Kinvarra
Sign in to saveKinvara or Kinvarra () is a sea port village in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of Kinvarradoorus in the north of the barony of Kiltartan. Kinvarra is also an electoral division.
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Place details
- Region
- Connacht
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 620
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.name
- Kinvara
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Dungory Castle - geograph.org.uk - 887251.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Dunguaire Castle
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Irish Grid Reference
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Kinvara
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Galway
- Elevation
- +10
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Dungory Castle - geograph.org.uk - 887251.jpg
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- County Galway
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Article
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- Geography
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- Early history
- Dunguaire Castle
- Mass rock
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- Population
- Religion
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- Notable people
- See also
- References
Kinvara or Kinvarra () is a sea port village in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of Kinvarradoorus in the north of the barony of Kiltartan. Kinvarra is also an electoral division.
==Geography== The village lies at the head of Kinvara Bay, known in Irish as (or more recently ), an inlet in the south-eastern corner of Galway Bay, from which the village took its name. It lies in the north of the barony of Kiltartan, near the Burren.