Carnmore
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Carnmore (Template:Langx)[1] is an electoral area located at the southern end of the parish of Claregalway, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". 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
Archaeological sites in the area include a souterrain which had two or three chambers and a creep entrance to each chamber which were approximately Script error: No such module "convert". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Demographics
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
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
- Máirtín Ó Cadhain was a school teacher in Carnmore in the 1930s.
- Colie McDonagh, All-Ireland Senior Football medallist in 1966
References
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