Craughwell

Last updated

Craughwell
Creachmhaoil
Village and townland
Craughwell - geograph.org.uk - 1263327.jpg
The R446 regional road passes through Craughwell
Ireland adm location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Craughwell
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°13′34″N8°43′59″W / 53.2261°N 8.7331°W / 53.2261; -8.7331
Country Ireland
Province Connacht
County County Galway
Elevation
62 m (203 ft)
Population
 (2022) [1]
1,034
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference M510197

Craughwell (historically Creaghmoyle, from Irish : Creachmhaoil) [2] is a village and townland in County Galway, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of approximately 1,000 people. [1]

Contents

Craughwell is located on the R446 regional road, approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of Athenry and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Loughrea. It is served by Craughwell railway station on the Western Railway Corridor. [3] [4]

Etymology

A number of derivations are given for the meaning of the Irish language place name Creachmhaoil or Creamhchoill. [5]

In one derivation, the name is given as being composed of two Irish words: creach (meaning "plunder") and maoil (a hill). It is suggested that this is a reference to a place where herds of plundered cattle (the targets of thefts and cattle raids amongst the Gaels) were placed and kept. [5]

A further etymology of creach is related to craig, and creag, and the English word crag , referring to a rock or the crest of a hill; and maol, a word referring to a round-shaped hill or mountain, bare of trees. [5]

Patrick Weston Joyce, the pioneer of Irish placename studies, also speculated that the name in Irish was Creamhchoill, meaning 'garlic wood'. [5] He was unaware of the local spelling and pronunciation but confirmed in a later work that the village was called Creachmhaoil in Irish.[ citation needed ]

The name Craughwell is also used as a surname, Ó Creachmhaoil , often anglicised as Craughwell, Croughwell or Crockwell. The surname was largely unknown outside of the southeast of County Galway until the end of the 19th century when émigrés established themselves in Barbados, Newfoundland, Bermuda, Cornwall, Ohio and Berkshire County, Massachusetts.[ citation needed ]

History

Saint Colman's Catholic Church was built c. 1840 Craughwell - geograph.org.uk - 1263333.jpg
Saint Colman's Catholic Church was built c. 1840

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ring fort and souterrain sites in the townlands of Craughwell, Ballymore and Killora. [6] A ruined medieval church and graveyard is also located in Killora townland. [6] The current Roman Catholic church in Craughwell, Saint Colman's Catholic Church, was built c. 1840. [7] Ballymore Park, a Georgian country house in Ballymore townland, was built c. 1750. [8]

The poet Antoine Ó Raifteiri (born in County Mayo in 1779), was buried in Killeenin near Craughwell in 1835. [9] A commemorative slab was erected over his grave, in 1900, by Augusta Lady Gregory. [9]

During the Land War of the late 19th century, there were a number of violent incidents in the area around Craughwell. [10] [11] In May 1881, for example, a farmer named Peter Dempsey was shot and killed, on his way to Mass with his young daughters, because of a dispute over his tenancy of a vacant farm. [12] [13]

Amenities

There community sporting facilities in the village include the grounds of Craughwell GAA, which has three pitches and a ball wall.[ citation needed ] The primary school has an all-weather astroturf track and a walking trail.[ citation needed ] Craughwell AC has an 8-acre park with an 800m trail surrounding a 400m running track. Just outside the village, Coleman's Park has outdoor soccer pitches and a gravel 400m running track. [14]

Notable people

Statue of Antoine O Raifteiri in Craughwell Raiftearai.jpg
Statue of Antoine Ó Raifteiri in Craughwell

Notable people, associated with the village, include:

See also

Further reading

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kinvara</span> Village in south County Galway, Ireland

Kinvara or Kinvarra is a sea port village in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of Kinvarradoorus in the north of the barony of Kiltartan. Kinvarra is also an electoral division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Antoine Ó Raifteiri</span>

Antoine Ó Raifteirí was an Irish language poet who is often called the last of the wandering bards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kanturk</span> Town in County Cork, Ireland

Kanturk is a town in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. It is situated at the confluence of the Allua (Allow) and Dallow (Dalua) rivers, which stream further on as tributaries to the River Blackwater. It is about 50 kilometres from Cork and Limerick, and lies just north of the main N72 road, 15 km from Mallow and about 40 km from Killarney. Kanturk is within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency.

Anthony Daly was a native of Rahruddy, a townland west of Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland, and a member of the local Whiteboy movement. Daly was hanged on the Hill of Seefinn in 1820 for allegedly shooting James Hardiman Burke of St Clerans, Craughwell, County Galway, even though it was widely claimed that he was innocent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ballintra</span> Village in County Donegal, Ireland

Ballintra is a village in the parish of Drumholm in the south of County Donegal, Ireland, just off the N15 road between Donegal town and Ballyshannon. Ballintra lies on the northern bank of the Blackwater river. The river rises in the hills that lie inland from the town, and flows through a number of small lakes before spilling over a small waterfall in a gorge behind the village.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Camus, County Galway</span> Village in County Galway, Ireland

Camus or Camas is a small village in the Connemara Gaeltacht of County Galway, Ireland. It is between Casla and An Teach Dóite, and is divided into Camas Uachtair and Camas Íochtair, as well as several other townlands, such as Scríob, Gleann Trasna, Leitir Móir, and Doire Bhainbh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rosmuc</span> Village in County Galway, Ireland

Rosmuc or Ros Muc, sometimes anglicised as Rosmuck, is a village in the Conamara Gaeltacht of County Galway, Ireland. It lies halfway between the town of Clifden and the city of Galway. Irish is the predominant spoken language in the area, with the electoral division of Turlough, Rosmuc, representing one of the highest percentages of Irish-speaking people in the country. The townland of Rosmuck is part of the civil parish of Kilcummin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ballineen and Enniskean</span> Twin villages in County Cork, Ireland

The twin villages of Ballineen and Enniskeane, or Enniskean, in County Cork in Ireland are 43 km (26.72 mi) southwest of Cork City, on the R586 road. The linear settlement lies on the River Bandon between Bandon and Dunmanway. The combined settlement is designated as a 'key village' by Cork County Council for planning purposes and, as of the 2016 census, had a population of 692 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ballinalee</span> Village in Leinster, Ireland

Ballinalee, sometimes known as Saint Johnstown, is a village in north County Longford, Ireland. It is situated on the River Camlin, and falls within the civil parish of Clonbroney. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 347 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Williamstown, County Galway</span>

Williamstown is a small village located on the R360 regional road in the townland of Corralough in northeast County Galway, Ireland. According to the census in April 2016, the population of the village was 148.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mayfield, Cork</span> Suburb of Cork City, Ireland

Mayfield, historically Ballinamought, is a suburb on the north-side of Cork City, Ireland. Mayfield is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ó Creachmhaoil</span> Family name

Ó Creachmhaoil is an Irish surname, often anglicised as Craughwell, Croughwell, Crockwell, and Croghwell. Several sources, including Edward MacLysaght's Surnames of Ireland, associate the surname with the village of Craughwell in County Galway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fergal Healy</span> Galway hurler

Fergal Healy is an Irish former hurler and manager. At club level he played with Craughwell, and also lined out at inter-county level with various Galway teams.

Annaghdown is a civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. It lies around Annaghdown Bay, an inlet of Lough Corrib. Villages in the civil parish include Corrandulla and Currandrum. Annaghdown is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam and the Church of Ireland Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry.

Peatsaí Ó Callanáin (1791-1865) was an Irish poet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moylough</span> Village in Connacht, Ireland

Moylough is a rural village located in County Galway in Ireland. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 518.

Cléircheán of Saintclerans, fl. 5th - 7th century?, Irish hermit.

Ó Cluanáin was the name of a brehon family from what is now County Galway - MacLysaght calls it "Essentially a Co. Galway name."

Craughwell GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Craughwell, County Galway, Ireland. The club was founded in 1885 and is exclusively concerned with the game of hurling.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kiltullagh</span>

Kiltullagh is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. Located on the R348 regional road, the M6 motorway passes nearby. As of 2011, the townlands of Kiltullagh South and Kiltullagh North, in Kiltullagh civil parish, had a combined population of 93 people.

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement F1015 - Population: Craughwell, Co. Galway". Central Statistics Office (Ireland) . Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Creachmhaoil / Craughwell (see archival records)". Placenames Database of Ireland.
  3. ↑ "Find a station - Craughwell". irishrail.ie. Irish Rail. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Craughwell station". eiretrains.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "The Origin and Meaning of the name Craughwell". craughwellns.ie. Craughwell National School. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  6. 1 2 Record of Monuments and Places County Galway. Dublin: National Monuments and Historical Properties Service. 1997.
  7. ↑ "Saint Colman's Catholic Church, Craughwell (Dunkellin By), Craughwell, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Ballymore Park, Ballymore (ED Craughwell), Craughwell, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 Ó Coigligh, Ciarán (October 2009). "Raiftearaí, Antaine (Ó Reachtabhra, Antoine; Raftery, Anthony)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.007572.v1.
  10. ↑ Campbell, Fergus (January 2010). "'Reign of terror at Craughwell': Tom Kenny and the McGoldrick murder of 1909". History Ireland. Vol. 18, no. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Book Review: The Case of the Craughwell Prisoners during the Land War in Co. Galway, 1879-85". theirishstory.com. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "The case of the Craughwell Prisoners". Galway Advertiser. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2024. A farm at Riverville [..] was vacant. It had been taken by Peter Dempsey and his family. They were boycotted, but on Sunday May 29 [1881], on his way to Mass with his two children, he was shot dead
  13. ↑ "June 1st, 1881: Land War victim shot on way to Mass with his children". Irish Times. Republished. 1 June 2010 [1 June 1881]. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "Craughwell AC Facilities". craughwellac.com.
  15. ↑ Ó Floinn, Tomás S. R. (October 2009). "Burke, Dominic". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.001154.v1 . Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  16. ↑ "Fergal Healy announced as Galway U20 hurling manager". galwaybayfm.ie. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  17. ↑ Healy, Tim (21 December 2012). "New owner of Huston's old home in bitter land dispute with neighbour". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  18. ↑ "Anjelica's Irish Memories". Irish America magazine. June 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  19. ↑ "Craughwell's Tom Monaghan named in Ireland Squad for the Hurling/Shinty international with Scotland". 5 October 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.