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

Gaeltacht A ( , , ) is a district of Ireland, either individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home. The districts were first officially recognised ...

village between

Baile na hAbhann Baile na hAbhann, anglicised as Ballynahown, is a Gaeltacht village about west of Galway, Ireland, on the R336 road (Ireland), R336 Regional road (Ireland), regional road between Inverin, Indreabhán and Casla. The name means "town of the rive ...

and Minna in

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 20 ...

, 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

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

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club, ''Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Mhícheál Breathnach'', holds a

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tournament every year on

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. An

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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 Ireland, Irish airline headquartered in Inverin, County Galway. They operate a fleet of three Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander aircraft, connecting the Aran Islands with mainland County Galway. ...

is headquartered at

Connemara Airport Connemara Airport () or Connemara Regional Airport (''Aerfort Réigiúnach Chonamara'') is located at Inverin in the Connemara region of Ireland, west of the city of Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the c ...

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 (also known as folkloristics, tradition studies or folk life studies in the UK) is the academic discipline devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currency in the 1950s to distinguish the ac ...

employed by the

Irish Folklore Commission The Irish Folklore Commission () 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 Delargy) founded ''An Cumann le Béaloideas Éir ...

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

, presenter *

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

, poet and dramatist *

Micheál Ó Conghaile Micheál Ó Conghaile () was an Irish scribe. Ó Conghaile transcribed poetry, including ''Dán na Gaoithe Móire'' (Night of the Big Wind) and ''Dán an Cholera'' (poem of cholera). He also transmitted poetry by Antoine Ó Raifteiri and old f ...

(b.1962), important figure to

Modern literature in Irish Although Irish has been used as a literary language for more than 1,500 years (see Irish literature), and modern literature in Irish dates – as in most European languages – to the 16th century, modern Irish literature owes much of its popul ...

and found of the influential

Cló Iar-Chonnacht Cló Iar-Chonnacht (CIC; ; "West Connacht Press") is an Irish language publishing company founded in 1985 by writer Micheál Ó Conghaile, a native speaker of Irish from Inis Treabhair in Connemara. He set the company up while still a student. ...

publishing house Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

* Fiontán Ó Curraoin, Gaelic footballer *

Pádraig Ó Finneadha Pádraig Ó Finneadha (23 January 1913 – 18 November 1986) was an Irish scholar and doctor. Born at Lochán Beag, Indreabhán, County Galway, to Micheál Ó Finneadha and Bríd Ní Fhualáin, he graduated from National University of Irelan ...

, Irish scholar and doctor *

Dónall Ó Héalai Dónall Ó Héalai () (born 5 March 1987) is an Irish actor and voice actor. He was named a 2020 Screen International#Screen International Stars of Tomorrow, ''Screen International'' Star of Tomorrow and twice nominated for best leading actor i ...

, actor *

Pádraic Ó Neachtain Pádraic Ó Neachtain (born 1973) is an Irish people, 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 t ...

, presenter and director

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