Carraroe
Village in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carraroe (in Irish, and officially, an Cheathrú Rua[2] Irish pronunciation: [ənˠ ˌça(h)ɾˠuː ˈɾˠuə],[3] meaning 'the red quarter') is a village in Connemara, the coastal Irish-speaking region (Gaeltacht) of County Galway, Ireland. It is known for its traditional fishing boats, the Galway Hookers. Its population is widely dispersed over the Carraroe peninsula between Cuan an Fhir Mhóir (Greatman's Bay) and Cuan Chasla (Casla Bay). Carraroe has an unusual beach, Trá an Dóilín, a biogenic gravel beach made of coralline algae known as "maerl".
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Carraroe
An Cheathrú Rua | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°15′56″N 9°35′01″W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Galway |
Population | 781 |
Irish Grid Reference | L943250 |
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