Caltra

Caltra

Caltra

Village in Connacht, Ireland

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]

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History

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]

Sport

The local Gaelic football club, Caltra GAA, won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship for the 2003–04 season.[6]

People

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Joyce, P.W. (1910). The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places. London: Longmans, Green.
  2. [2]
    "An Chealtrach / Caltra". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. [3]
    "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
  4. [4]
    Alcock, Olive; De hÓra, Kathy; Gosling, Paul, eds. (1999). Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway. Dublin: Government Stationery Office.
  5. [5]
    "Saint Solan's Church, Caltra, Caltra, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Caltra edge out An Ghaeltacht in final". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 17 March 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore Honoured At Caltra Reception". connachttribune.ie. Connacht Tribune. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Michael Meehan retires from intercounty football". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2022.


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