Cleggan
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Cleggan () is a fishing village in County Galway, Ireland. The village lies northwest of Clifden and is situated at the head of Cleggan Bay.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cleggan
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- ClegganPierandHarbour.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Pier and harbour
- 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.population_as_of
- 2002
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- WET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- An Cloigeann
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Population
- 301
- Elevation
- 68
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Cleggan (2409307129).jpg
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- Irish Grid Reference
- L597576
- Commons category
- Cleggan
- historic county
- County Galway
- native label
- An Cloigeann
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Cleggan () is a fishing village in County Galway, Ireland. The village lies northwest of Clifden and is situated at the head of Cleggan Bay.
A focal point of the village is the pier, built by Alexander Nimmo in 1822 and extended in 1908. Ferries leave the pier daily for Inishbofin there is also a ferry to Inishturk.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cleggan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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