Clarinbridge
{{Short description|Village in County Galway, Ireland}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Clarinbridge
|native_name = {{lang|ga|Droichead an Chláirín}}
|native_name_lang = ga
|settlement_type = Village
|image_skyline = Clarin_River_bursts_its_banks.jpg
|image_caption = River Clarin
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|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Ireland
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Connacht
|subdivision_type3 = County
|subdivision_name3 = County Galway
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|unit_pref = Metric
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|population_as_of = 2022
|population_footnotes = {{cite web | url = https://data.cso.ie/table/F1015 | title = Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement F1015 - Population: Clarinbridge, Co. Galway | publisher = Central Statistics Office (Ireland) | access-date = 21 July 2023}}
|population = 905
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone1 = WET
|utc_offset1 = +0
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Clarinbridge or Clarenbridge{{Cite web|url=https://heritage.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/places/clarinbridge-heritage/places-clarinbridge-heritage/townlands/hillpark-known-later-clarinbridgeclarenbridge|title=Hillpark- known later as Clarinbridge/Clarenbridge|date=2017-03-14|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Galway County Heritage Office|last=Dowzard-Mee|first=Sheena|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918065917/https://heritage.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/places/clarinbridge-heritage/places-clarinbridge-heritage/townlands/hillpark-known-later-clarinbridgeclarenbridge|archive-date=2021-09-18|url-status=live}} ({{Irish place name|Droichead an Chláirín}}){{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/18619 | title = Droichead an Chláirín/Clarinbridge | website = Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) | access-date = 9 October 2021}} is a village in south County Galway, Ireland. It is on the mouth of the Clarin River at the end of Dunbulcaun Bay, which is the easternmost part of Galway Bay.
The village is 13 km south-east of Galway city centre (18 km by road). There are bus services, notably Bus Éireann's route 51 which runs between Galway, Limerick and Cork.{{cite web |title=Expressway Route 51, Galway - Limerick - Cork |url=https://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=406&form-view-timetables-from=&form-view-timetables-to=&form-view-timetables-route=51&form-view-timetables-submit=1 |website=Bus Éireann Expressway |access-date=18 January 2024}}
Notable people
{{See also|Category:People from Clarinbridge}}
- Alexander Young, recipient of the Victoria Cross
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.clarenbridge.com/ Clarenbridge Oyster Festival]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130120203415/http://www.clarenbridgegaa.ie// Clarinbridge GAA]
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{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora}}
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Category:Towns and villages in County Galway
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