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Headford
Sign in to saveHeadford () is a small town in County Galway, located 26 km north of Galway city in the west of Ireland. It is an angling centre for the eastern shore of Lough Corrib, and Greenfields, approximately 6.5 km west of the town, is its boating harbour. The town is situated next to the Black River (known also for its trout angling) which is the county boundary with Mayo. Located on the N84 national secondary road from Galway to Castlebar and the R333, and R334 regional roads, the town is a commuter town to Galway City. The town is in a townland of the same name, the Killursa civil parish a
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Place details
- Locality
- Headford
- Region
- Connacht
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 973
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Headford
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.motto
- Áth Cinn le Chéile
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Main Street Headford.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main Street
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Galway
- Population
- +760
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Main Street Headford.jpg
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- P190
- Le Faouët
- P7959
- County Galway
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Headford () is a small town in County Galway, located 26 km north of Galway city in the west of Ireland. It is an angling centre for the eastern shore of Lough Corrib, and Greenfields, approximately 6.5 km west of the town, is its boating harbour. The town is situated next to the Black River (known also for its trout angling) which is the county boundary with Mayo. Located on the N84 national secondary road from Galway to Castlebar and the R333, and R334 regional roads, the town is a commuter town to Galway City. The town is in a townland of the same name, the Killursa civil parish and the Clare barony.
The town is the centre of an area which contains a number of prehistoric burial cairns, Iron Age stone enclosures, early Norman and later castles, and several monastic sites. These include Ross Errilly Friary, located northwest of Headford, which is one of the best preserved monastic ruins of its period in Ireland.