Portumna

Portumna Port Omna Portumna
Coordinates	53 ° 5 ′  N , 8 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 5 ′  N , 8 ° 13 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Ireland
province	Connacht
county	Galway
height	48 m
Residents	1450 (2016)
Website	www.portumna.net (English)
Portumna Castle (2007)

Portumna ( Irish Port Omna; German: "landing place of the oak ") is a town in County Galway in the western central interior of the Republic of Ireland . The population of the place was determined in the Census 2016 with 1450 people.

location

Portumna is in the extreme southeast of County Galway, on the border with County Tipperary , west of the entry of the River Shannon into Lough Derg .

Portumna is located on the north-south running national road N65 , from which the regional road N352 branches off to the west in the direction of Gort and the N18 .

Infrastructure

Due to its location on the River Shannon or Lough Derg, Portumna is a stopping point for many anglers and boat tourists. There are several marinas on the river and the lake. The Shannon runs here in two fairways around an island in the middle of the river and is crossed by a road bridge completed in 1911, which also forms the connection between the Counties of Galway and Tipperary.

So that ships and larger boats can navigate between the Shannon and Lough Derg, the bridge was built as a swing bridge , which is open to shipping several times a day at fixed times.

Attractions

In a large park between the southern outskirts and Lough Derg are the remains of the Portumna Priory (also known as Portumna Friary or Portumna Abbey ), initially a Cistercian monastery from the 13th century, which was taken over by the Dominicans around 1426 . Also south of the city is Portumna Castle , built in the early 17th century (before 1618), some of which are open to the public.

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  East window of the "Portumna Priory"

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  St. Brigid's Church

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  Portumna Bridge

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  Portumna harbor

Web links

Commons : Portumna  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Portumna, Galway, Ireland (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Portumna (Town) on citypopulation.de, accessed on October 19, 2017
2. ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
3. ↑ http://www.portumna.net/home/information.html Opening times of the bridge for ships. Retrieved June 30, 2018.