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Gort Community School
Gort Community School () is a secondary school in Gort in County Galway, Ireland. Founded in 1995, as of 2023, the school had over 900 pupils enrolled and the principal was Brian Crossan. Denis Corry was principal in 2010 when an extension, called the Noone Building, was opened and included new dressing rooms, a music room, a career guidance suite and an oratory. In 2022, the design for a further extension was approved by the Department of Education, and was projected to include new class rooms, special education rooms, science laboratories and general purpose and fitness areas. In 2022, the school was included in the top 10 shortlist of the "supporting healthy lives" category of the "World's Best School Prizes" program. Alumni * Lisa McInerney Lisa McInerney is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, editor and screenwriter. She is best known for her novel, '' The Glorious Heresies'', which was the 2016 winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Biography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gort
Gort ( or ) is a town of around 2,800 inhabitants in County Galway in the west of Ireland. Located near the border with County Clare, the town lies between the Burren and the Slieve Aughty and is served by the R458 road (Ireland), R458 and R460 road (Ireland), R460 regional roads, which connect to the M18 motorway (Ireland), M18 motorway. Etymology Gort is short for the complete Irish name, ''Gort Inse Guaire'' (''gort:'' a meadow, field, ''inse:'' an island, and ''Guaire:'' a Proper noun, proper name) and translates to "field of Guaire's island". History Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes ringfort, souterrain and holy well sites in the townlands of Gort, Ballyhugh, Cloghnakeava, Cloonnahaha and Lavally. In 2022, a large Bronze Age fort, located in Coole Park near Gort, was dated between 800 and 1200 BCE during archaeological work in the Burren lowlands. The Guaire in ''Gort Inse Guaire'' refers to King Guaire "The Generous" (Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Galway
County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 2022 census. There are several Gaeltacht, Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county. The traditional county includes the city of Galway, but the city and county are separate local government areas, administered by the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authorities of Galway City Council in the urban area and Galway County Council in the rest of the county. History The first inhabitants in the Galway area arrived around the 5th millennium BC. Shell middens indicate the existence of people as early as 5000 BC. The county originally comprised several kingdoms and territories which predate the formation of the county. These kingdoms included , , , , and . County Galway became an official entity around 1569 AD. The region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa McInerney
Lisa McInerney is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, editor and screenwriter. She is best known for her novel, '' The Glorious Heresies'', which was the 2016 winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Biography McInerney was born into a working-class family in Galway, Ireland in 1981 and raised by her grandparents. She attended Gort Community School and went on to study English and geography at University College Cork. She is the daughter-in-law of Irish journalist Geraldine McInerney. McInerney's first publication was a short story, "Saturday, Boring", commissioned by Kevin Barry for the 2013 Faber & Faber anthology, ''Town and Country: New Irish Short Stories''. McInerney's short work has featured in ''Winter Papers'', ''Extra Teeth'', ''The Guardian'', ''Le Monde'', ''Granta'', BBC Radio 4 and in various anthologies. In 2022 she was appointed editor of the Irish literary magazine '' The Stinging Fly''. Novels McInerney's debut novel, '' The Glorious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Donohue
Niall Donohue (also spelled Donoghue) (25 October 1990 − 23 October 2013)- was an Irish hurler who played at senior level for the Galway senior team. Early life and career Born in Kilbeacanty, County Galway, Donohue first played competitive hurling while at school in Gort Community School. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Galway minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut in the 2012 National Hurling League. Donohue played a key part for Galway over the following two seasons, and won one Leinster medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. He was also nominated for an All Star this year. Throughout his career Donohue made eight championship appearances. As a member of the Connacht inter-provincial team for two successive years, Donohue unsuccessfully contested two Railway Cup finals. At club level he played with Kilbeacanty. Death Donohue was found dead by suicide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cianan Fahy
Cianan Fahy (born 1998) is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Ardrahan and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He has lined out as a defender and as a forward. Career Fahy first played hurling as a schoolboy with the Gort Community School, with whom he lined out in the Connacht Colleges Championship. He simultaneously lined out with the Ardrahan club at juvenile and underage levels before eventually progressing onto the senior team. Fahy first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Galway minor hurling team that beat Tipperary in the 2015 All-Ireland minor hurling final. He later won a Leinster U21 Championship title. Fahy was drafted onto the Galway senior hurling team in 2022. Career statistics Honours ;Galway *Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2018 *All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
