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Renmore () is a suburb of

Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...

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, around 2 km east of the city centre. Renmore runs east along the coast and south of the Old Dublin Road ( R338), from the shore of Lough Atalia on its west side to Lurgan Park on its east. The area, which includes Ballyloughane beach, is home to approximately 5,000 people.

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Lough Atalia lies between Renmore and the city, which can be crossed using the public path beside the railway line (colloquially known as 'The Line'). St

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Church is located beside the local national (primary) school. The primary school in Renmore is known as ''Scoil Chaitriona'', and there is also an all-Irish

gaelscoil A Gaelscoil (; plural: ''Gaelscoileanna'') is an Irish language- medium school in Ireland: the term refers especially to Irish-medium schools outside the Irish-speaking regions or Gaeltacht. Over 50,000 students attend Gaelscoileanna at primary a ...

named ''Gaelscoil Dara''. The Galway campus of

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is one of the larger employers in the area. Renmore is also home to Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa (meaning "Mellow's Fort" and named for

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), a base of the

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's Southern Brigade. The barracks, also officially and commonly known as "Renmore Barracks" in English, was the base of the

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under British rule. The barracks are now the base of the 1st Infantry Battalion and are located at the end of Renmore Road. The Department of Defence also has offices in the area. A private hospital, the Bon Secours Hospital, Galway which is operated by the Bon Secours Health System, is located in Renmore.

Events

The Renmore Panto is an annual

pantomime Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment, generally combining gender-crossing actors and topical humour with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or ...

which began in 1979 and the first performance was on the stage in the Jes Hall. The panto has been hosted by a variety of venues including Leisureland and the Town Hall Theatre.

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Geography of Galway (city) Connaught Rangers {{Galway-geo-stub

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