| Leenaun An Líonán |
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| Irish grid reference L874618 |
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| Province: | Connacht | |
| County: | County Galway | |
| Elevation: | 127 m | |
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Leenaun (Irish An Líonán - the filling pool), sometimes Leenane, is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Basic concept of GPS operation A GPS receiver calculates its position by carefully timing the signals sent by the constellation of GPS Satellites high above the Earth The Irish grid reference system is a system of geographic Grid references commonly used in Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland Poetic description This dinnseanchas poem named Ard Ruide (Ruide Headland poetically describes the kingdoms of Ireland Since the late 16th century the Island of Ireland has been divided into 32 counties ( Irish language contae or condae County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. It is situated beside Killary Harbour (Ireland's only fjord) on the northern edge of Connemara and is on the route of the Western Way Long-distance trail. Killary Harbour / An Caoláire Rua is Ireland's only " Fjord " Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity. Connemara (in Irish: Conamara) which derives from Conmhaicne Mara (meaning descendants of Con Mhac of the sea is a district in the west of The Western Way is a 250 km Long-distance trail in Ireland that runs through County Galway and County Mayo. Long-distance trails (or long-distance tracks paths footpaths or Greenways are the longer recreational right-of-way routes mainly through rural areas used for non-motorised
Leenaun was the setting for the movie, The Field, and of the play The Beauty Queen of Leenane. The Field is a play written by John B Keane, first performed in 1965 The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a 1998 drama by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh premiered by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway Ireland
On 18th July 2007, following torrential rain, the only bridge running through the village was swept away, cutting the town in half. The bridge was part of the N59 road and had stood there for 182 years. Locals see this as potentially damaging to its lucrative trade in tourism. The damage to the bridge now necessitates a 100km detour in order to avoid the obstruction. Engineers intend to inspect the damage but cannot put a timeline on how long it will take to replace it. [1] A temporary bridge has been erected now.
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