Annascaul
Sign in to saveAnnascaul or Anascaul () is a village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated 32.9 kilometres west of Tralee on the N86 Tralee - Dingle national secondary road near its junction with the R561 regional road to Castlemaine and Farranfore leading to nearby Inch Strand. The village was recorded as having a population of 291 at the time of the 2022 census.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Annascaul
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- annascaul village.jpg
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- Main Street
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- Ireland
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- right
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- Location in Ireland
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- Country
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- Ireland
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Kerry
- Elevation
- +15
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Annascaul village.jpg
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Annascaul or Anascaul () is a village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated 32.9 kilometres west of Tralee on the N86 Tralee - Dingle national secondary road near its junction with the R561 regional road to Castlemaine and Farranfore leading to nearby Inch Strand. The village was recorded as having a population of 291 at the time of the 2022 census.
==Placename== Different suggestions as to the original meaning of the name include "Scáil's River" (Scáil Ní Mhúirnáin is a character in a local legend), "River of the Shadows", or "Ford of the Heroes".