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About Ballyconneely

Ballyconneely is a village in County Galway, 70 km west of Galway city. The Conneelys' village on a peninsula of beaches between Clifden and Roundstone, where the first transatlantic wireless message was sent in 1907 and the first transatlantic flight ended in a bog in 1919.

Where
70 km from Galway, 253 km from Dublin
Position
53.4315° N, 10.0748° W
In Irish
Baile Conaola
On the model
506 buildings, 2 streets, 176 places in 22 kinds
Read more
Ballyconneely on Wikipedia
The 3D model of Ballyconneely with every named place pinned
Beach near Ballyconneely
Beach near Ballyconneely
Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Beach near Ballyconneely
Beach near Ballyconneely
Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Mannin Bay
Mannin Bay
Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Mannin Bay
Mannin Bay
Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

A short history

  1. 1854
    The first salmon farm. The Dohulla Fishery carried out the first salmon farming in the United Kingdom.
  2. 1905 and 1907
    Marconi. The wireless station built in 1905 sent the first transatlantic message, to Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, in 1907.
  3. 1919
    Alcock and Brown. The first transatlantic flight ended two miles away in Derrygimla bog, near the Marconi station; the soft ground damaged the aircraft.
  4. 1975 to 2010
    The Dutch botanists. A team studied the lakes and water chemistry around Ballyconneely and across Ireland, for a post-glacial landscape the Netherlands no longer has.

The full history, 4 moments in order

What to see

  1. The Marconi station3.7 km

    The site of the 1905 station in the bog, 3.7 km out.

  2. The Alcock and Brown landing3.8 km

    Where the Vickers Vimy came down in 1919, with the monument on the hill.

  3. Doon Hill3.2 km

    The signal tower on the hill whose old fort named the parish of Ballindoon.

  4. The beaches

    The coral strand at Derrygimla, Knock, Mannin, Dunloughan and Truska to the north, Keeraunmore, Aillebrack, Ballyconneely Bay, Calla, Dolan and Murvey to the south.

  5. Bunowen pier

    The fishermen's harbour, with the Connemara Smokehouse and its visitor centre.

  6. Roundstone Bog

    Moor, lake and stream with rare plants, three miles east.

All the things to see and do

Questions people ask

Where is Ballyconneely?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, in the west of Ireland: 70 km west of Galway city and 253 km west of Dublin, on the R341 between Clifden and Roundstone.
What is there in Ballyconneely?
On the map, 176 named places in 22 kinds: 0 places to eat and drink, 1 shop, 3 schools, churches and public buildings, and 167 things to see within 12 km.
What is Ballyconneely known for?
The Marconi station, the Alcock and Brown landing, its beaches, Connemara ponies and the July pony show, and the golf links.

Getting around

Ballyconneely sits on the R341 between Clifden and Roundstone. 0 bus stops and 0 car parks are on the map.

History, sights and civic facts summarise Wikipedia, "Ballyconneely" (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.