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Oranmore ({{Irish place name|Órán Mór}}) is a village in County Galway on the outskirts of the city of Galway in the west of Ireland. With a number of housing developments, Oranmore is increasingly becoming a part of Galway's commuter or suburban belt.

Oranmore is {{convert|9|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Galway City on the edge of Oranmore Bay, an inlet of Galway Bay.

Etymology

Oranmore is the anglicisation of Uarán Mór. The first written record of Oranmore is in the Annals of the Four Masters.^[2] It was originally called Fuarán Mór ("Great Spring" in Irish). The name refers to a spring to the northwest of the main village. A bi-lingual information sign was erected by Oranmore Community Development Association in 2010 outlining the history of the spring.

Economy

The focus of industry has shifted from dairy agriculture to tourism, manufacturing and logistics.^[3] Oranmore now has four hotels and 23 restaurants.

Railways

Oranmore railway station opened on 1 August 1851, closed on 17 June 1963 and reopened on Sunday 28 July 2013.^[4]^[5] Trains connect directly with Galway, Athenry, Athlone, Portarlington, Kildare and Dublin Heuston, as well as on the Western Rail Corridor to Ennis and Limerick.

Education

Oranmore has three primary schools, Scoil Iosaif Naofa, Scoil Mhuire and Gaelscoil de hÍde. Calasanctius College, founded in 1861 by the Presentation Sisters, is the secondary school in Oranmore.

Transport

Oranmore village is near the old N6 Galway to Dublin road and the old N18 from Galway to Limerick. The M6 Motorway connects to the existing road at Doughiska, as well as connecting with the M18 at Glenascaul. The former N6 leading into Oranmore has been reclassified as the R338 regional road. The M18 motorway was officially opened on 27 September 2017 and connects to the M6 at Rathmorrissey at a three-level interchange. This road runs close to Oranmore but does not connect directly to it, and instead, motorists have to access it using the R381 at Kiltiernan or the M6 at Rathmorrissey.

Bus Éireann, Citylink, and Nestor Bus services through Oranmore serve Galway, Dublin, Cork, and Dublin and Shannon Airports.

Oranmore aerodrome was a Royal Air Force base in World War I. It later became a civil airfield serving the city of Galway. It was the site where many British and Irish troops lost their lives and there is a ceremony in Oranmore each year to remember them.

Sport

People

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web|url =http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=C2F89735-48E1-441F-B693-D56795986B6A | publisher = CSO | work = Census 2016 | title = Sapmap Area - Settlements - Oranmore | date = 2016 | accessdate = 12 January 2018 }}
2. ^Galway Library
3. ^[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Otoole4/publication/320408317_The_Challenges_and_Opportunities_in_the_Development_of_Rural_Small-to-Medium_Sized_Enterprises/links/5bdb13ed299bf1124fb306a2/The-Challenges-and-Opportunities-in-the-Development-of-Rural-Small-to-Medium-Sized-Enterprises.pdf#page=180 Rural Economic Development in Ireland], L Delheure, M Heneghan, R Jackson, D Meredith, 2014
4. ^{{cite web | title=Oranmore station | work=Railscot – Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-11-22}}
5. ^Transport Minister to open Oranmore rail station {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130705153931/http://www.connachttribune.ie/breaking-news/23610-transport-minister-to-open-oranmore-rail-station |date=July 5, 2013 }} - connacht tribune 23/06/13
6. ^Galway News article, June 2010 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303160718/http://www.galwaynews.ie/13599-wartime-submarine-commander-and-adventurer-turns-100 |date=March 3, 2012 }}