Ardrahan

thumb|Remains of the Ardrahan round tower Ardrahan () is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland.

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Region: Connacht
Country: Éire / Ireland
Population: 540
Timezone: Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Ardrahan
Settlement.native_name_lang: ga
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Connacht
Settlement.subdivision_type3: County
Settlement.subdivision_name3: County Galway
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 9.8
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_total: 540
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone1: WET

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Wikidata facts

Area: 9.8
Elevation: 29
Image: Ardrahan Church - geograph.org.uk - 899634.jpg

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Commons category: Ardrahan
Irish Grid Reference: M461121
native label: Ard Raithin

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thumb|Remains of the Ardrahan round tower Ardrahan () is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland.

==History== Richard de Burgo conquered Galway in 1236, and granted the land to Maurice Fitzgerald who built the castle whose ruins still stand today. The churchyard wall contains the remains of a round tower, which suggests that a monastic community may have existed on the site before the castle was built.