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Recess Sraith Saileach | |
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Village | |
 Leam West, Recess | |
  Recess Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:53°28′01″N9°44′17″W / 53.467°N 9.738°W /53.467; -9.738 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Elevation | 63 m (207 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | L853477 |
Recess (Irish:Sraith Saileach orSraith Salach) is a village inCounty Galway,Ireland. Its official name is inIrish,Sraith Saileach, and translates as "stream of the willow tree". A notable former resident wasSeán Lester, the last Secretary General of theLeague of Nations, who lived there following his retirement until his death in 1959; another wasPádraig MacKernan, a noted Irish diplomat who owned a home at the nearby Lough Athry.
Recess railway station was on the Galway-Clifden line of theMidland Great Western Railway. The line opened on 1 July 1895 and was closed on 29 April 1935.[1] The railway owned a hotel at Recess which on 13 October 1922 was burned down by Republicans (together with nearby Glendalough House) to prevent the National troops from using them as billets.[2]
The name in the Irish language is Sruth meaning stream and Saileach meaning Sally tree. The name stone on entering the village is incorrectly spelled which gives another meaning.
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