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List of Features and Landmarks in Galway County
A gap between the two killerys
(
1
)
Abbey
(
15
)
Altar
(
1
)
Aquaduct
(
1
)
Arm of the sea
(
2
)
Artificial mound or embankment
(
1
)
Bank of earth
(
3
)
Barony
(
27
)
Barracks
(
11
)
Barren low land
(
1
)
Battle site
(
3
)
Bay
(
38
)
Beach
(
5
)
Bed of sand
(
1
)
Bog
(
14
)
Boundary line
(
1
)
Brewery
(
1
)
Bridge
(
168
)
Bush
(
3
)
Canal
(
1
)
Carn
(
4
)
Castle
(
97
)
Cave
(
10
)
Cavern
(
1
)
Channel
(
1
)
Church
(
138
)
Circular enclosure
(
3
)
Cliff
(
19
)
Common
(
1
)
Connecting station
(
1
)
Convent
(
2
)
Cove
(
4
)
Creek
(
7
)
Crevice
(
1
)
Cromlech
(
1
)
Cross
(
6
)
Cross roads
(
1
)
Crossed out
(
5
)
Dairy
(
1
)
Demesne
(
6
)
Distillery
(
1
)
District
(
43
)
Division of a demesne
(
13
)
Division of a townland
(
1
)
Dried up lake
(
1
)
Dyke
(
1
)
Earthen bank
(
2
)
Face of a mountain
(
1
)
Face of an hill
(
1
)
Farm
(
7
)
Farm yard
(
2
)
Field
(
26
)
Field and monument
(
1
)
Fishery
(
1
)
Flat land
(
1
)
Flooded portion of land
(
9
)
Ford
(
2
)
Former parish
(
2
)
Fort
(
432
)
Friary
(
1
)
Gap
(
2
)
Gap between two mountains
(
2
)
Gate
(
6
)
Glebe
(
41
)
Gravel pit
(
2
)
Graveyard
(
114
)
Green bank
(
1
)
Grotto
(
2
)
Group of houses
(
59
)
Group of townlands
(
1
)
Grove
(
1
)
Hamlet
(
5
)
Harbour
(
11
)
Hill
(
162
)
Hole
(
8
)
Hole in turlough
(
2
)
Hole where water sinks
(
1
)
Hollow part of the road
(
1
)
Hollow under plantation
(
1
)
Hotel
(
1
)
House
(
409
)
House and bog
(
2
)
Inlet
(
38
)
Inlet of a lake
(
1
)
Island
(
800
)
Isthmus
(
1
)
Lake
(
1060
)
Land division
(
2
)
Landing place for boats
(
5
)
Lane
(
2
)
Local subdivision
(
2
)
Lodge
(
5
)
Low ground
(
1
)
Marsh
(
6
)
Mill
(
18
)
Monastery
(
2
)
Monument
(
8
)
Monument and round tower
(
1
)
Mound
(
1
)
Mount
(
3
)
Mountain
(
55
)
Name of part of the land
(
2
)
Nunnery
(
2
)
Observatory
(
1
)
Ocean
(
5
)
Ordnance grounds
(
1
)
Paddocks
(
1
)
Parish
(
124
)
Park
(
75
)
Part of a lake
(
1
)
Part of a mountain
(
1
)
Part of a road
(
1
)
Part of a townland
(
58
)
Part of parish
(
1
)
Part of sea
(
2
)
Part of the beach
(
1
)
Part of the killery
(
1
)
Part of the land
(
3
)
Part of the land next to the sea shore
(
1
)
Part of the sea
(
2
)
Part of the sea shore
(
81
)
Pass
(
1
)
Piece of land
(
1
)
Piece of land susceptible to flooding
(
1
)
Piece of land under cultivation
(
1
)
Piece of plantation
(
1
)
Pier
(
3
)
Pillar
(
1
)
Place for rabbits
(
1
)
Place of confinement for cattle
(
1
)
Plantation
(
2
)
Point
(
107
)
Point of an island
(
1
)
Point of the rocks over which high water passes
(
1
)
Pole
(
2
)
Pool
(
5
)
Portion of an island
(
1
)
Portion of arable land
(
1
)
Portion of ground around old castle
(
1
)
Portion of land
(
6
)
Portion of plantation
(
1
)
Portion of wood
(
1
)
Pound
(
2
)
Precipice
(
6
)
Promontory
(
2
)
Quarry
(
3
)
Quay
(
27
)
Race course
(
3
)
Residence
(
1
)
Rising ground covered with heath
(
2
)
River
(
163
)
River cut
(
1
)
River lake junction
(
1
)
Rivulet
(
3
)
Road
(
16
)
Road and house
(
1
)
Rock
(
414
)
Rock island
(
1
)
Rock on shore
(
1
)
Rock on the sea shore
(
2
)
Rocks
(
7
)
Rocks on the sea shore
(
1
)
Rocky part of the land
(
1
)
Rocky point
(
5
)
Round tower
(
1
)
Ruin
(
4
)
Ruins
(
1
)
Sandy beach
(
5
)
Sandy shore
(
1
)
School
(
9
)
Sea shore
(
14
)
Shallow basin of water
(
1
)
Shelving rock
(
1
)
Shore on lough derg
(
1
)
Side of a hill
(
1
)
Site famous for fairies
(
1
)
Site of standing stone
(
1
)
Small arm of the sea
(
1
)
Small edifice
(
1
)
Small piece of water which rises and falls
(
1
)
Small point of the land
(
1
)
Small sheet of water
(
1
)
Spring
(
4
)
Spring well
(
7
)
Stagnant waters
(
2
)
Standing stone
(
2
)
Stone
(
4
)
Stone cross
(
3
)
Stone enclosure
(
1
)
Stone pillar
(
1
)
Stones on the shore
(
1
)
Store house
(
1
)
Strait
(
1
)
Strand
(
7
)
Stream
(
198
)
Strip of land
(
1
)
Subdenomination
(
94
)
Subdenomination and house
(
2
)
Subdivision
(
2
)
Summit of a hill
(
1
)
Summit of a mountain
(
3
)
Telegraph ruins
(
1
)
Tower
(
4
)
Town
(
15
)
Townland
(
4309
)
Townland and house
(
2
)
Townland and island
(
95
)
Tract of mountain bog
(
1
)
Tract of wet pasture
(
1
)
Tree
(
3
)
Trench
(
1
)
Trigonometrical station
(
193
)
Turlough
(
15
)
Turret
(
1
)
Two parks
(
1
)
Two remarkable points
(
1
)
Uncultivated piece of land
(
1
)
Valley
(
14
)
Village
(
667
)
Water guard station
(
2
)
Waterfall
(
3
)
Weir
(
2
)
Well
(
206
)
Where a river meets a lake
(
1
)
Where a river meets the sea
(
1
)
Where a river sinks
(
1
)
Where a stream crosses the road
(
1
)
Where a stream sinks
(
1
)
Wood
(
22
)