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Mountbellew or Mountbellew Bridge (historically Creggaun, from Irish: an Creagán, meaning 'the rocky place')[2] is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies mostly within the townland of Treanrevagh (Trian Riabhach) on the N63 national primary road.

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Mountbellew An Creagán
Town
Statue of Bobbyjo, Mountbellew
Mountbellew Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53.47°N 8.50°W / 53.47; -8.50
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Dáil Éireann	Galway East
Elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]	774
Time zone	UTC±0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key	H53
Telephone area code	+353(0)91

The town has a population of approximately 800,[1] and has a number of shops and small businesses. There are four schools located in the town, St. Mary's National School, Holy Rosary College, Coláiste an Chreagáin and the Franciscan Brothers Agricultural College.[3]

Points of interest around the town include the Bellew Estate and woodlands, a small lake, the old forge and the Catholic church. The Bellew Estate was once the home of the Grattan-Bellew family, who were Galway parliamentarians during the 18th and 19th centuries.[4] The estate demesne is now a wooded area of forest walks and picnic areas. The village bridge has a milestone inserted in the middle of its parapet.^{[citation needed]}

Franciscan Brothers

The Franciscan Brothers came to Mountbellew from Milltown, Dublin, in 1818. The Bellew family invited them and gave them resources of land and a house to get established. The Brothers ran a free primary school until 1884. In 1875 they opened a secondary school (boarding) and in 1898 a special department in the school was set up to prepare students for Teacher Training Colleges.^{[citation needed]}

The Brothers changed from secondary education to agricultural education in 1904 and the Franciscan Brothers’ Agricultural College was founded. This was the first agricultural college in Ireland. The Department of Agriculture supported the college from the start.^{[citation needed]} In 1986, the college partnered with a predecessor of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). This cooperation between the two colleges resulted in the setting up of what is now known as the Higher Certificate in Business Studies (Agribusiness). ^{[citation needed]}

Sport and clubs

Mountbellew's sporting societies include Mountbellew Moylough GAA club which plays both hurling and Gaelic football. The club colours are black and amber and they play on Mountbellew/Moylough GAA grounds. The senior football team won five Galway Senior Football Championships, in 1964, 1965, 1974, 1986 and 2021.

A monument to the famous racehorse Bobbyjo can be seen in the town centre. He won the Irish and English grand nationals.

Notable people

• James Lawlor Kiernan (1837–1869), Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, was born in Mountbellew[5]
• Thomas J. Kelly (1833–1908), leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

External links

• Mountbellew/Moylough Game Preservation Society Website

References

На других языках

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- [en] Mountbellew

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[it] Mountbellew

Mountbellew (in irlandese an Creagán) è una località della Repubblica d'Irlanda. Fa parte della contea di Galway, nella provincia di Connacht.

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[ru] Маунт-Беллью

Маунт-Беллью [2] (англ. Mountbellew; ирл. An Creagán, Ан-Кряган, «скалистое место»)[3] — деревня в Ирландии, находится в графстве Голуэй (провинция Коннахт) у трассы N63.

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