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Castlegar (Irish: An Caisleán Gearr) is a village and Roman Catholic parish in County Galway, Ireland, located just outside the city of Galway. It extends from Lough Corrib across to Merlin Park by the old Galway-Dublin road. The annual Galway Races are held at Ballybrit Racecourse in the area.

Castlegar An Caisleán Gearr
Village
Castlegar Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°18′00″N 9°01′07″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Elevation	85 m (279 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Website	www.castlegar-galway.org

Irish language

As of 2006, the electoral division of Castlegar (Castlegar ED) had a population of approximately 1,000 people, of whom 11% were Irish speakers.[1]

History

The name Castlegar is derived from the Irish words Caisleán Gearr, which means "Short Castle". The small Castlegar Castle, in the middle of the parish, was a guest or "short stay" castle for the Blake family's Menlo Castle.

Emigrants from Ireland went to British Columbia and named a place there after it: Castlegar, British Columbia.^{[citation needed]}

Castles

• Ballybrit Castle
• Ballindooley Castle (Ballindooly)[2]
• Castlegar Castle (Castle Gar)
• Cloonacauneen Castle (Cluanacauneen)[3]
• Killeen Castle (Killeen)
• Menlo Castle (Menlough)[2]
• Merlin Park Castle (formerly Doughiska/Doughiskey)

Villages and townlands

• Ballybrit
• Ballindooley
• Ballintemple
• Briarhill
• Bruckey
• Cappanabornia
• Carrabrowne
• Castlegar Village
• Coolough
• Killeen
• Killtulla
• Kyloughter
• Menlo
• Two-Mile-Ditch

Notable people

• The Blake baronets from 1622 through 1910
• Castlegar is home to the hurling family, the Connolly brothers, John and Joe Connolly.

References

Notes

Sources

• Ó Laoi, Padraic. History of Castlegar Parish. 1996

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Castlegar (County Galway).

• Castlegar Galway
• List of Castles in Castlegar, Galway

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