Corrandulla

Corrandulla (Irish: Cor an Dola, meaning 'the round hill')[2] is a small village and census town in County Galway, Ireland.[3] It is located in the civil parish of Annaghdown.[2] Corrandulla was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,[4] at which time it had a population of 241 people.[1]

Corrandulla
Cor an Dola
Village
Thatched building in Corrandulla village
Thatched building in Corrandulla village
Corrandulla is located in Ireland
Corrandulla
Corrandulla
Coordinates: 53.3988°N 8.9951°W / 53.3988; -8.9951
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyGalway
Population
 (2016)[1]
241
Irish grid referenceM338391

The church in the village, Saint Brendan's Catholic Church, was built in 1831 and is in Annaghdown/Corrandulla parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam.[5][6] Corrandulla National School, also known as Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa, had an enrollment of 271 pupils as of the 2020 school year.[7]

An annual agricultural show, the Corrandulla Show, has been run in Corrandulla since 1977;[8] The 2020 event was cancelled as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Corrandulla". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. "Cor an Dola / Corrandulla". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. "Corrandulla (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 June 2021. 26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Corrandulla
  5. "Parish Details - Annaghdown/Corrandulla". tuamarchdiocese.org. Archdiocese of Tuam. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  6. "Saint Brendan's Catholic Church, Carrowbeg South (ED Liscananaun), Corrundulla, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  7. "Scoil Bhríge Agus Bhreandáin Naofa Corrandulla Co Galway". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  8. "Corrandulla Show - History". corrandullashow.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  9. Cadogan, Stephen (6 April 2020). "Charleville and Tullamore the highest profile agricultural show cancellations". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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