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Bearna
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
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- History
- Demographics
- Irish language
- Community and sport
- Townlands
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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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