Mullagh, County Galway

Mullagh (Irish: An Mullach)[1] is a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert in County Galway, Ireland.[2] It is in the south-east of the county, close to the towns of Loughrea, Ballinasloe, and Portumna.[3] Mullagh lies in the civil parish of Abbeygormacan, and spans the townlands of Mullagh Beg (Irish: An Mullach Beag) and Mullagh More (An Mullach Mór).[4]

A community centre was opened in the area in the early 1980s,[3] and there are cemeteries in Abbeygormacan and Finnure.[2]

Mullagh GAA, the local hurling club, competes in the Galway Senior Hurling Championship.

References

  1. ^ "Mullagh Galway". mullaghgalway.ie. Mullagh Community Centre. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Parishes - Mullagh & Killoran". clonfertdiocese.ie. Diocese of Clonfert. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Mullagh community website". Archived from the original on 23 September 2006.
  4. ^ "Civil Parish of Abbeygormacan, Co. Galway". townlands.ie. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

53°13′23″N 8°23′42″W / 53.223°N 8.395°W / 53.223; -8.395

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