Craughwell (historically Creaghmoyle, from Irish: Creachmhaoil)[2] is a village and townland in County Galway, Ireland.

[5] He was unaware of the local spelling and pronunciation but confirmed in a later work that the village was called Creachmhaoil in Irish.

[citation needed] Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ring fort and souterrain sites in the townlands of Craughwell, Ballymore and Killora.

[10][11] In May 1881, for example, a farmer named Peter Dempsey was shot and killed, on his way to Mass with his young daughters, because of a dispute over his tenancy of a vacant farm.

[12][13] The community sporting facilities in the village include the grounds of Craughwell GAA, which has three pitches and a ball wall.

[16] As part of Iarnród Éireann’s Western Railway Corridor project, under the Transport 21 plan, Iarnród Éireann reopened Craughwell railway station in 2010, having built a new single platform facility and car park close to the original site.