Caherbeg
Caherbeg is a forest in County Galway, Connacht. Caherbeg is situated nearby to the locality Dunkellin Turlough, as well as near Rinn.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rahasane Turlough and Kiltiernan Church.
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.
Kiltiernan Church
Ruins
Kiltiernan Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Galway, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clarinbridge and Kilcolgan.
Clarinbridge
Village
Photo: Eoin Gardiner, CC BY 2.0.
Clarinbridge or Clarenbridge is a village in south County Galway, Ireland. It is on the mouth of the Clarin River at the end of Dunbulcaun Bay, which is the easternmost part of Galway Bay.
Kilcolgan
Village
Photo: Drow69, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilcolgan, is a village on the mouth of the Kilcolgan River at Dunkellin Bay in County Galway, Ireland. The settlement is at the junction of the N67 and R458 roads, which lies between Gort and Clarinbridge.
Craughwell
Village
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Caherbeg
- Type: Forest
- Categories: archaeological site and historic site
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.2178° or 53° 13′ 4″ northLongitude
-8.8176° or 8° 49′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C5H659J+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 771744834OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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