Woodford, County Galway

Woodford, County Galway

Infobox Irish Place
name = Woodford
gaeilge = An Ghráig
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motto =
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pin coords = left: 141px; top: 85px
north coord = 53.0483 | west coord = 8.4003 | irish grid = R732997
area = | elevation = 73 m
province = Connacht
county = County Galway
population = | town pop = 280 | rural pop = 479
census yr = 2002
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Woodford ("An Ghráig" in Irish) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. The small hamlet has an industrial history. The town's Irish Name, 'Graig na Muilte Iarainn' means 'The Village of the Iron Mills'. Fact|date=February 2007

The villages existence probably started as a place to house and provide services for the ironworkers. The surrounding hills have local iron ore deposits and an abundant collection of oak woods which were used as a fuel for smelting. However most of this has now gone.

The village also had a water-mill in the valley, and in order for this to operate the river was dammed. This is what now appears as a small lake below the village.

ee also

* List of towns in the Republic of Ireland


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