Portumna
Sign in to savePortumna (- meaning 'the landing place of the oak') is a market town in the south-east of County Galway, Ireland, on the border with and linked by a bridge to County Tipperary. The town is located to the west of the point where the River Shannon enters Lough Derg. This historic crossing point over the River Shannon between counties Tipperary and Galway has a long history of bridges and ferry crossings. On the south-western edge of the town lie Portumna Castle and Portumna forest park.
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- Region
- Connacht
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 1,450
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Portumna
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Portumna Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 585642.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Portumna 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.subdivision_type4
- Barony
- Settlement.subdivision_type5
- Townland
- Settlement.subdivision_name5
- Portumna
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- Civil parish
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Port Omna
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Galway
- Population
- 1377
- Area
- 1.54
- Elevation
- 48
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.portumna.net
- Image
- Portumna castle.jpg
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- Portumna
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- M853042
- historic county
- County Galway
- native label
- Port Omna
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Portumna Bridge
- Workhouse
- Castle
- Tourism
- Portumna Forest Park
- Marine tourism
- Walking and cycling trails
- Sport
- Jamboree
- Festivals
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Portumna (- meaning 'the landing place of the oak') is a market town in the south-east of County Galway, Ireland, on the border with and linked by a bridge to County Tipperary. The town is located to the west of the point where the River Shannon enters Lough Derg. This historic crossing point over the River Shannon between counties Tipperary and Galway has a long history of bridges and ferry crossings. On the south-western edge of the town lie Portumna Castle and Portumna forest park.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Portumna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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