Dún Ard

Dún Ard is a residential area in County Galway, Connacht. Dún Ard is situated nearby to Craughwell Hurling Club, as well as near the police station Craughwell Garda Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Craughwell and Caherkinmonwee Castle.

Craughwell

Railway station

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Craughwell railway station is a railway station serving the village of Craughwell in County Galway, Ireland. It is an unstaffed single-platform station. Craughwell is situated 550 metres west of Dún Ard.

Caherkinmonwee Castle

Castle

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Caherkinmonwee Castle, also known as Caher Castle, is a tower house located in County Galway, Ireland. Caherkinmonwee Castle is situated 2½ km northeast of Dún Ard.

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 3½ km west of Dún Ard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Craughwell and Athenry.

Craughwell

Village

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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

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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.