Ballyvaughan
Baile Uí Bheacháin | |
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Village | |
 The junction at the centre of Ballyvaughan, still featuring the full signpost. | |
  Ballyvaughan Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°06′56″N 9°08′58″W / 53.115556°N 9.1494004°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Clare |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | 258 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M264077 |
| Website | www |
Ballyvaughan or Ballyvaghan[2] (Irish: Baile Uí Bheacháin, meaning 'Ó Beachán's townland') is a small harbour village in County Clare, Ireland. It is located on the N67 road on the south shores of Galway Bay, in the northwest corner of The Burren. This position on the coast road and the close proximity to many of the area's sights has turned the village into a local center of tourism activity. At the time of the 2011 census Ballyvaughan had a population of 258. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking community, until 1956.
- ^ "Census 2011 – Population Classified by Area Table 6 Population of each province, county, city, urban area, rural area and electoral division, 2006 and 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland