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An Spidéal
Spiddal, also known as Spiddle (Irish and official name: , , meaning 'the hospital'), is a village on the shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland. It is west of Galway city, on the R336 road. It is just east of the county's Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) which is in the Connemara region.
Clifden
Clifden () is a coastal town in County Galway, Ireland, in the region of Connemara, located on the Owenglin River where it flows into Clifden Bay. As the largest town in the region, it is often referred to as "the Capital of Connemara". Frequented by tourists, Clifden is linked to Galway city by the N59.
Oughterard
Oughterard () is a small town on the banks of the Owenriff River close to the western shore of Lough Corrib in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. It is located about northwest of Galway on the N59 road. Oughterard is the chief angling centre on Lough Corrib.
An Cheathrú Rua
Carraroe (in Irish, and officially, , meaning 'the red quarter') is a village in Connemara, the coastal Irish-speaking region (Gaeltacht) of County Galway, Ireland. It is known for its traditional fishing boats, the Galway Hookers. Its population is widely dispersed over the Carraroe peninsula between Cuan an Fhir Mhóir (Greatman's Bay) and Cuan Chasla (Casla Bay). Carraroe has an unusual beach, Trá an Dóilín, a biogenic gravel beach made of coralline algae known as "maerl".
Bearna
Barna, officially known as Bearna in both Irish and English, is a coastal village on the R336 regional road in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Located approximately 7 km west of the centre of Galway city, it has become a satellite village of Galway. The village, which is mostly Irish speaking, is a constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up the Gaeltacht.
Roundstone
town in County Galway in Ireland
Indreabhán
Indreabhán (), meaning "mouth of the river" is a Gaeltacht village between Baile na hAbhann and Minna in County Galway, Ireland. There are Irish-language summer colleges in the area, most notably Coláiste Lurgan and Coláiste Uí Chadhain.
Letterfrack
Letterfrack or Letterfrac () is a small village in the Connemara area of County Galway, Ireland. It was founded by Quakers in the mid-19th century. The village is south-east of Renvyle peninsula and north-east of Clifden on Barnaderg Bay and lies at the head of Ballinakill harbour. Letterfrack contains the visitors centre for Connemara National Park.
Ros Muc
Rosmuc or Ros Muc, sometimes anglicised as Rosmuck, is a village in the Conamara Gaeltacht of County Galway, Ireland. It lies halfway between the town of Clifden and the city of Galway. Irish is the predominant spoken language in the area, with the electoral division of Turlough, Rosmuc, representing one of the highest percentages of Irish-speaking people in the country. The townland of Rosmuck is part of the civil parish of Kilcummin.
Cleggan
Cleggan () is a fishing village in County Galway, Ireland. The village lies northwest of Clifden and is situated at the head of Cleggan Bay.
Leenaun
Leenaun (), also Leenane, is a village and a townland in County Galway, Ireland, on the southern shore of Killary Harbour and the northern edge of Connemara.
Ros an Mhíl
Rossaveal or Rossaveel ( or ) 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. It is about from Galway city. The village is located in the Barony of Moycullen.
Leitir Móir
Lettermore (, ) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is also the name of the island, linked by road to the mainland, on which the village sits. The main spoken language of the area is Irish.
Ballynahinch
town in County Galway, Ireland
Maum
An Mám (anglicized as Maum, or sometimes Maam) is a small Gaeltacht village and its surrounding lands in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.
Cill Chiaráin
Cill Chiaráin (anglicized as Kilkieran) is a coastal village in the Connemara area of County Galway in Ireland. The R340 passes through Cill Chiaráin.
Ballyconneely
Ballyconneely () is a village and small ribbon development in west Connemara, County Galway Ireland.
An Fhairche
An Fhairche (locally An Fháirthí), or Clonbur in English, is a Gaeltacht village in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.
Carna
village in County Galway, Ireland
Leitir Mealláin
Lettermullen, ( or possibly "the hill with the mill"), is a small island and village on the coast of southern Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. It is about west of Galway city, at the far western end of Galway Bay, Lettermullen is the westernmost of three islands; Lettermullen, Gorumna and Lettermore, along with smaller islands collectively known as Ceantar na nOileán ("District of the Islands") connected to the mainland by the bridges and causeways of the R374 road.
Claddaghduff
Claddaghduff () is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located northwest of Clifden, the gateway to Omey Island.
Sraith Salach
village in County Galway, Ireland