Annaghdown
Annaghdown
Eanach Dhúin | |
|---|---|
Civil parish with villages | |
Annaghdown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°23′24″N 9°04′23″W / 53.38998°N 9.07299°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Galway West |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.776 km2 (1.072 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M286382 |
Annaghdown (from Irish Eanach Dhúin, meaning 'the marsh of the fort', pronounced [ˌanˠəx ˈɣuːnʲ]) is a civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. It lies around Annaghdown Bay, an inlet of Lough Corrib. Villages in the civil parish include Corrandulla, Cloonboo, and Annaghdown, a census settlement in the east of the parish, with Corrandrum National School located at its eastern end. The townland of Annaghdown is located at the western end of the parish.
Annaghdown is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam and the Church of Ireland Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe.