Corrandulla Cor an Dola | |
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Village | |
Thatched building in Corrandulla village | |
| Coordinates:53°23′56″N8°59′42″W / 53.3988°N 8.9951°W /53.3988; -8.9951 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | Galway |
| Population | 398 |
| Irish grid reference | M338391 |
Corrandulla (Irish:Cor an Dola, meaning 'the round hill')[2] is a small village andcensus town inCounty Galway, Ireland.[3] It is 15 km north ofGalway city, in thecivil parish ofAnnaghdown.[2] Corrandulla was designated as acensus town by theCentral Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,[4] at which time it had a population of 241 people.[5] The population was 398 at the2022 census.[1]
The church in the village, Saint Brendan's Catholic Church, was built in 1831 and is in Annaghdown/Corrandulla parish of theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam.[6][7] Corrandulla National School, also known asScoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa, had an enrollment of 271 pupils as of the 2020 school year.[8]
An annualagricultural show, the Corrandulla Show, has been run in Corrandulla since 1977;[9] The 2020 event was cancelled as part of the response to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Ireland.[10]
26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Corrandulla
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