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Bearna
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Also known as Barna

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.

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Place details

Locality
Bearna
Region
Connacht
Country
Éire / Ireland
Population
1,998
Timezone
Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Barna
Settlement.official_name
Bearna
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Sunset over Bearna harbour.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Barna quay at dusk
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
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2022
Settlement.population_total
2,336
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Wikidata facts

Population
2336
Area
1.89
Elevation
0
Image
Bearna (Barna) - geograph.org.uk - 1288758.jpg
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Commons category
Bearna
Irish Grid Reference
M232227
native label
Bearna
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Contents
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Irish language
  • Community and sport
  • Townlands
  • International links
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

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.

==History== Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of shell midden, ringfort, holy well and castle sites in the townlands of Barna, Knockaunnacarragh, Derryloney and Truskey. Barna House, a large Georgian house in Barna townland, was built in 1778. The quay at Barna was built in the 1820s to designs by Alexander Nimmo.

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