Foxford
Sign in to saveFoxford () 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
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.name
- Foxford
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Foxford, Church of Ireland church.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Foxford
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Mayo
- Elevation
- +12
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Foxford, Church of Ireland church.jpg
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- P7959
- County Mayo
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- 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.