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About Ahascragh

Ahascragh is a village in County Galway, 49 km east of Galway city, with 186 people at the 2022 census. St Cuan's village on the Bunowen, a trout river running to the Suck, where the O'Kellys fought the English in 1307 and a milliner to the world grew up on Church Street.

Population
186 (2022 census)
Where
49 km from Galway, 138 km from Dublin
Position
53.3973° N, 8.3326° W
In Irish
Áth Eascrach
On the model
582 buildings, 0 streets, 90 places in 17 kinds
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Ahascragh on Wikipedia
The 3D model of Ahascragh with every named place pinned
Ahascragh, County Galway
Ahascragh, County Galway
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Ahascragh, County Galway
Ahascragh, County Galway
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This jawbreaker of a title for an intimate family scene provides todays image from the Clonbrock…
This jawbreaker of a title for an intimate family scene provides todays image from the Clonbrock…
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"Two little children bathing in seaside two other figures in distance, town visible in background" This…
"Two little children bathing in seaside two other figures in distance, town visible in background" This…
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A short history

  1. 788
    St Cuan. The Annals of the Four Masters record the death of the village's patron; his well lies to the north-east.
  2. 1307
    The battle of Ahascragh. English forces met the O'Kelly chieftains here, the annals say; Clonbrock Castle nearby, a tower house of the late fifteenth century, is tied by tradition to the O'Kellys.
  3. About 1800 and 1815
    Two churches. The Church of Ireland church dates from about 1800 and the Catholic church from about 1815; an earlier church of St Cuan may have stood in the village before the Normans.
  4. 1990s
    Monica Loolly. Don't Feed the Gondolas on RTÉ closed each show with a send-up of village Ireland set in Ahascragh, with the invented head of the parish committee.
  5. 2022
    186 people. The census count for a village 11 km north-west of Ballinasloe on the R358.

The full history, 5 moments in order

What to see

  1. St Cuan's Church112 m

    The Catholic church of about 1815.

  2. St Catherine's Church375 m

    The Church of Ireland church of about 1800.

  3. Clonbrock Castle3.7 km

    The late fifteenth-century tower house 3.7 km away.

  4. Killure Castle4.2 km

    Another tower house, 4 km out.

  5. Kilconnell Abbey8.5 km

    The friary 8.5 km south.

All the things to see and do

Questions people ask

Where is Ahascragh?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, in the west of Ireland: 49 km east of Galway city and 138 km west of Dublin, on the R358, 11 km north-west of Ballinasloe.
What is the population of Ahascragh?
186 people at the 2022 census.
What is there in Ahascragh?
On the map, 90 named places in 17 kinds: 0 places to eat and drink, 1 shop, 1 school, church and public building, and 88 things to see within 12 km.
What is Ahascragh known for?
Philip Treacy, the Bunowen trout river, St Cuan and his well, Clonbrock Castle, and the RTÉ send-up of Monica Loolly.

Getting around

Ahascragh sits on the R358, 11 km north-west of Ballinasloe. 0 bus stops and 0 car parks are on the map.

History, sights and civic facts summarise Wikipedia, "Ahascragh" (CC BY-SA 4.0, read 2026-09-19). Population is the CSO census as listed there. Distances and everything on the model are OpenStreetMap.