Turloughmore is a village in County Galway, Ireland. The name means "the large lake," a notable feature of the area, together with the Clare River. Turloughmore lies on the N63 national secondary road.
The Soghain were a people of ancient Ireland. The 17th-century scholar Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh identified them as part of a larger group called the Cruithin. Mac Fhirbhisigh stated that the Cruithin included "the Dál Araidhi [Dál nAraidi], the seven Lóigisi [Loígis] of Leinster, the seven Soghain of Ireland, and every Conaille that is in Ireland."
The Battle of Knockdoe took place on 19 August 1504 at Knockdoe, in the Parish of Lackagh, County Galway, between two Anglo-Irish lords—Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Ulick Fionn Burke, 6th Clanricarde (d.1509)—along with their respective Irish allies. The cause was a dispute between Maelsechlainn mac Tadhg Ó Cellaigh (O'Kelly), King of Ui Maine – Mod. Irish Uí Mháine) and Clanricarde. The major contemporary sources for this battle are the Gaelic Irish annals and a sixteenth-century manuscript written in the Pale known as "the Book of Howth".
The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the west of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Tuam and is subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuam. The deanery of Kilfenora, previously a diocese in its own right, lies in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel. The ordinary is Bishop Michael Duignan who was appointed on 11 February 2022.
Cregmore is a small rural area situated in the parish of Lackagh, County Galway, Ireland.
Cloonfush is a townland and village located approximately two miles (3.2 km) from Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. It is substantially surrounded by River Clare, which flows into the Corrib. Adjacent villages are Kilmore, Sylane, and Killaloonty.
Tubber is a village in the north of County Clare, Ireland.
The River Clare is a river in counties Mayo and Galway in Ireland.
Pádhraic Ó Comáin was an Irish scribe.
Padhraic Mac Giolla Chealla, Irish poet and storyteller, fl. 1798.
John Callaghan (murder victim) was killed at the Fair of Turloughmore, Tuesday 1 August 1843.
Thomkins Brew, Esq. was an Irish resident magistrate.
Micheál Ó Síoda was an Irish scribe and folklorist.
Seán Ó Loirgneáin was a member of the Irish Volunteers and Irish Republican Army.
Mary Holland of Galway was an Irish anti-treaty supporter.
John O'Hanlon (Galway) (1889 – 2 October 1920) was shot by British forces during the Irish War of Independence.
Tom Ruane was captain of the Second Western Division of the Irish Republican Army from 1916 to 1920.
John George Barry Bingham, 5th Baron Clanmorris DL, JP, was an Irish peer.
Turloughmore GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Turloughmore, County Galway, Ireland. The club is primarily concerned with the game of hurling.
Kilmanaheen is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It contains the market town of Ennistymon.
