Rossaveal

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Rossaveal

|native_name = {{Native name|ga|Ros an Mhíl|paren=omit}}

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Ros an Mhíl - geograph.org.uk - 13536.jpg

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|pushpin_map = Ireland

|pushpin_label_position = none

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Ireland

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Connacht

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = County Galway

|subdivision_type3 = Barony

|subdivision_name3 = Moycullen

|subdivision_type4 = Traditional district

|subdivision_name4 = Connemara

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|unit_pref = Metric

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|population_as_of = 2002

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|timezone1 = WET

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|timezone1_DST = IST (WEST)

|utc_offset1_DST = -1

|coordinates = {{coord|53.2708|-9.5511|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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|elevation_m = 1

|blank_name = Irish Grid Reference

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|footnotes = {{lang|ga|Ros an Mhíl}} is the only official name.

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Rossaveal or Rossaveel ({{Irish place name|Ros an Mhíl}} or {{lang|ga|Ros a' Mhíl}}) is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the Connemara district of County Galway in the west of Ireland. It is the main ferry port for the Aran Islands in Galway Bay. It is about {{convert|37|km|mi}} from Galway city. The village is located in the Barony of Moycullen.{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1166634.aspx | website = logainm.ie | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | title = Ros an Mhíl / Rossaveal | accessdate = 28 May 2024 }} Townlands.ie: Barony of Moycullen, Co. Galway. https://www.townlands.ie/galway/moycullen3/

The Irish name {{lang|ga|Ros an Mhíl}} means "peninsula (or wood) of the whale (or sea monster)".{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/18696.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | title = Rossaveel/Ros an Mhíl (see scanned records) | access-date = 24 October 2020}} It may also mean "the wooded hill".{{cite web|url = https://www.coisfharraige.ie/cumann-forbartha/walks/walk-ros-a-mhil/ | publisher = Development Association of the Chois Fharraige Gaeltacht Area | title = Walk - Ros an Mhíl}}{{cite web|url = https://www.oughterardheritage.org/content/place/townlands_of_oughterard/rossaveel-rossaveal/rossaveel-rossaveal | publisher = A Community History Website for Oughterard | title = Rossaveel (Rossaveal) | access-date = 21 September 2016}} The village is the home of the {{lang|ga|Ros a' Mhíl}} centre under {{lang|ga|Coláiste Chamuis}}, an Irish language immersion summer camp for teenagers. It is served by Bus Éireann route 424 from Galway.{{cite web |title=GALWAY - CARRAROE - LETTERMULLEN/CARNA 424 |url=https://buseireann.ie/timetable/1264.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309180509/https://buseireann.ie/timetable/1264.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2022 |access-date=18 August 2022 |website=Bus Éireann |format=PDF}} A ferry service to the Aran Islands runs from the harbour.{{fact|date=October 2020}}