Kinvara

This article is about the village in south County Galway. For the townland in west County Galway, see Kinvara (Moycullen).

Kinvara
Irish: Cinn Mhara
Village
Dunguaire Castle
Dunguaire Castle
Kinvara is located in Ireland
Kinvara
Kinvara
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°08′20″N 8°56′17″W / 53.139°N 8.938°W / 53.139; -8.938
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Galway
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
721
Dialing code091
Irish Grid ReferenceM369103

Kinvara or Kinvarra (Irish: Cinn Mhara, meaning 'head of the sea')[2] is a sea port village in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland.[3] It is located in the civil parish of Kinvarradoorus in the north of the barony of Kiltartan.[4] Kinvarra is also an electoral division.[5]

  1. ^ "Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement F1015 - Population: Kinvara, Co. Galway". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Cinn Mhara / Kinvarra (town)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Kinvarra, 1:50,000". osiemaps.ie. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Kinvarradoorus civil parish". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Cinn Mhara / Kinvarra (electoral division)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 27 April 2021.