Carrigaholt

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Carrigaholt

Air quality index

26Good

Coordinates52.60°, -9.71°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Carrigaholt is a small fishing village in County Clare, Ireland, a castle and a Catholic parish by the same name. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gaeltacht; an Irish-speaking community; until 1956.

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Charles Fitzgerald

British colonial governor (1792-1887)

Eugene O'Curry

Irish scholar (1794–1862)

Brian Talty

Irish Gaelic football player (born 1955)

Edwin John Butler

British botanist (1874-1943)

H

Harry Foran

Australian journalist (1850–1908)

J

Joe O'Connell

Irish republican

M

Michael O'Malley

Irish-Australian civil servant

S

Seán De Hóra

born ca. 1716; died ca. 1780

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

Nearby places in Clare

• Kilkee
  5.9 mi away · pop. 1,214
• Kilrush
  9.8 mi away · pop. 2,649
• Cooraclare
  13.9 mi away
• Kilmihil
  18.3 mi away
• Mullagh
  18.4 mi away
• Labasheeda
  19.5 mi away
• Miltown Malbay
  21.7 mi away
• Lissycasey
  25.5 mi away
• Liscannor
  26.7 mi away
• Lahinch
  27.3 mi away
• Ennistymon
  29 mi away
• Inagh
  29.2 mi away

Browse all places in Clare →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Carrigaholt

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Small Square-spot

Diarsia rubi

Seen 2026-05-26

Common Sea Slater

Ligia oceanica

Seen 2026-05-22

Small Emperor Moth

Saturnia pavonia

Seen 2026-05-19

Atlantic Beadlet Anemone

Actinia equina

Seen 2026-05-04

Purple Topshell

Steromphala umbilicalis

Seen 2026-05-04

Blue Mussel

Mytilus edulis

Seen 2026-05-04

Common Periwinkle

Littorina littorea

Seen 2026-05-04

Primrose

Primula vulgaris

Seen 2026-05-03

Thongweed

Himanthalia elongata

Seen 2026-05-03

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

Official Identifiers