An Cheathrú Rua
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Carraroe (in Irish, and officially, , meaning 'the red quarter') is a village in Connemara, the coastal Irish-speaking region (Gaeltacht) of County Galway, Ireland. It is known for its traditional fishing boats, the Galway Hookers. Its population is widely dispersed over the Carraroe peninsula between Cuan an Fhir Mhóir (Greatman's Bay) and Cuan Chasla (Casla Bay). Carraroe has an unusual beach, Trá an Dóilín, a biogenic gravel beach made of coralline algae known as "maerl".
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The entry is geolocated on the map in IE, across 3 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, An Cheathrú Rua is referenced by 221 other articles, and connects out to Baile na hAbhann, Galway hooker and Irish.
It sits within the topics Gaeltacht places in County Galway, Gaeltacht towns and villages and Towns and villages in Connemara.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Region
- Connacht
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 814
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Carraroe
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Coral_Beach,_An_Cheathru_Rua_Theas,_Co_Galway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_338088.jpg
- 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
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 725
- Settlement.blank_name
- Irish Grid Reference
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Gaeltacht
- Part of
- Connemara
- Official name
- An Cheathrú Rua
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Galway
- Elevation
- 1
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Coral Beach, An Cheathru Rua Theas, Co Galway - geograph.org.uk - 338088.jpg
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- Commons category
- Carraroe
- Irish Grid Reference
- L943250
- native label
- An Cheathrú Rua
- historic county
- County Galway
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Galway hookers
- Irish language
- Beach
- Education
- Sport
- Transport
- Popular culture
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Carraroe (in Irish, and officially, , meaning 'the red quarter') is a village in Connemara, the coastal Irish-speaking region (Gaeltacht) of County Galway, Ireland. It is known for its traditional fishing boats, the Galway Hookers. Its population is widely dispersed over the Carraroe peninsula between Cuan an Fhir Mhóir (Greatman's Bay) and Cuan Chasla (Casla Bay). Carraroe has an unusual beach, Trá an Dóilín, a biogenic gravel beach made of coralline algae known as "maerl".
== Galway hookers == thumb|Galway hookers in Greatmans Bay
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “An Cheathrú Rua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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