Carnmore

Carnmore (Irish: An Carn Mór)[1] is an electoral area located at the southern end of the parish of Claregalway, approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Galway city in County Galway, Ireland.

Carnmore is in a Gaeltacht area, although the majority of residents use English as their first language.

[4] There is also a lisheen, a small fort, in Carnmore where some local children (and adults) were buried.

[citation needed] According to the 2016 census there were 2,577 people living in the Carnmore Electoral Division,[5] with only 2.2% of the population indicating that they spoke Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.

[4] The club fields teams in the Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship.