Clifden

E251676
settlement town

Clifden is a coastal town in County Galway, Ireland, known as the landing site of the first non-stop transatlantic flight by Alcock and Brown in 1919.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Clifden canonical 4

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeTerritory Galway County Council ⓘ
climate oceanic climate ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
eventDate 1919 (Alcock and Brown landing) ⓘ
eventOccurredAt Alcock and Brown first non-stop transatlantic flight landing ⓘ
hasAnnualEvent Clifden Arts Festival ⓘ
Clifden Traditional Music Festival ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution primary schools ⓘ
secondary school ⓘ
hasHarbour Clifden Bay ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark Alcock and Brown Memorial ⓘ
Clifden Castle (ruin) ⓘ
Derrigimlagh Bog ⓘ
Sky Road ⓘ
hasPostalCode Eircode ⓘ
surface form: H71 (Eircode routing key)
hasRailHistory Former terminus of Clifden branch line ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Catholic church ⓘ
Church of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Church of Ireland church
hasRiver Owenglen River ⓘ
hasRoadConnection N59 road ⓘ
historicalActivity Marconi wireless telegraphy station nearby ⓘ
IrishName An Clochán Liath ⓘ
surface form: An Clochán
isCountyTownOf Connemara Gaeltacht ⓘ
surface form: Connemara region (informal)
knownFor being near Connemara National Park ⓘ
coastal scenery ⓘ
first non-stop transatlantic flight landing site ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
locatedIn Connacht ⓘ
County Galway ⓘ
Connemara Gaeltacht ⓘ
surface form: Region of Connemara
locatedNear Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn west coast of Ireland ⓘ
nearbyFacility former Marconi transatlantic wireless station at Derrigimlagh ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
railLineClosed 1935 (Clifden branch line) ⓘ
regionType Gaeltacht fringe area (near Gaeltacht districts) ⓘ
timeZone Western European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Irish Standard Time ⓘ
touristAttraction harbour and waterfront ⓘ
nearby beaches ⓘ
scenic drives in Connemara ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

John Alcock → arrivalPoint → Clifden ⓘ
County Galway → hasNotableTown → Clifden ⓘ
John → flightEndLocation → Clifden ⓘ
subject surface form: John Alcock
Twelve Bens → nearbySettlement → Clifden ⓘ