Lettermore

Lettermore Leitir Móir
Village
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°17′20″N 9°39′18″W / 53.289°N 9.655°W / 53.289; -9.655Coordinates: 53°17′20″N 9°39′18″W / 53.289°N 9.655°W / 53.289; -9.655
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Irish Grid Reference	L887279
As this is a Gaeltact village, the Irish Leitir Móir is the official name.

Lettermore (Irish: Leitir Móir) is a Gaeltacht village in County Galway, Ireland. It is also the name of an island, linked by road to the mainland, on which the village sits. The name comes from the Irish Leitir Móir meaning great rough hillside (leitir = rough hillside). The main spoken language of the area is Irish. Lettemore island is in two halves. The eastern half is known as Lettermore, while the western half is known as Lettercallow (Leitir Calaidh, "rough hillside by a marshy area").

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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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Lettermore

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