Caltra
Village in Connacht, Ireland
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Caltra (Irish: An Chealtrach or Cealtrach na Pailíse meaning "burial-ground of the palisade")[1][2] is a townland and village on the R358 regional road in County Galway, Ireland. As of the 2011 census, the townland of Caltra had a population of 115 people.[3]
History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, fosse and enclosure sites in the townlands of Caltra, Lisnagree and Lislea.[4] The Roman Catholic church in the village is dedicated to Saint Solan.[5] It was built c. 1840 on the site of an earlier friary,[4] and extended in the late 1930s by W.H. Byrne & Sons architects.[5]
Sport
The local Gaelic football club, Caltra GAA, won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship for the 2003–04 season.[6]
People
- Eamon Gilmore, born in Caltra, is a former leader of the Labour Party.[7]
- Michael Meehan, inter-county footballer for Galway.[8]
