Carnmore
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Carnmore An Carn Mór | |
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Electoral division | |
.jpg) School Road in Carnmore West townland | |
  Carnmore Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°18′25″N 8°54′33″W / 53.3069°N 8.9091°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M395288 |
Carnmore (Irish: An Carn Mór)[1] is an electoral area located at the southern end of the parish of Claregalway, approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Galway city in County Galway, Ireland. Carnmore is in a Gaeltacht area, although the majority of residents use English as their first language.[2] Incorporating the townlands of Carnmore, Carnmore West and Carnmore East, the area is represented in hurling competitions by Carnmore GAA.[3] Galway Airport is also nearby.
History[edit]
Archaeological sites in the area include a souterrain which had two or three chambers and a creep entrance to each chamber which were approximately 7-foot (2.1 m) high.[4] There is also a lisheen, a small fort, in Carnmore where some local children (and adults) were buried. There are also several Dolmen-style (portal tomb) burial sites in the area.[4] In Claregalway there is the Franciscan Friary,[4] and the sites of five castles are located in the parish area: Claregalway, Cloghmoyle, Lydican, Lissarulla and Kiltrogue.[citation needed]
Demographics[edit]
According to the 2016 census there were 2,577 people living in the Carnmore Electoral Division,[5] with only 2.2% of the population indicating that they spoke Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.[6] As of 2015, there were 164 pupils enrolled in the local primary school, Carnmore National School.[2]
Sport[edit]
Carnmore's hurling club, Carnmore GAA, was founded in 1944 – although hurling has been played in the parish since before the foundation of the GAA.[4] The club fields teams in the Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship.
Notable residents[edit]
- Máirtín Ó Cadhain was a school teacher in Carnmore in the 1930s.
- Colie McDonagh, All-Ireland Senior Football medallist in 1966
References[edit]
- ^ "An Carn Mór / Carnmore". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Whole School Evaluation Report - Carnmore National School, School Road, Carnmore, Uaran Mór, Galway" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Garnmore GAA - About". carnmoregaa.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Carnmore - History". carnmore.net. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Electoral Division - An Carn Mór". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". census.cso.ie. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
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