Skehana
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Skehana
An Sceachánach | |
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Townland | |
![]() The ruins of Garbally Castle are 200 m from Skehana Community Center | |
Coordinates: 53°25′03″N 8°38′09″W / 53.41748°N 8.63571°WCoordinates: 53°25′03″N 8°38′09″W / 53.41748°N 8.63571°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Galway |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Irish grid reference | M578400 |
Skehana or Skehanagh (Irish: An Sceachánach)[1] is a small village and townland in County Galway, Ireland. The name Skehana derives from the Irish Sceith eánach meaning "place of the whitethorn".
Together with nearby Menlough, Skehana is a half-parish within the diocesan parish of Killascobe in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam.[2][3] An annual arts festival was held there in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[citation needed] The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Skehana Hurling Club, fields hurling teams at underage and adult Junior A grades.[4][5]
The ruins of an Anglo-Norman tower house, Garbally Castle, are located immediately to the west of the local national school.
See also
References
- ^ "An Sceachánach / Skehanagh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "The Parish of Killoscobe". skehana.galwaycommunityheritage.org. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Parish Details - Menlough-Skehana (Killascobe)". tuamarchdiocese.org. Archdiocese of Tuam. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Classic GAA picture of the big lad marking the wee lad in the Galway Féile is hilarious". sportsjoe.ie. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Galway Junior Hurling Championships". galwaygaa.ie. Galway County Board. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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