Dún Aránn Lighthouse
The Inishmore or Dún Árann Lighthouse, is a decommissioned lighthouse located on the highest point of Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands in County Galway, Ireland.Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ireland
- Also known as: “Dún Árann Lighthouse” and “Inishmore Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inis Mór and Oghil Fort.
Inis Mór
Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inis Mór is the largest of the Aran Islands of County Galway, off the west coast of Ireland. The name simply means "big island" and there are half-a-dozen such places in Ireland, but this one is by far the largest of that name, with a population of 820 in 2022.
Oghil Fort
Photo: Nanorfitzy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oghil Fort is situated 170 metres east of Dún Aránn Lighthouse.
Dermot & Grania’s Bed
Archaeological site
Photo: Nanorfitzy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dermot & Grania’s Bed is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 km west of Dún Aránn Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilronan.
Kilronan
Village
Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
Cill Rónáin, unofficially anglicized as Kilronan, is the main settlement on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway in Ireland.
Dún Aránn Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.12745° or 53° 7′ 39″ northLongitude
-9.70222° or 9° 42′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C5G47GX+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1029543221OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q5856416
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Dún Aránn Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Inishmore itsasargia”
- French: “phare d’Inishmore”
- French: “Phare d’Inishmore”
- Irish: “Teach Solais Árainn”
- Spanish: “Faro de Inishmore”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dun Arann Signal Tower and Séipéal Eochaill.
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