Aughnanure Castle
Aughnanure Castle is a tower house near Oughterard on the N59, in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. It was built by the O'Flaherty family in the late 15th century and fully restored in the 1960s. Today it is open to visitors from March to November.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kilcummin Parish Church.
Kilcummin Parish Church
Church
Photo: Newbert12, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kilcummin Parish Church is situated 3½ km west of Aughnanure Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oughterard and Rosscahill.
Oughterard
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oughterard is a small town in County Galway, on the shores of Lough Corrib 26 km northwest of Galway city. It's on the edge of the Connemara hills and has accommodation and other visitor amenities; it's a commuter town for the city and its own population in 2022 was 1800.
Rosscahill
Hamlet
Rosscahill is a village in County Galway, Ireland, 18 km north-west of Galway city. The village is on the N59 road between Galway city and Oughterard. There are several bus services each day to Galway. Rosscahill is situated 4 km southeast of Aughnanure Castle.
Knockferry
Locality
Knockferry is a townland in County Galway, on the shores of Lough Corrib. The number of occupied dwellings is 20 and for census purposes it is incorporated within the 'census town' of Rosscahill, Wormhole with a total population of 295 in 2011. Knockferry is situated 8 km east of Aughnanure Castle.
Aughnanure Castle
- Type: House
- Description: 16th century castle in Ireland
- Categories: tower house, castle, building, historic site, and residential building
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.41877° or 53° 25′ 8″ northLongitude
-9.27568° or 9° 16′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C5GCP9F+GPOpenStreetMap ID
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building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q760412
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Aughnanure Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Aughnanure gaztelua”
- Danish: “Aughnanure Castle”
- Dutch: “Aughnanure Castle”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Achadh na mar”
- French: “Aughnanure Castle”
- German: “Aughnanure Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Achadh na nIúr”
- Irish: “Caisleán Achadh na nlubhar”
- Irish: “Caisleán Achadh na nlúr”
- Russian: “Замок Онанэйр”
- Spanish: “Aughnanure Castle”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Aughnanure”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Онанейр”
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