Claregalway

Baile Chláir

Claregalway
Baile Chláir Claregalway
Village
	Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 53°20′19″N 8°56′44″W / 53.3386°N 8.94542°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population (2022)	1,632
Irish Grid Reference	M370324
	As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Baile Chláir is the only official name. The anglicized name Claregalway has no official standing.

Baile Chláir or Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe (anglicised Claregalway) is a Gaeltacht^[2] village about 10 km north of Galway city in County Galway, Ireland. Claregalway was founded on the banks of the River Clare, hence the derivation of its name: Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe meaning "town on the Clare, in Galway". Claregalway lies within the Gaeltacht and traditionally most of the locals would have spoken English only as a second language. Until September 2017, the village sat at the junction of the busy N17 and N18 national primary routes with over 27,000 vehicles having formerly passed through the village every day.

^ "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Baile Chláir". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
^ Placenames Database of Ireland^{[permanent dead link]}

[cso2022-1] "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Baile Chláir". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[2] Placenames Database of Ireland^{[permanent dead link]}

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