Ceantar na nOileán is an Irish-speaking district in the West of
County Galway
"Righteousness and Justice"
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. There are about 2,000 people living in the area, located 56 km west of Galway city.
In 2016, 71.7% (1,474) of the population aged 3 years and over spoke Irish daily outside the education system.
The islands are connected by a bridge to the mainland. The main islands are
Leitir Móir
Lettermore () is a Gaeltacht village in County Galway, Ireland. It is also the name of an island, linked by road to the mainland, on which the village sits. The name comes from the Irish ''Leitir Móir'' meaning ''great rough hillside'' (''leit ...
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Garmna
Gorumna () is an island on the west coast of Ireland, forming part of County Galway.
Geography
Gorumna Island is linked with the mainland through the Béal an Daingin Bridge.
Gorumna properly consists of three individual islands in close pr ...
and
Leitir Mealláin
Lettermullen, ( or possibly "the hill with the mill"), is a small island and village on the coast of southern Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. It is about west of Galway city, at the far western end of Galway Bay, Lettermullen is the wester ...
. The area is rich in Irish language and culture.
Economy
Tourism and fishing are the main sources of revenue. The land is poor and the people have always had a strong bond with sea.
Seaweed farming
Seaweed farming or kelp farming is the practice of cultivating and harvesting seaweed. In its simplest form, it consists of the management of naturally found batches. In its most advanced form, it consists of fully controlling the life cycle o ...
was important in the past on all of the islands especially for the production of iodine.
See also
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Connemara
Connemara (; )( ga, Conamara ) is a region on the Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains much of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht, w ...
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Aran Islands
The Aran Islands ( ; gle, Oileáin Árann, ) or The Arans (''na hÁrainneacha'' ) are a group of three islands at the mouth of Galway Bay, off the west coast of Ireland, with a total area around . They constitute the historic barony of Aran ...
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Joyce Country
Joyce Country ( ga, Dúiche Sheoighe) is a cultural region in counties Galway and Mayo in Ireland. It is sometimes called Partry, after the former tribal territory of the '' Partraige'', which it largely matches. Part of it falls within the Con ...
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Iorras Aithneach
Iorras Aithneach is an Irish-speaking peninsula in the West of County Galway with about 2,000 people living in the area. It is a predominantly Irish-speaking area, with 80% able to speak the language.
Carna and Cill Chiaráin are the two main ...
References
External links
Ceantar na nOilean stats
Geography of County Galway
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