Turloughmore ( ;
) is a village in
County Galway
County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...
,
Ireland
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. The name means "the large lake," a notable feature of the area, together with the Clare River (''Abhainn an Chláir''). Turloughmore lies on the
N63 national secondary road
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.
It is a small village consisting of two petrol stations, three pubs and the base of a bus service company. Turloughmore was designated as a
census town
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India
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by the
Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census. As of the 2022 census, it had a population of 243 people.
[
The village was once known for the horse fair held there, and for the faction-fighting that occurred at the fair (see John Callaghan (Galway)). The village represents a long-established settlement with a medieval history, and is near the site of the Battle of Knockdoe (Irish ''Cath Chnoc Tua''), a bloody conflict in 1504 between some of the most powerful magnates of the time.]
See also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
Sources
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References
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Towns and villages in County Galway