Kinvara

This article is about the village in south County Galway. For the townland in west County Galway, see Kinvara (Moycullen).

Kinvara Cinn Mhara
Village
Dunguaire Castle
Kinvara Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°08′20″N 8°56′17″W / 53.139°N 8.938°W / 53.139; -8.938Coordinates: 53°08′20″N 8°56′17″W / 53.139°N 8.938°W / 53.139; -8.938
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (2006)^[1]
• Village	1,160
• Urban	563
• Environs	597
Dialing code	091
Irish Grid Reference	M369103

Kinvara (Irish: Cinn Mhara, meaning "head of the sea") is a sea port village located in the south of County Galway, Ireland. The modern parish of Kinvara comprises the civil parishes of Kinvarradoorus and Killinny (Killina). Kinvara is occasionally spelled Kinvarra in English; this may be seen on some maps and road signs, although Kinvara is the most common spelling used nowadays. Kinvarra is still the official form of the name for the townland as shown on OSI maps^[2] and this form is still used on polling cards as the name of the townland while the District Electoral Division (DED) is called Kinvara.

Kinvara's area population according to the 2006 Census was 1160. The Great Famine in the 1840s and a series of emigrations that continued up until the 1960s reduced the population of the village – once a thriving port and a significant exporter of corn and seaweed – to no more than a few hundred people. From around the 1980s the population of the parish of Kinvara started to increase while the village started to grow in size.

Geography

The village lies at the head of Kinvara Bay known in Irish as Cinn Mhara (or more recently Cuan Chinn Mhara) from which the village took its name. This is an inlet in the south-eastern corner of Galway Bay. Kinvara is situated in the territory of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, which is coextensive with the diocese of Kilmacduagh (Cill Mhic Dhuach). The parish is roughly coextensive with the Ó hEidhin territory of Coill Ua bhFiachrach (wood of the Uí Fhiachrach) and this name was still in use in the mid 19th century as recorded by John O'Donovan in his Ordnance Survey letters. Kinvara is situated in the west of the barony of Kiltartan and close to the border with The Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster. The parish is bounded on the north by Galway Bay, on the east by the parishes of Ballinderreen (Killeenavarra) and Ardrahan, on the south by the parishes of Gort (Kilmacduagh) and Boston (Kilkeedy) and on the west by the parishes of Carron and New Quay (Abbey and Oughtmama).

History

Dunguaire Castle

Main article: Dunguaire Castle

Dún Guaire castle

Dunguaire Castle (Irish: Dún Guaire [lit, the Castle of Guaire]), a towerhouse of the Ó hEidhin (O Hynes) clan, is located to the east of the village. A Fearadhach Ó hEidhin (fferigh Oheyn) is recorded as the owner of the castle in a 1574 list of castles and their owners covering County Galway. This list was thought to have been compiled for the use of the Lord Deputy Sir Henry Sidney who planned the composition of Connacht. Eoghan Mantach Ó hEidhin (Oene Mantagh O'Heine), chief of the clan, is mentioned as the owner of the castle in the Indentures of Composition of 1585.

A view of Kinvara from Dunguaire Castle.

Terry Alts

The Terry Alt agrarian resistance movement of the early 19th century was active in the Kinvara area. In 1831, a large force of Terry Alts gathered over the border on Abbey Hill between Kinvara and New Quay in County Clare and challenged the English Crown forces to battle. They, however, dispersed before the arrival of the English forces. They also unsuccessfully attempted to ambush a body of English infantry at Corranroo in the west of the parish, which led to the death of one of their members.

Festivals

Street of Kinvara in 2007

Kinvara is home every year to two festivals, Fleadh na gCuach ("the cuckoo festival") an Irish music festival at the start of May and the Cruinniú na mBád ("gathering of the boats") in mid August.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "Census 2006 – Volume 1 – Population Classified by Area" (PDF). Central Statistics Office Census 2006 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. April 2007. Retrieved 2011-06-19. total is of the Kinvara electoral area
↑ Kinvarra, 1:50,000, Ordnance Survey Ireland
↑ "Fleadh na gCuach – Kinvara". Retrieved 8 March 2016.
↑ "Cruinniú na mBád – Kinvara". Retrieved 8 March 2016.

Places in County Galway

County town: Galway

Towns	Athenry Ballinasloe Gort Loughrea Mountbellew Tuam

Villages	Ahascragh Annaghdown Ardrahan Aughrim Ballinderreen Ballygar Ballyconneely Ballymacward Ballymoe Ballynahinch Barna Barnaderg Bealadangan Bullaun Camus Carnmore Carraroe Castleblakeney Castlegar Claregalway Clarinbridge Cleggan Clifden Clonbur Coalpits Cornamona Corofin Costelloe Craughwell Cregmore Dunmore Eyrecourt Furbo Garrafrauns Glenamaddy Glinsk Headford Inverin Kilcolgan Kilconnell Kilkerrin Kilkieran Killimor Kilronan Kinvara Laurencetown Leenaun Letterfrack Lettermore Lettermullen Maam Cross Maum Menlough Milltown Monivea Moycullen Moylough New Inn Newbridge Oranmore Oughterard Portumna Recess Rosmuc Rossaveal Roundstone Skehana Spiddal Turloughmore Williamstown Woodford

Townlands	Attymon Ballynahown Derrymullan Hollygrove Kilclooney Killagoola Kinvara Lissagurraun Meelick Muckanaghederdauhaulia Oldthort Tulrush

Baronies	Aran Athenry Ballymoe Ballynahinch Clare Clonmacnowen Dunkellin Dunmore Galway Kilconnell Killian Kiltartan Leitrim Longford Loughrea Moycullen Ross Tiaquin

Islands	Ardoileán Dinish Eddy Gorumna Inishmaan Inishark Inishmore Inishbofin Inishnee Mason Mutton Omey White Goat

List of townlands in County Galway Category:Mountains and hills of County Galway Category:Rivers of County Galway Category:Geography of County Galway

Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora

Province

Archdiocese of Tuam

Cathedral church

Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway

Deaneries

Galway City East parishes	Ballybane Ballinfoyle Cathedral Good Shepherd Mervue Renmore Saint Augustine Saint Francis Saint Patrick

Galway City West parishes	Knocknacarra Sacred Heart Salthill Saint Joseph Saint Mary, Claddagh

Galway Rural parishes	An Spidéal Barna Castlegar Claregalway Killanin Leitirmóir Moycullen Oranmore Oughterard Rosmuc Shrule

Kilmacduagh parishes	Ardrahan Ballinderreen Clarinbridge Craughwell Gort and Beagh Kilbeacanty and Peterswell Kilchreest and Castledaly Kinvara

Kilfenora parishes	Ballyvaughan Carron and New Quay Ennistymon Kilfenora Liscannor and Moymore Lisdoonvarna and Kilshanny

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