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About Inverin

Inverin is a village in County Galway, 21 km west of Galway city. The mouth of the river, a Gaeltacht village on the coast road with the summer colleges, the airport for the Aran Islands and a football tournament every St Stephen's Day.

Where
21 km from Galway, 207 km from Dublin
Position
53.2462° N, 9.3651° W
In Irish
Indreabhán
On the model
898 buildings, 19 streets, 113 places in 23 kinds
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Inverin on Wikipedia
The 3D model of Inverin with every named place pinned
AER ARRAN ISLANDS BN2B ISLANDER FLIGHT EI-CUW FLYING AT 600 FEET ACROSS GALWAY BAY FROM INVERIN AIRPORT…
AER ARRAN ISLANDS BN2B ISLANDER FLIGHT EI-CUW FLYING AT 600 FEET ACROSS GALWAY BAY FROM INVERIN AIRPORT…
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AER ARRAN ISLANDS BN2B ISLANDER FLIGHT EI-CUW FROM INVERIN AIRFIELD CONNEMARA TO INIS MOR ARRAN ISLANDS…
AER ARRAN ISLANDS BN2B ISLANDER FLIGHT EI-CUW FROM INVERIN AIRFIELD CONNEMARA TO INIS MOR ARRAN ISLANDS…
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Road to Inverin Cemetery
Road to Inverin Cemetery
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Seantithe ceann tui, Indreabhán
Seantithe ceann tui, Indreabhán
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A short history

  1. 1966
    Cumann Forbartha Chois Fharraige. The local development association was founded.
  2. Every 26 December
    The tournament. CLG Mhícheál Breathnach holds its Gaelic football tournament on St Stephen's Day.
  3. Today
    Aer Arann. Aer Arann Islands has its headquarters at Connemara Airport near the village; Coláiste Lurgan and Coláiste Uí Chadhain teach Irish in summer, and Club Leabhar Chois Fharraige reads a book a month.

The full history, 3 moments in order

What to see

  1. Séipéal an Chnoic697 m

    The church on the hill.

  2. Connemara Airport

    Where the island planes leave from.

  3. An tSeanmhainistir4.0 km

    The old monastery ruin at Spiddal, 4 km east.

  4. The Ó Cadhain memorial4.2 km

    For the author of Cré na Cille, 4.2 km along the road.

  5. Cnoc Suain8.3 km

    The hill village in the bog, 8 km inland.

All the things to see and do

Questions people ask

Where is Inverin?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, in the west of Ireland: 21 km west of Galway city and 207 km west of Dublin, on the R336 between Baile na hAbhann and Minna.
What is there in Inverin?
On the map, 113 named places in 23 kinds: 1 place to eat and drink, 1 shop, 4 schools, churches and public buildings, and 99 things to see within 12 km.
What is Inverin known for?
Its Irish summer colleges, Connemara Airport and Aer Arann, the St Stephen's Day football, and its writers.

Getting around

Inverin sits on the R336 between Baile na hAbhann and Minna. 0 bus stops and 1 car park are on the map.

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