Oranmore

Oranmore ( Irish: Oran Mor means translated " Great Source " ) is a suburb of Galway Bay in County Galway in the province of Connacht in Ireland with 3,195 inhabitants ( 2006). It lies at the end of the flat expiring Galway Bay south of the airfield from Carnmore.

With its residential Oranmore grows slowly along with the city of Galway. While also large industrial parks around Oranmore to ensure that most of the jobs are to be found not in agriculture, but in addition to tourism in the service, logistics and manufacturing industries.

The Galway Bay Sailing Club is located in Renville, Oranmore Maree near.

The tomb of Boulder is located west of Oranmore Oranmore, north of the old road from Dublin to Galway.

Well-known personalities from Oranmore

  • Thomas Redington, Irish politician.
  • Joe Howley, Irish independence fighter who was killed in December 1920 by British soldiers. A statue stands in Oranmore.
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