Menlo, County Galway

Menlo, County Galway, Irish village and townland.

Overview

Originally Mionloch ("small lake" in Gaelic), Menlo is both a village and townland name and is in the parish of Castlegar, County Galway, Ireland.

It may have given its name to the town of Menlo Park in California, which was named by Dennis J. Oliver and D.C. McGlynn after their native village.

Menlo is situated by the River Corrib and Lough Corrib and still presents the burnt-out remains of Menlo Castle.

Novelist, Walter Macken, established a home here.

Sport

Home of the famous Emmetts Rowing Club which won the Blue Riband of Irish Senior Eights Rowing in 1929 and again in 1931. Although the Rowing Club was disbanded some years later, a Hurling Club bearing the same Menlo Emmetts name was formed in 1981. This club went on to win the County Junior B titles in 1983 and 2006. In March 2007 they went on to win the All-Ireland Junior B title by defeating Tara Rocks of Wexford.

See also

• Sir Valentine Blake, merchant and Mayor of Galway, 1560-2 January 1635.
• Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Baronet
• Thomáis Laighléis, Seanchai, fl. 1950's.
• Menlo Park, California
• Menlo Park, Pretoria
• Menlo Worldwide Logistics
• Menlo (disambiguation)
• Menlough

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

External References

• http://www.castlegar-county-galway.com/menlo-galway
• http://www.menloparkchamber.com/history