Tully Cross ( ga, Crois na Tulaí, "the cross on the hill") is a small

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located on the

Renvyle Renvyle or Rinvyle () is a peninsula and electoral division in North-West Connemara in County Galway, close to the border with County Mayo in Ireland. History The ruins of the castle of Grace O'Malley (''Gráinne Mhaol'') can be found on the p ...

Peninsula in north-west Connemara, in

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, Ireland. It is actually situated in the townland of Gorteenclough. The village lies close to the sea and is on the

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coastal route. View just east of Tully Cross (6047973050)

The village contains a Catholic church, Christ the King, as well as two pubs, a hotel, a credit union, a community centre (the Marian Hall) and nine thatched cottages. It is frequented by tourists and hosts the Connemara Mussel Festival, which takes place on the May

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Weekend. It is less than a mile east of its sister village of Tully and 3 miles west of Letterfrack. The nearest town is Clifden, situated 13 miles to the

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. Tully Cross is affiliated with Renvye GAA, Gráinne Mhaols and West Coast United FC.

Church

In the Church of Christ the King, there are three dark leaded glass windows (over the altar) which were designed by noted 20th-century stained-glass artist

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in 1927.Information provided on explanatory panel in church The windows represent St. Barbara, St. Bernard and apparition of the Sacred Heart. There are no other features of great artistic interest in the church. The church is in the Diocese of Tuam.

References

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