Inverin (, meaning "mouth of the river") is a

Gaeltacht ( , , ) are the districts of Ireland, individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home. The ''Gaeltacht'' districts were first officially recog ...

village between

Baile na hAbhann Baile na hAbhann, anglicised as Ballynahown, is a Gaeltacht village about west of Galway, Ireland, on the R336 regional road between Indreabhán and Casla. The name means "town of the river". The village is in the townland of Baile na hAbha ...

and Minna in

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, Ireland. There are Irish-language summer colleges in the area, most notably

Coláiste Lurgan Coláiste Lurgan is an independent summer school that runs three-week Irish-language immersion courses in the Connemara Gaeltacht village of Inverin in County Galway. As part of their student-directed focus in language teaching, the school runs ...

and Coláiste Uí Chadhain. The village is on the R336 road and is served by the 424 Bus Éireann route from

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...

. ''Cumann Forbartha Chois Fharraige'' is a local development association founded in 1966. The

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

club, ''Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Mhícheál Breathnach'', holds a football tournament every year on

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. An

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

book club in the village, Club Leabhar Chois Fharraige, meets monthly. The airline

Aer Arann Islands Aer Arann Islands (stylised as aer arann islands) is an Irish airline headquartered in Inverin, County Galway. They operate a three-strong fleet of Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander aircraft to connect the Aran Islands with mainland County Galway. ...

is headquartered at

Connemara Airport Connemara Airport ( ga, Aerphort Chonamara) or Connemara Regional Airport (''Aerfort Réigiúnach Chonamara'') is located at Inverin in the Connemara region of Ireland, west of the city of Galway. It is also known as Spiddal Airport, Inverin A ...

near the village.Contact
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. Retrieved on 15 May 2016. "Address: Aer Arann Islands, An Caislená, Indreabhán, Co. Galway, Ireland."

People

* Calum Maclean,

folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...

employed by the

Irish Folklore Commission The Irish Folklore Commission (''Coimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann'' in Irish) was set up in 1935 by the Irish Government to study and collect information on the folklore and traditions of Ireland. History Séamus Ó Duilearga (James Hamilton Dela ...

Sinéad Ní Neachtain Sinéad Ní Neachtain (born 1977) is an Irish editor. Ní Neachtain is a former editor of ''Galway Now'' magazine. A native of Inverin, she is part of a family of five. She re-located to Boston, Massachusetts with her family when she was ten y ...

, editor *

Aoife Ní Thuairisg Aoife Ní Thuairisg is an Irish language presenter on TG4, Ireland's Irish language television station. Aoife co-hosted TG4's 2015 Gradam Ceoil traditional Irish music awards show. Aoife Ní Thuairisg was born in Inverin in Conamara and has two ...

, presenter *

Seán Ó Coisdealbha Seán Ó Coistealbha (1930–2006) was an Irish poet and dramatist. Ó Coistealbha was born in Inverin, Connemara Connemara (; )( ga, Conamara ) is a region on the Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The area ...

, poet and dramatist * Fiontán Ó Curraoin, Gaelic footballer * Pádraig Ó Finneadha, Irish scholar and doctor *

Dónall Ó Héalai Dónall Ó Héalai () (born 1987) is an Irish actor and voice actor. He was named a 2020 ''Screen International'' Star of Tomorrow and one to watch in 2021 by ''The Irish Examiner''. Early life and education Ó Héalai was born in the Gaeltac ...

, actor *

Pádraic Ó Neachtain Pádraic Ó Neachtain (born 1973) is an Irish television presenter, director, and journalist. He works for Telegael in Spiddal and presents feature programmes for the TG4 channel. He is a native of Inverin, County Galway. He is the eldest of f ...

, presenter and director

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