Carnmore

Not to be confused with Cranmore.

Carnmore An Carn Mór
Electoral division
School Road in Carnmore West townland
Carnmore Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°18′25″N 8°54′33″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

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

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

1. "An Carn Mór / Carnmore". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
2. "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.
3. "Garnmore GAA - About". carnmoregaa.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
4. "Carnmore - History". carnmore.net. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
5. "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.
6. "ArcGIS Web Application". census.cso.ie. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2020.

External links

• Carnmore Irish stats