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Oranmore
Órán Mór— Town — Location in Ireland
OranmoreCoordinates: 53°16′06″N 8°55′12″W / 53.2683°N 8.92°WCoordinates: 53°16′06″N 8°55′12″W / 53.2683°N 8.92°W Country Ireland Province Connacht County County Galway Elevation 7 m (23 ft) Population (2006)[1] - Urban 3,513 Time zone WET (UTC+0) - Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1) Irish Grid Reference M386245 Oranmore (Irish: Órán Mór) is a village in County Galway on the outskirts of Galway city in Ireland. With its major housing developments, Oranmore is rapidly becoming a part of Galway's commuter or suburban belt. In 2004 Oranmore was listed as one of the communities with the highest per capita incomes in Ireland[citation needed].
Oranmore is situated 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Galway City on the edge of Oranmore Bay, an inlet of Galway Bay.
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Economy
The focus of local industry has recently shifted from primarily dairy agriculture to tourism, manufacturing and logistics. There are several industrial parks located near the village, such as Deerpark Industrial Estate which has been a hub for industry for many decades particularly in the precast concrete, chemical and steel fabrication industries. Oranmore now has four hotels and several restaurants. Lidl opened in June 2009 on the site of the old Oranmore Dairies.
Sport
- The Oranmore Judo Club trains in Oranmore Community Hall, Wednesdays and Fridays, Juniors - 6.30 - 7.30pm; Seniors - 7.30 - 8.30pm afterward (Sept - July).
- The Galway Bay Sailing Club is located in Renville, Maree.
- Oranmore-Maree GAA Club has active gaelic football, hurling and camogie
- Naomh Mhuire Ladies Football Club, Oranmore Maree run teams from Under 10 to Minor and Junior.
- Oranmore Badminton Club
- Maree Badminton Club
- Maree Basketball Club
- Galway Bay Golf Resort located in Renvile, Oranmore
Transport
Oranmore in the 1990s.
- Oranmore railway station opened on 1 August 1851 and finally closed on 17 June 1963.[2] The station is due to reopen in 2011 as part of the Transport 21 scheme.
- Bus Éireann, Citylink and Nestor Bus services through Oranmore serve Galway, Dublin, Cork and Dublin and Shannon Airports.
- Oranmore village is located near the old N6 Galway to Dublin road and the N18/N20 from Galway to Limerick. The new M6 Motorway connects to the existing road at Doughiska and will, in the future, connect with the M18 at Glenascaul. The former N6 leading into Oranmore has been reclassified as the R446 regional road. The M18 motorway is in the planning stage and as proposed would connect to the new M6 at Rathmorrissey at a three level interchange. This road will run close to Oranmore but will not connect directly to it, and instead motorists will have to access it using the existing N18 at Kiltiernan or the M6 at Rathmorrissey.
- Oranmore aerodrome was a Royal Air Force base during World War I. It later became a civil airfield serving the city of Galway.
People
- Joseph Henry Blake, nobleman and socialist, grew up on a nearby estate in Treanlaur, Maree.
- Thomas Nicholas Redington, Irish politician, born here.
- Joe Howley, Irishman involved in the struggle for Irish Independence, was killed by the British in December 1920. A statue stands in Oranmore in his honor.
- Bill King, round-the-world sailor and owner of Oranmore Castle.[3]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_volume_1_pop_classified_by_area.pdf
- ^ "Oranmore station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
- ^ Galway News article, June 2010
External links
Categories:- Untranslated Irish place names
- Towns and villages in County Galway
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