Caltra
Caltra
An Chealtrach | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Caltra, County Galway | |
  Caltra Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:53°26′00″N8°26′00″W/ 53.4333°N 8.4333°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Time zone | UTC+0(WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1(IST(WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M708428 |
Caltra(Irish:An ChealtrachorCealtrach na Pailísemeaning "burial-ground of the palisade" )[1][2]is atownlandand village on theR358regional roadinCounty Galway,Ireland.As of the2011 census,the townland of Caltra had a population of 115 people.[3]
History
[edit]Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number ofringfort,fosseandenclosuresites in the townlands of Caltra, Lisnagree and Lislea.[4]The Roman Catholic church in the village is dedicated to Saint Solan.[5]It was builtc. 1840on the site of an earlier friary,[4]and extended in the late 1930s byW.H. Byrne & Sonsarchitects.[5]
Sport
[edit]The localGaelic footballclub,Caltra GAA,won theAll-Ireland Senior Club Football Championshipfor the2003–04 season.[6]
People
[edit]- Eamon Gilmore,born in Caltra, is a former leader of theLabour Party.[7]
- Michael Meehan,inter-county footballer forGalway.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Joyce, P.W.(1910).The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places.London: Longmans, Green.
- ^"An Chealtrach / Caltra".logainm.ie.Placenames Database of Ireland.Retrieved7 November2022.
- ^"CD155 - Galway Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate".data.gov.ie.Central Statistics Office.Retrieved7 November2022.
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- ^abAlcock, Olive; De hÓra, Kathy; Gosling, Paul, eds. (1999).Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway.Dublin: Government Stationery Office.
- ^ab"Saint Solan's Church, Caltra, Caltra, Galway".buildingsofireland.ie.National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.Retrieved7 November2022.
- ^"Caltra edge out An Ghaeltacht in final".irishexaminer.Irish Examiner. 17 March 2004.Retrieved7 November2022.
- ^"Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore Honoured At Caltra Reception".connachttribune.ie.Connacht Tribune. 22 May 2013.Retrieved7 November2022.
- ^"Michael Meehan retires from intercounty football".irishtimes.Irish Times. 20 December 2017.Retrieved7 November2022.
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