Corrandulla
Cor an Dola
Village
Thatched building in Corrandulla village
Thatched building in Corrandulla village
Corrandulla is located in Ireland
Corrandulla
Corrandulla
Coordinates: 53°23′56″N 8°59′42″W / 53.3988°N 8.9951°W / 53.3988; -8.9951
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyGalway
Population
 (2016)[1]
241
Irish grid referenceM338391

Corrandulla (Irish: Cor an Dola, meaning 'the round hill')[2] is a small village and census town in County Galway, Ireland.[3] It is located in the civil parish of Annaghdown.[2] Corrandulla was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,[4] at which time it had a population of 241 people.[1]

The church in the village, Saint Brendan's Catholic Church, was built in 1831 and is in Annaghdown/Corrandulla parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam.[5][6] Corrandulla National School, also known as Scoil Bhrige agus Bhreandain Naofa, had an enrollment of 271 pupils as of the 2020 school year.[7]

An annual agricultural show, the Corrandulla Show, has been run in Corrandulla since 1977;[8] The 2020 event was cancelled as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland.[9]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Corrandulla". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Cor an Dola / Corrandulla". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Corrandulla (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 June 2021. 26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Corrandulla
  5. ^ "Parish Details - Annaghdown/Corrandulla". tuamarchdiocese.org. Archdiocese of Tuam. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Saint Brendan's Catholic Church, Carrowbeg South (ED Liscananaun), Corrundulla, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Scoil Bhríge Agus Bhreandáin Naofa Corrandulla Co Galway". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Corrandulla Show - History". corrandullashow.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  9. ^ Cadogan, Stephen (6 April 2020). "Charleville and Tullamore the highest profile agricultural show cancellations". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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