Furbo

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Furbo

Total population

868

Elevation15 m

Coordinates53.25°, -9.21°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Furbo or Furbogh is a settlement in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, it had a population of 868 people. It lies along the coast, overlooking Galway Bay, in a Gaeltacht area.

Geography

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

Nearby places in Galway

• Spiddal
  4 mi away · pop. 254
• Inverin
  6.5 mi away
• Castlegar
  8.6 mi away
• Annaghdown
  11.1 mi away
• Baile na hAbhann
  12.2 mi away
• Ballinderreen
  13.1 mi away
• Oughterard
  13.3 mi away · pop. 1,846
• Kinvarra
  13.5 mi away
• Clarinbridge
  13.6 mi away
• Kilcolgan
  14.4 mi away
• Carraroe
  16.2 mi away · pop. 725
• Béal an Daingin
  17.5 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.

Books about Furbo

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-20

maidenhair spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Seen 2026-09-20

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-20

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-09-20

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Seen 2026-09-20

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Seen 2026-09-20

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-19

Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensis

Seen 2026-09-19

Mediterranean Gull

Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

Seen 2026-09-19

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