Barna (Bearna in Irish) is a coastal village on the R336

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in Connemara,

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, Ireland. It has become a satellite village of Galway city. The village is Irish speaking and is therefore a constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up the Gaeltacht. In 1976, a community development group called ''Comharchumann Bearna Teo'' was formed after five local men put up the purchase money for at ''Troscaigh Thiar'' to be used for community purposes and has succeeded in developing several recreational facilities. Bearna (Barna) - geograph

Irish language

There are 1,500 native Irish speakers in the Barna Electoral Division. According to the 2011 census, 24% of Bearna's locals use Irish as a daily language.

International links

Barna is twinned with Esquibien, Brittany, France.

Population

At the time of the 2011 Census, the total population in this settlement was 1,878, of which males numbered 920 and females were 958. The total housing stock was 772, of which vacant households numbered 98. With an approximate area of 1.89 km², this settlement has a 2011 population density of 994 persons per km².

Electoral District

The total population of the Barna Electoral District (ED) designated as 27044 was 3,630, of which males numbered 1,804 and females were 1,826. The total housing stock was 1,363, of which vacant households numbered 142.

Sport

Sports clubs in the Barna area include Barna GAA, which fields

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teams in men's and ladies' competitions. Other clubs in the locality are Galway Bay Rugby Club,

Barna Barna (Bearna in Irish) is a coastal village on the R336 regional road in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. It has become a satellite village of Galway city. The village is Irish speaking and is therefore a constituent part of the regions o ...

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club and Barna United association football club. Cormac Folan of Freeport in Barna represented Ireland in Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Barna Golf Club, two miles north of the village, is a moorland 18-hole golf course.

Townlands of Barna

Most townlands are anglisations of the original Irish language names. * Forramoyle West (from ''Na Foraí Maola Thiar'') * Forramoyle East (from ''Na Foraí Maola Thoir'') * New Village (from ''An Baile Nua'') * Leaclea (from ''An Leac Liath'' meaning ‘the grey flagstone or slab’) * Seapoint (''Rinn na Mara'' in Irish) * Ahaglugger (from ''Ath an Ghlugair'') * Truskey West (from ''Troscaigh Thiar'') * Truskey East (from ''Troscaigh Thoir'') * Freeport (''An Chéibh'' in Irish) * Ballard West (from ''An Baile Ard Thiar'' meaning ‘the high village west’) * Ballard East (from ''An Baile Ard Thoir'' meaning ‘the high village east’) * Lenarevagh (from ''An Léana Riabhach'' meaning ‘the brindled or streaked grassland’) * Knockaunnacarragh (from ''An Cnocán Carrach'')

Notable people

* Cormac Folan (born 1983) - rower who competed in the men's coxless four event at the

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* James Hickey (c. 1837 – c. 4 August 1885) - Fenian and Land Leaguer *

Micheál Ó Droigheaín Micheál Ó Droigheaín (1889-1964), Irish national school teacher and Brigadier of the South Connemara Brigade, Irish Republican Army, fl. 1916–1922. Ó Droigheaín's family lived at Gate Lodge, Bearna, County Galway, on an estate he ...

(1889-1964) – Irish Republican Army brigadier *

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, Newstalk, and the

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amongst others.

References

External links

Irish language 2006 study (PDF)Parish website for Barna agus na bhForbacha
{{Authority control Gaeltacht places in County Galway Gaeltacht towns and villages Towns and villages in County Galway