Turloughmore

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Turloughmore

|native_name = {{lang|ga|An Turlach Mór}}

|native_name_lang = ga

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Turloughmore - geograph.org.uk - 1257089.jpg

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|pushpin_label_position = right

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Ireland

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Connacht

|subdivision_type3 = County

|subdivision_name3 = County Galway

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|unit_pref = Metric

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|population_as_of = 2022

|population_footnotes = {{cite web | url = https://data.cso.ie/table/F1015 | title = Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement F1015 - Population: Turloughmore, Co. Galway | publisher = Central Statistics Office (Ireland) | access-date = 21 July 2023}}

|population = 243

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone1 = WET

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|utc_offset1_DST = -1

|coordinates = {{coord|53.3747|-8.8647|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_m = 26

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Turloughmore ({{IPAc-en|t|ɜr|l|ɒ|x|ˈ|m|ɔr}} {{respell|tur|lokh|MOR}}; {{Irish place name|an Turlach Mór|big lake}}{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1166859 | title = An Turlach Mór/Turloughmore | website = Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) | access-date = 10 October 2021}}) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. The name means "the large lake," a notable feature of the area, together with the Clare River (Abhainn an Chláir). Turloughmore lies on the N63 national secondary road.

It is a small village consisting of two petrol stations, three pubs and the base of a bus service company. Turloughmore 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..] Turloughmore }} As of the 2022 census, it had a population of 243 people.

The village was once known for the horse fair held there, and for the faction-fighting that occurred at the fair (see John Callaghan (Galway)). The village represents a long-established settlement with a medieval history, and is near the site of the Battle of Knockdoe (Irish Cath Chnoc Tua), a bloody conflict in 1504 between some of the most powerful magnates of the time.{{cite book| title = Annála Ríochta Éireann (Annals of the Four Masters) M1504.13, M1504.14 | url = http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100005D/index.html| via = UCC CELT, Corpus of Electronic Texts }}{{sfn|McCollough|2000|pages = 239-244}}