Carnmore

Not to be confused with Cranmore.

Carnmore (Irish: An Carn Mór)^[1] is an electoral area located at the southern end of the parish of Claregalway, approximately 8 miles (13 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.^[2] Incorporating the townlands of Carnmore, Carnmore West and Carnmore East, the area is represented in hurling competitions by Carnmore GAA.^[3] Galway Airport is also nearby.

Carnmore An Carn Mór
Electoral division
School Road in Carnmore West townland
Carnmore Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°18′25″N 8°54′33″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	M395288

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 7-foot (2.1 m) high.^[4] 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.^[4] In Claregalway there is the Franciscan Friary,^[4] and the sites of five castles are located in the parish area: Claregalway, Cloghmoyle, Lydican, Lissarulla and Kiltrogue.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

According to the 2016 census there were 2,577 people living in the Carnmore Electoral Division,^[5] with only 2.2% of the population indicating that they spoke Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.^[6] As of 2015, there were 164 pupils enrolled in the local primary school, Carnmore National School.^[2]

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.^[4] 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