Ballyvaughan

Ballyvaughan is a village in , overlooking Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. With a population of 360 in 2022, it's a tiny straggling place but a good base for exploring the region. Discover Ballyvaughan is the village website.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in County Clare
  • Also known as: “Ballyvaghan” and “Ballyvaghan Bay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Newtown Castle and St John the Baptist’s Church.

Castle
is a 16th-century tower house, located close to the village of Ballyvaughan within the area of , . Uniquely for a tower house of its type in Ireland, it is cylindrical in shape above a square pyramidal base.

Church
Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

University
is an Irish non-profit independent art college specialising in undergraduate and graduate Fine Art education, located in Ballyvaughan, , Ireland.

Ballyvaughan

Latitude
53.1153° or 53° 6′ 55″ north
Longitude
-9.1487° or 9° 8′ 55″ west
Open location code
9C5G4V82+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52244102
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2966141
Wiki­data ID
Q805457
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Ballyvaughan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Baile Uí Bheacháin”
  • Basque: “Ballyvaughan”
  • Cebuano: “Blackhead Bay (luuk sa Ireland)”
  • Cebuano: “Blackhead Bay”
  • Dutch: “Ballyvaughan”
  • French: “Ballyvaughan”
  • German: “Ballyvaghan”
  • German: “Ballyvaughan”
  • Irish: “Baile Uí Bheacháin”
  • Russian: “Балливон”
  • Spanish: “Ballyvaughan”
  • Swedish: “Ballyvaghan”

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