Turloughmore

Turloughmore (/tɜːrlɒxˈmɔːr/ tur-lokh-MOR; Irish: an Turlach Mór, meaning 'big lake'[2]) 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.

Turloughmore
An Turlach Mór
Village
Turloughmore is located in Ireland
Turloughmore
Turloughmore
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°22′29″N 8°51′53″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Galway
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
243
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceM424370

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.[3] As of the 2022 census, it had a population of 243 people.[1]

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.[4][5]

See also

Sources
  • Blackmore, Liz; John Cronin; Donal Ferrie; Brid Higgins, eds. (2001). In Their Own Words: The Parish of Lackagh-Turloughmore and its People. Galway. ISBN 0-9539834-0-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • McCollough, David W., ed. (2000). Wars of the Irish Kings: A Thousand Years of Struggle, from the Age of Myth through the Reign of Queen Elizabeth 1. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4028-9562-3.

References
  1. "Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement F1015 - Population: Turloughmore, Co. Galway". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. "An Turlach Mór/Turloughmore". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 June 2021. 26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Turloughmore
  4. Annála Ríochta Éireann (Annals of the Four Masters) M1504.13, M1504.14 – via UCC CELT, Corpus of Electronic Texts.
  5. McCollough 2000, pp. 239–244.
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