Corrandulla

{{Short description|Village in County Galway, Ireland}}

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{{Use Irish English|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Corrandulla

|native_name = {{Native name|ga|Cor an Dola|paren=omit}}

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Corandulla Village - geograph.org.uk - 331922.jpg

|image_caption = Thatched building in Corrandulla village

|pushpin_map = Ireland

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Ireland

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Connacht

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Galway

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|unit_pref = Metric

|population_as_of = 2022

|population_footnotes = {{cite web | title = Census Interactive Map – Towns: Corrandulla | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=3e6bb4d7-c68d-45fb-8a1d-7f321ae7d254 | work = Census 2022 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | access-date = 2 June 2025}}

|population = 398

|coordinates = {{coord|53.3988|N|8.9951|W|dim:100000_region:IE|display=inline,title}}

|blank_name = Irish grid reference

|blank_info = {{iem4ibx|M338391}}

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Corrandulla ({{Irish place name|Cor an Dola|the round hill}}){{cite web|url =https://www.logainm.ie/1413573.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Cor an Dola / Corrandulla | accessdate = 22 August 2021 }} is a small village and census town in County Galway, Ireland.{{cite web|url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/galway/1009__corrandulla/ | website = citypopulation.de | title = Corrandulla (Ireland) Census Town | accessdate = 22 August 2021 }} It is located in the civil parish of Annaghdown. Corrandulla was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,{{cite web|url = https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp2tc/cp2pdm/bgn/ | publisher = Central Statistics Office | website = cso.ie | title = Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement | accessdate = 26 June 2021 | quote = 26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Corrandulla }} at which time it had a population of 241 people.{{cite web|url = https://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=472657BF-9CCB-4FC0-A23B-48D88C02098D | publisher = Central Statistics Office | work = Census 2016 | title =Sapmap Area - Settlements - Corrandulla | date = April 2016 |accessdate = 22 August 2021 }} The population was 398 at the 2022 census.

The church in the village, Saint Brendan's Catholic Church, was built in 1831 and is in Annaghdown/Corrandulla parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam.{{cite web|url = https://www.tuamarchdiocese.org/parish-details/?parishID=4 | website = tuamarchdiocese.org | publisher = Archdiocese of Tuam | title = Parish Details - Annaghdown/Corrandulla | accessdate = 22 August 2021 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30405611/saint-brendans-catholic-church-carrowbeg-south-ed-liscananaun-corrandulla-co-galway | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Saint Brendan's Catholic Church, Carrowbeg South (ED Liscananaun), Corrundulla, Galway | date = | accessdate = 22 August 2021 }} Corrandulla National School, also known as Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa, had an enrollment of 271 pupils as of the 2020 school year.{{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=19997M| publisher = Department of Education | website= education.ie | title = Scoil Bhríge Agus Bhreandáin Naofa Corrandulla Co Galway | date =| accessdate = 22 August 2021 }}

An annual agricultural show, the Corrandulla Show, has been run in Corrandulla since 1977;{{cite web|url = http://corrandullashow.com/history/ | website = corrandullashow.com | title = Corrandulla Show - History | accessdate = 22 August 2021 }} The 2020 event was cancelled as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/farming/charleville-and-tullamore-the-highest-profile-agricultural-show-cancellations-992558.html|title=Charleville and Tullamore the highest profile agricultural show cancellations|work=Irish Examiner|first=Stephen|last=Cadogan|date=6 April 2020|access-date=6 April 2020}}

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Category:Towns and villages in County Galway