Foynes

Foynes
Faing (Irish)
Town
Foynes Harbour
Foynes Harbour
Foynes is located in Ireland
Foynes
Foynes
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°36′40″N 9°06′25″W / 52.611°N 9.107°W / 52.611; -9.107
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Limerick
Elevation
3 m (10 ft)
Population512
Irish Grid ReferenceR251512

Foynes (/ˈfɔɪnz/; Irish: Faing[2]) is a town and major port in County Limerick in the midwest of Ireland, located at the edge of hilly land on the southern bank of the Shannon Estuary. The population of the town was 512 as of the 2022 census.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Foynes". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office Ireland. April 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Faing/Foynes". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 10 December 2021.