Baile na hAbhann

Featured view

Baile na hAbhann

Elevation9 m

Coordinates53.24°, -9.50°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Baile na hAbhann, anglicised as Ballynahown, is a Gaeltacht village about 31 km (19 mi) west of Galway, Ireland, on the R336 regional road between Indreabhán and Casla. The name means "town of the river". The village is in the townland of Baile na hAbhann Theas.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

W

Wilhelm Mac Neven O’Kelly ab Aghrim

Irish university teacher

C

Caitlín Maude

Irish poet, actor and singer (1941–1982)

A

Aoife Ní Thuairisg

Irish television producer

L

Liam Mac Con Iomaire

Irish journalist

P

Pádraic Ó Neachtain

journalist

S

Seán Ó Coisdealbha

Poet and dramatist

T

Tom Sailí Ó Flaithearta

Irish actor

T

Tomás Mac Eoin

Irish singer

M

Máirtín Óg Mac Donncha

Irish cyclist

M

Mícheál Breathnach

Irish writer (1881-1908)

T

Tomás Ó Neachtain

Irish musician

Dónall Ó Héalai

Irish actor

S

Stephen Kerins

Irish rugby union player

S

Seosamh Mac Donnacha

Irish sociolinguist

C

Caitlín Ní Chualáin

Irish singer

N

Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha

Irish musician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Galway

• Carraroe
  4.3 mi away · pop. 725
• Inverin
  5.7 mi away
• Tír an Fhia
  6.9 mi away
• Kilkieran
  11.3 mi away
• Oughterard
  14.9 mi away · pop. 1,846
• Cornamona
  19.1 mi away
• Roundstone
  20.3 mi away · pop. 231
• Castlegar
  20.4 mi away
• Annaghdown
  20.5 mi away
• Kinvarra
  24.4 mi away
• Ballinderreen
  24.9 mi away
• Kilcolgan
  26.4 mi away

Browse all places in Galway →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Spiral Wrack

Fucus spiralis

Seen 2026-09-19

Knotted Wrack

Ascophyllum nodosum

Seen 2026-09-19

Channelled Wrack

Pelvetia canaliculata

Seen 2026-09-18

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-09-11

common silverweed

Argentina anserina

Seen 2026-09-11

Northern Gannet

Morus bassanus

Seen 2026-09-11

snakelocks anemone

Anemonia viridis

Seen 2026-09-08

Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Seen 2026-09-05

Edible Crab

Cancer pagurus

Seen 2026-09-05

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).