Menlough
Menlough
Mionlach | |
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Village | |
  Menlough Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°25′17″N 8°34′34″W / 53.4215°N 8.5761°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Irish grid reference | M618413 |
Menlough (Irish: Mionlach)[1] is a village in the civil parish of Killoscobe in northeast County Galway, Ireland. It is located 35 km from Galway, 27 km from Tuam, 30 km from Ballinasloe, and 20 km from Athenry. Together with nearby Skehana, Menlough is a half-parish within the diocesan parish of Killascobe in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam.[2][3]
History[edit]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area include a number of ringfort, souterrain and castle sites in the townlands of Menlough Eighter and Menlough Oughter.[4]
Historically, the area was a stronghold of the O'Mannion clan,[5] and the ruin of a former O'Mannion castle is located in the fields behind the grotto in Menlough village.[citation needed] Another O'Mannion castle in the parish, known as Garbally Castle, is better known as there are more extensive ruins. It is visible on the road from Galway to Menlough as it passes through Skehana.[citation needed]
The Ffrench family, one of the 14 Tribes of Galway, were local landowners by the 17th century.[6] The Catholic church of St Marys, in the parish of Menlough-Skehana (Killascobe), was constructed in the mid-19th century on land granted by the Ffrench family.[citation needed]
Beside the church is a former Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) barracks. Damaged by fire in 1922, during the War of Independence, it later became a Garda station and is now a private house.[citation needed] A monument to the Menlough battalion of the old IRA was erected in the village in the 1980s.[7][8]
Amenities[edit]
There are three pubs in the parish; one is located in Menlough village, one in the townland of Guilka and one in Skehana. There is also a shop.[9]
The parish has two national schools. These are at Garbally (next to the castle) and in Menlough village. The latter school, Menlough National School (also known as Scoil Mhuire Naofa) is a co-educational (mixed) primary school, which had 77 pupils as of November 2009.[10]
Sport[edit]
Menlough GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club and participates in the Galway Football Championship. The club's pitch is located outside the village on the approaches from Galway city. The facility has a clubhouse, dressing rooms and stand, and was developed in the early 1990s.[citation needed]
Notable people[edit]
- Padraig Gearr Ó Mannin (fl. 1798), member of the United Irishmen, born Menlough[11]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Menlough / Mionlach". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Costello, Gerry (3 September 2014). "The Parish of Killoscobe". skehana.galwaycommunityheritage.org. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Parish Details - Menlough-Skehana (Killascobe)". tuamarchdiocese.org. Archdiocese of Tuam. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ Record of Monuments and Places - County Galway. National Monuments and Historical Properties Service. 1997.
GA059-052--- [..] MENLOUGH EIGHTER: RINGFORT [..] GA059-05201- [..] MENLOUGH EIGHTER: SOUTERRAIN [..] GA059-053--- [..] MENLOUGH OUGHTER: CASTLE
- ^ Burke, Donal G. (2015). "Mannion". burkeseastgalway.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ Hardiman, Marian (18 August 2013). "The Ffrench Connection". Retrieved 22 September 2023.
[the] Ffrench family [..] one of the fourteen tribes of Galway city [..] did not have a presence in the Skehana or Menlough areas as we know them today until the 17th century [..when..] Matthew Ffrench controlled the lands of Menlough Eighter, Menlough Oughter and Menlough Commons
- ^ "Menlough Memorial Unveiling 1986, Co Galway - Jim Mitchell TD & Sean MacBride". youtube.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ McHale, Bernard (1990). Menlough, Looking Back: a parish and sporting history. Gaelic Athletic Association. p. 88. OCLC 26060090.
Monument to the Old IRA Battalion Menlough Erected in 1985
- ^ Costello, Gerry (10 December 2014). "Shops And Businesses". skehana.galwaycommunityheritage.org. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "Whole School Evaluation Report - Scoil Mhuire Naofa, Menlough" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
Scoil Mhuire Naofa is a co-educational primary school situated beside the main road in the village of Menlough, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway [..] Pupils enrolled in the school 77
- ^ Finnerty, Martin (1951), Punann Arsa (part I), Galway Observer
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