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Foxford () is a town 16 km south of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland. It is on the N26 road between Swinford and Ballina and has a railway station served by trains between Manulla Junction and Ballina.

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Place details

Region
Connacht
Country
Éire / Ireland
Population
1,315
Timezone
Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

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Town
Settlement.name
Foxford
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ga
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Foxford, Church of Ireland church.jpg
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Market Square
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Ireland
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right
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Location in Ireland
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Irish Grid Reference
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Connacht
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
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Mayo
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Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
12
Settlement.population_as_of
2016

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
Foxford
Located in
County Mayo
Elevation
12
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Foxford, Church of Ireland church.jpg
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Commons category
Foxford
Irish Grid Reference
G265040
historic county
County Mayo
native label
Béal Easa
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Transport
  • Road
  • Rail
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • External links
  • References

Foxford () is a town 16 km south of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland. It is on the N26 road between Swinford and Ballina and has a railway station served by trains between Manulla Junction and Ballina.

Foxford lies on the River Moy, a salmon-fishing river, close to Lough Conn and Lough Cullin and between the Nephin and Ox Mountains. The Foxford Way is an 86-km waymarked tourist trail that circles Foxford, taking in the Ox Mountains, bogland, archeological sites, lakeshores and river banks.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Foxford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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