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Oranmore
Also known as Órán Mór
Oranmore ( or ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland, east of Galway city on an inlet of Galway Bay. At the 2022 census, Oranmore had a population of 5,819. The town is in a civil parish of the same name.
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15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Pre-history
- Medieval church ruins
- Oranmore Castle
- St Mary's church
- Economy
- Transport
- Rail
- Education
- Sport
- People
- See also
- References
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Oranmore ( or ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland, east of Galway city on an inlet of Galway Bay. At the 2022 census, Oranmore had a population of 5,819. The town is in a civil parish of the same name.
==Etymology== Oranmore is the anglicisation of Uarán Mór or Órán Mór. The first written record of Oranmore is in the Annals of the Four Masters. It was originally called Fuarán Mór, meaning "great spring" in Irish. This name reputedly refers to a spring or well near the village.
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