Clifden, County Galway

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Clifden, County Galway is a coastal town in western Ireland known as the "Capital of Connemara" and as the landing site of the first non-stop transatlantic flight.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Clifden, County Galway canonical 2
Clifden, County Galway, Ireland 1
Clifden, Ireland 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
administrativeDivision Galway County Council
associatedWith Arthur Whitten Brown
Guglielmo Marconi
John Alcock
climate oceanic climate
country Ireland
distanceFrom approximately 78 km west of Galway city
foundedBy John D'Arcy
foundedIn early 19th century
hasActivity angling
cycling
hiking
hasAmenity guesthouses
hotels
marina
primary schools
pubs
restaurants
secondary school
hasHarbour Clifden Bay
hasHistoricalEvent landing of first non-stop transatlantic flight by Alcock and Brown
hasIndustry fishing
retail services
tourism
hasLandmark Alcock and Brown memorial
Christ Church Clifden
Clifden Castle (ruin)
St Joseph's Church Clifden
hasNearbySite Marconi wireless station site at Derrigimlagh
hasRailwayHistory former terminus of the Clifden branch line
hasRiver Owenglen River
hasRoadConnection N59 road
hostsEvent Clifden Arts Festival
Clifden Traditional Music Festival
knownFor being the Capital of Connemara
first non-stop transatlantic flight landing site
languageRegion English-speaking majority
locatedIn Connemara
linked to: Connemara Gaeltacht

County Galway
West of Ireland
locatedOn Atlantic coast
near Connemara National Park
Sky Road scenic route
Twelve Bens mountains
nickname Capital of Connemara
railwayLineClosed 1935
railwayLineOpened 1895

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arthur Whitten Brown flightEndLocation Clifden, County Galway
Vickers Vimy firstNonStopTransatlanticFlightTo Clifden, Ireland
linked to: Clifden, County Galway
Saint Patrick's Battalion memorialLocation Clifden, County Galway
Vickers Vimy of Alcock and Brown landingLocation Clifden, County Galway, Ireland
linked to: Clifden, County Galway
NonStopTransatlanticFlight1919 destination ClifdenCountyGalway
subject linked to: Sir Arthur Whitten Brown
linked to: Clifden, County Galway