Barna

Bearna (anglicised as Barna)[2][3] is a coastal village in Connemara, west of Galway city in County Galway, Ireland, on the R336 regional road. Once a satellite of Galway city, the village is now rapidly becoming one of its suburbs. Officially, the village is regarded as Irish speaking and is therefore a constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up the Gaeltacht. However, because of its absorption into the city, it has recently become a mainly English-speaking village. Nonetheless, Irish is still the main language of its western and northern hinterland and the village has now effectively become the gateway to the largest Irish-speaking region in the country.

For other uses, see Barna (disambiguation).

Bearna

Barna
Village
Bearna quay at dusk
Bearna
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°15′N 9°09′W
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Galway
Elevation
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Population
 (2016)[1]
1,998
Irish Grid ReferenceM232227
Bearna is the only official name. The anglicised spelling Barna has no official status.

To try to control the major development which has been undertaken in recent years, a very strongly supported local action group has been set up (Pobal Bhearna).[4] In 1976 a community development group called Comharchumann Bearna Teo[5] was formed after five local men put up the purchase money for 2 acres (8,100 m2) at Troscaigh Thiar to be used for community purposes and has succeeded in developing several recreational facilities.

Modern construction in Bearna
Galway Bay seen from Bearna

Irish language

There are 1,500 native Irish speakers in the Bearna ED. According to the 2011 census, 24% of Bearna's locals use Irish as a daily language.

Bearna is twinned with Esquibien, Brittany, France.[6]

Population

At the time of the 2011 Census, the total population in this settlement was 1,878, of which males numbered 920 and females were 958. The total housing stock was 772, of which vacant households numbered 98. With an approximate area of 1.89 km2, this settlement has a 2011 population density of 994 persons per km2.[7]

Electoral District

The total population of the Bearna Electoral District (ED) designated as 27044 was 3,630, of which males numbered 1,804 and females were 1,826. The total housing stock was 1,363, of which vacant households numbered 142.[8]

Sport

Sports clubs in the Bearna area include Bearna GAA,[9] which fields gaelic football teams in men's and ladies' competitions. Other clubs in the locality are Galway Bay Rugby Club,[10] Bearna/Na Forbacha hurling club and Bearna United soccer club. Cormac Folan of Freeport in Bearna represented Ireland in Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Bearna Golf Club, two miles north of the village, is a moorland 18-hole golf course.[11]

Townlands of Bearna

Most townlands are anglisations of the original Irish language names.

  • Forramoyle West (from Na Foraí Maola Thiar)
  • Forramoyle East (from Na Foraí Maola Thoir)
  • New Village (from An Baile Nua)
  • Leaclea (from An Leac Liath meaning ‘the grey flagstone or slab’)
  • Seapoint (Rinn na Mara in Irish)
  • Ahaglugger (from Ath an Ghlugair)
  • Truskey West (from Troscaigh Thiar)
  • Truskey East (from Troscaigh Thoir)
  • Freeport (An Chéibh in Irish)
  • Ballard West (from An Baile Ard Thiar meaning ‘the high village west’)
  • Ballard East (from An Baile Ard Thoir meaning ‘the high village east’)
  • Lenarevagh (from An Léana Riabhach meaning ‘the brindled or streaked grassland’)
  • Knockaunnacarragh (from An Cnocán Carrach)

Notable people

References
  1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Bearna". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. "Bearna/Barna".
  3. "commissioner.ie" (PDF).
  4. "LatestGemz.com – Your source for daily trending news". pobalbhearna.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
  5. "Barna CO OP". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  6. "Explore Esquibien, Brittany, France (populated place) Information, Weather, Photos, Videos, Animals, Nature, Wildlife, Maps, Hazards - Chinci". Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
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  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Joe McDonagh RIP - www.barnagaa.com".
  10. Club, Galway Bay Rugby. "Galway Bay Rugby Club". Galway Bay Rugby Club.
  11. "Galway Golf - Connemara Golf - Golfing in Galway".
  12. "Olympic rowing team train at NUI Galway". 13 April 2008. Three members of the Olympic team are NUI Galway rowers, Alan Martin (Salthill), Cormac Folan (Barna) and James Wall (Limerick). For the weekend's training, they were joined by Evin Donnelly and Ruadhán Cooke, of NUI Galway Boat Club.
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