Barna (Bearna officially and in Irish)[2][3] is a coastal village on the R336 regional road in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

The village is Irish speaking and is therefore a constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up the Gaeltacht.

In 1976, a community development group called Comharchumann Bearna Teoranta[4] was formed after five local men put up the purchase money for 2 acres (8,100 m2) at Troscaigh Thiar to be used for community purposes and has succeeded in developing several recreational facilities.

[6] The total population of the Barna Electoral District (ED) designated as 27044[clarification needed] was 3,630, of which males numbered 1,804 and females were 1,826.

[citation needed] Cormac Folan of Freeport in Barna represented Ireland in Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.