Foal Island
Foal Island is an islet in County Galway, Connacht. Foal Island is situated nearby to the village Ballynahown, as well as near Rossaveel.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Teampall Inis Mac Ádhaimh and Barraderry Cemetery.
Teampall Inis Mac Ádhaimh
Ruins
Photo: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Teampall Inis Mac Ádhaimh is a ruins, which is situated 2 km northwest of Foal Island.
Barraderry Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barraderry Cemetery is situated 2 km northwest of Foal Island.
Cashla Bay Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cashla Bay Lighthouse is situated 3 km north of Foal Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballynahown and Carraroe.
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 4 km east of Foal Island.
Carraroe
Photo: Carraroe1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carraroe is a tiny village which is nevertheless the largest settlement on the Carraroe / Cheathrú Rua Peninsula of Connemara in County Galway. It has a population of 725 people, and has one of the highest percentages of Irish speakers in the country, at 78%.
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. Rossaveel is situated 4½ km north of Foal Island.
Foal Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.23522° or 53° 14′ 7″ northLongitude
-9.55892° or 9° 33′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C5G6CPR+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 4563125OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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