Carnmore
{{Short description|Electoral division in County Galway, Ireland}}
{{distinguish|Cranmore (disambiguation){{!}}Cranmore}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Carnmore
|native_name = {{lang|ga|An Carn Mór}}
|native_name_lang = ga
|settlement_type = Electoral division
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|image_caption = School Road in Carnmore West townland
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Ireland
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Connacht
|subdivision_type3 = County
|subdivision_name3 = County Galway
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Carnmore ({{Irish place name|An Carn Mór}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1372924.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = An Carn Mór / Carnmore | accessdate = 25 August 2021 }} is an electoral area located at the southern end of the parish of Claregalway, approximately {{convert|8|mi|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. Incorporating the townlands of Carnmore, Carnmore West and Carnmore East, the area is represented in hurling competitions by Carnmore GAA.{{cite web|url = https://www.carnmoregaa.net/about | website = carnmoregaa.com | title = Garnmore GAA - About | accessdate = 25 August 2021 }} 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 {{convert|7|ft|m|adj=on}} high.{{cite web|url = http://www.carnmore.net/history.php | website = carnmore.net | title = Carnmore - History | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200551/http://www.carnmore.net/history.php | archivedate =23 September 2015 }} 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. In Claregalway there is the Franciscan Friary, and the sites of five castles are located in the parish area: Claregalway, Cloghmoyle, Lydican, Lissarulla and Kiltrogue.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
Demographics
According to the 2016 census there were 2,577 people living in the Carnmore Electoral Division,{{cite web | url = https://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ED3409&Geog_Code=2AE1962920CB13A3E055000000000001 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | work = Census 2016 | date = April 2016 | title = Sapmap Area - Electoral Division - An Carn Mór | accessdate = 25 August 2021 | archive-date = 25 August 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210825150355/https://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ED3409&Geog_Code=2AE1962920CB13A3E055000000000001 | url-status = dead }} with only 2.2% of the population indicating that they spoke Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=http://census.cso.ie/p10map51/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=census.cso.ie|archive-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128021020/http://census.cso.ie/p10map51/|url-status=dead}} As of 2015, there were 164 pupils enrolled in the local primary school, Carnmore National School.{{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Inspection-Reports-Publications/Whole-School-Evaluation-Reports-List/report1_EV_19828M.pdf | publisher = Department of Education | website = education.ie | title = Whole School Evaluation Report - Carnmore National School, School Road, Carnmore, Uaran Mór, Galway | date = 23 March 2015 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20210825140854/https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Inspection-Reports-Publications/Whole-School-Evaluation-Reports-List/report1_EV_19828M.pdf | archivedate = 25 August 2021 }}
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. 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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External links
{{commonscat|Carnmore West}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131006183717/http://www.ahg.gov.ie/ie/Straiteis20BliaindonGhaeilge/Foilseachain/Staid%C3%A9ar%20Cuimsitheach%20Teangeola%C3%ADoch%20ar%20%C3%9As%C3%A1id%20na%20Gaeilge%20sa%20Ghaeltacht%20(achoimre).pdf Carnmore Irish stats]
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