Camus or Camas is a small village in the Connemara Gaeltacht of County Galway, Ireland.

The village has the highest percentage of Irish language speakers in the Gaeltacht.

[1] However Camus, which has been in use for generations in both Irish and English, has been retained by the great majority of the population.

The explanation of the name sometimes given - 'cam uisce' or crooked water - is etymologically unsustainable.

[citation needed] The former Camus national school, in Derry townland, was built in 1876.