Caltra
An Chealtrach | |
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Village | |
 Caltra, County Galway | |
  Caltra Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°26′00″N 8°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 Chealtrach or Cealtrach na Pailíse meaning "burial-ground of the palisade") [1] [2] is a townland and village on the R358 regional road in County Galway, Ireland. As of the 2011 census, the townland of Caltra had a population of 115 people. [3]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, fosse and enclosure sites in the townlands of Caltra, Lisnagree and Lislea. [4] The Roman Catholic church in the village is dedicated to Saint Solan. [5] It was built c. 1840 on the site of an earlier friary, [4] and extended in the late 1930s by W.H. Byrne & Sons architects. [5]
The local Gaelic football club, Caltra GAA, won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship for the 2003–04 season. [6]
- Eamon Gilmore, born in Caltra, is a former leader of the Labour Party. [7]
- Michael Meehan, inter-county footballer for Galway. [8]
- ^ 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. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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"CD155 - Galway Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
Caltra, Caltra, Co. Galway [..] 115
- ^ a b Alcock, Olive; De hÓra, Kathy; Gosling, Paul, eds. (1999). Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway. Dublin: Government Stationery Office.
- ^ a b "Saint Solan's Church, Caltra, Caltra, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Caltra edge out An Ghaeltacht in final". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 17 March 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore Honoured At Caltra Reception". connachttribune.ie. Connacht Tribune. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Michael Meehan retires from intercounty football". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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Caltra
An Chealtrach | |
|---|---|
Village | |
|
Caltra, County Galway | |
Caltra Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°26′00″N 8°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 Chealtrach or Cealtrach na Pailíse meaning "burial-ground of the palisade") [1] [2] is a townland and village on the R358 regional road in County Galway, Ireland. As of the 2011 census, the townland of Caltra had a population of 115 people. [3]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, fosse and enclosure sites in the townlands of Caltra, Lisnagree and Lislea. [4] The Roman Catholic church in the village is dedicated to Saint Solan. [5] It was built c. 1840 on the site of an earlier friary, [4] and extended in the late 1930s by W.H. Byrne & Sons architects. [5]
The local Gaelic football club, Caltra GAA, won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship for the 2003–04 season. [6]
- Eamon Gilmore, born in Caltra, is a former leader of the Labour Party. [7]
- Michael Meehan, inter-county footballer for Galway. [8]
- ^ 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. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
-
^
"CD155 - Galway Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
Caltra, Caltra, Co. Galway [..] 115
- ^ a b Alcock, Olive; De hÓra, Kathy; Gosling, Paul, eds. (1999). Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway. Dublin: Government Stationery Office.
- ^ a b "Saint Solan's Church, Caltra, Caltra, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Caltra edge out An Ghaeltacht in final". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 17 March 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore Honoured At Caltra Reception". connachttribune.ie. Connacht Tribune. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Michael Meehan retires from intercounty football". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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