Kiltimagh

53.85 - 9Koordinaten: 53 ° 51 ' N, 9 ° 0' W

Kiltimagh ( Irish: Coillte Mach) is the name of a village in County Mayo in the west of Ireland. The with its brightly painted houses painterly place is situated at an altitude of 41 m above sea level and had in 2006 just 1096 inhabitants.

Place name

Kiltimagh is often associated with the origin of the common name in Ireland " Culchie " for a hillbilly ( country also Bumkin = " Country Pumpkin " called ) associated. A " Culchie " (pronounced as " Käölltschie ") is therefore of the Irish word " Coillte " originate, which is pronounced similarly and is literally translated as " forests ". Since the Irish name of Kiltimagh now Coillte Mach is ( what "Forests of the Mach " roughly means ), the assumption was made that the name of this place originated in Mayo. However, there is yet to make any further documents. Since the genitive plural " of the woods " in Irish general with " na gcoillte " (pronounced as " na gäölltse " ) is translated, today's English name can be also arose independently of Kiltimagh.

Attractions

The 1963 and 1975 for passenger closed to freight station of Kiltimagh was rebuilt in the 1980s to a museum, which today presents the local history and the local culture.

Events

Every year around St. Patrick holiday instead of a seven days -ending festival with many events, attracting visitors from near and far attracts.

Personalities

From Kiltimagh the blind Irish-language poet Antoine Ó Raifteiri came (English Anthony Raftery 1784-1835 ). He is often referred to as the last Irish hiking bard. A Festival ( Féile Raiftéirí ) in his honor is held every year in Loughrea, Co. Galway on the last weekend in March. Raftery spent much of his later years in farming communities in the vicinity of this place.

Mary Davis (born Rooney), a sports teacher and central figure in the organization of successfully completing the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Dublin in 2003, was born in Kiltimagh. It occurs as a candidate for the Irish presidential election in October 2011. Should they win the election in late October, both came - the Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) as the President of Ireland - from the county of Mayo, as Enda Kenny comes from the neighboring Castlebar.