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Ardrahan Ard Raithin | |
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Village | |
  Ardrahan Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:53°09′27″N8°48′21″W / 53.1575°N 8.8058°W /53.1575; -8.8058 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.8 km2 (3.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | 540 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M461121 |
Ardrahan (Irish:Ard Raithin, meaning 'high ringfort')[2] is a village andcivil parish inCounty Galway, Ireland.
Richard de Burgo conquered Galway in1236, and granted the land to Maurice Fitzgerald who built the castle whose ruins still stand today. The churchyard wall contains the remains of around tower, which suggests that amonastic community may have existed on the site before the castle was built.[3]
The most noteworthy attraction in Ardrahan isTulira Castle, once owned by playwright and independence activistEdward Martyn. Tulira Castle was for a long time owned byGalway County Council, but was bought in 2015 by CarTrawler owner Niall Turley for €5.8 million.[4]
The church at Labane, Ardrahan, which was the parish church ofJoe Roche, has several stained glass windows byAlfred E. Child,Ethel Rhind andMichael Healy.[5]
TheArdrahan Grassland is aSpecial Area of Conservation located to the west of the village.[6]
Ardrahan is on theR458.
Ardrahan railway station opened on 15 September 1869, was closed to passenger traffic on 5 April 1976 and finally closed on 11 June 1983.[7]A new railway station has opened as part of phase one of the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor betweenEnnis andAthenry.
There are three schools in Ardrahan: Labane N.S, Ballyglass N.S. & Kiltiernan NS
Ardrahan GAA, the localhurling club, won its firstGalway Senior Hurling Club Championship title in 1894 and since then has won it on 11 occasions, having contested 18 county finals in its history. It is second on the role of honour toCastlegar who have won 17 titles.[citation needed]
Ardrahan also has a Camogie club. In 2006, and again in 2019, the U14 girls won the Féile Final and went on to represent Galway in Cork. In 2006, they got to the All-Ireland Semi-Final.[citation needed]
Ardrahan is mentioned inWilliam Hope Hodgson's bookThe House on the Borderland as the nearest greater village to a small village called Kraighten, near which the author's diary has been found.Ardrahan also features in the rousing balladThe West's Awake, most famously rendered byJoe McDonagh in the immediate aftermath of Galway's All Ireland Hurling Championship victory of 1980.
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