Renmore
{{Short description|Suburb of Galway, Ireland}}
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File:Renmore Barracks.jpg in the early 20th century]]
File:Galway - Bon Secours Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1621306.jpg in the early 21st century]]
Renmore ({{irish place name|An Rinn Mhór|big point (or headland)}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1373080.aspx| publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = An Rinn Mhór /Renmore | access-date = 7 January 2021 }} is a suburb of Galway, Ireland, around 2 km east of the city centre. Renmore runs east along the coast and south of the Old Dublin Road (R338), from the shore of Lough Atalia on its west side to Lurgan Park on its east. The area, which includes Ballyloughane beach, is home to approximately 5,000 people.{{fact|date=June 2024}}
Amenities
Lough Atalia lies between Renmore and the city, which can be crossed using the public path beside the railway line (colloquially known as 'The Line'). St Oliver Plunkett Church is located beside the local national (primary) school. The primary school in Renmore is known as Scoil Chaitriona, and there is also an all-Irish gaelscoil named Gaelscoil Dara. The Galway campus of Atlantic Technological University is one of the larger employers in the area.{{fact|date=September 2023}}
Renmore is also home to Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa (meaning "Mellow's Fort" and named for Liam Mellows), a base of the Irish Army's Southern Brigade. The barracks, also officially and commonly known as "Renmore Barracks" in English, was the base of the Connaught Rangers under British rule. The barracks are now the base of the 1st Infantry Battalion and are located at the end of Renmore Road.[http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0315/D.0315.197906140025.html Dáil Éireann - Volume 315 - 14 June 1979; Estimates, 1979. - Vote 46: Defence (Resumed)] - Dáil debates The Department of Defence also has offices in the area.[http://www.defence.ie/website.nsf/document+ID/E0BCCA5A4363E15280256C550050D6D0 Department of Defence, Áras an tSáile, Renmore, Galway] - Department of Defence "About us"
A private hospital, the Bon Secours Hospital, Galway which is operated by the Bon Secours Health System, is located in Renmore.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bonsecoursireland.org/index.cfm/page/galway|title=Private Hospitals Galway {{!}} Private Clinic Galway {{!}} Bon Secours Hospital|website=Bon Secours Health System|language=en|access-date=2018-09-17}}
Events
The Renmore Panto is an annual pantomime which began in 1979 and the first performance was on the stage in the Jes Hall.{{Cite news|url=http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=CTB%2F2010%2F01%2F08&id=Ar01701&sk=82607A35|title=Mary's backstage work vital to the success of Renmore Panto|date=2010-01-08|work=City Tribune|access-date=2017-03-09}} The panto has been hosted by a variety of venues including Leisureland and the Town Hall Theatre.{{fact|date=January 2021}}
See also
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