelloe Lodge is an early 20th century building in Casla, County Galway, Ireland. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens for J. Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, after Ismay's original fishing lodge was burnt out in an IRA attack in 1922.
Cashla Bay Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cashla Bay Lighthouse is situated 3½ km southwest of Knockafoska.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rossaveel and Costelloe.
Rossaveel
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rossaveal or Rossaveel is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the Connemara district of County Galway in the west of Ireland. It is the main ferry port for the Aran Islands in Galway Bay.
Costelloe
Village
Photo: Sean an Scuab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Casla is a Gaeltacht village between Indreabhán and An Cheathrú Rua in western County Galway, Ireland. The headquarters of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta is located there.
Ballynahown
Village
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baile na hAbhann, anglicised as Ballynahown, is a Gaeltacht village about 31 km west of Galway, Ireland, on the R336 regional road between Indreabhán and Casla. Ballynahown is situated 4½ km south of Knockafoska.
Knockafoska
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Cnoc na nDoire” and “Knocknafoska”
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.28189° or 53° 16′ 55″ northLongitude
-9.51907° or 9° 31′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C5G7FJJ+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 52268324OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
“Knockafoska” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Cnoc na Fosca”
Localities in the Area
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