Camus Camas
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53.373° N 9.55888° W
Irish Grid Reference L963370
Statistics
Province:	Connacht
County:	County Galway
Elevation:	54 m
Population (2002)  - Town:  - Rural:	-  388

Camus (Irish: Camas) is a village in the Connemara Gaeltacht in County Galway in the west of Ireland. It is situated between Costelloe and Maam Cross, and is divided into Camas Uachtair and Camas Íochtair, as well as several other townlands, such as Scrib, Gleann Trasna Leitir Moir, and Doire Bhanabh. Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). ... The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ... During late Gaelic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ... Connaught redirects here. ... For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Galway Code: G (GY proposed) Area: 6,148 km² Population (2006) 231,035 (including Galway City); 159,052 (without Galway City) Website: www. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Connemara (Irish Conamara), which derives from Conmhaicne Mara (meaning: descendants of Con Mhac, of the sea), is a district in the west of Ireland (County Galway). ... Gaeltacht regions in Ireland Gaeltacht (pronounced ; plural Gaeltachtaí) is an Irish word for an Irish-speaking region. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Galway Code: G (GY proposed) Area: 6,148 km² Population (2006) 231,035 (including Galway City); 159,052 (without Galway City) Website: www. ... Costelloe, (commonly known by its Irish name, Casla) is a village in the Irish speaking area of western County Galway between Inveran and Carraroe. ... Maam Cross (An Teach Dóite in Irish) is a Gaeltacht village in County Galway, Ireland. ...

Name Etymology

The name Camus/Camas (both versions are used) may come from the shape of nearby the bay in which the tides come and go through the narrow strait at Dun Manus and enter Camus bay at an angle, i.e, cam uisce or crooked water. Camus residents are known by their nickname of Maicini (the etymology of this word is unclear, although it was common in south Conamara to give each village nicknames). Camus is also known in song as Camus na bhfoirneis (Camus of the furnaces). It is believed that a small medieval foundry was operated close to the small bridge at the centre of the area in the 18th century.

Notable Structures

Camus is also the location for Screeb House, a former residence for the Berridge family, the local landlords in the 19th century, and also the lodge for a large system of interconnected fishing lakes. Hundreds of students from all over Ireland visit the area each summer to the famous Irish language school founded by Gearóid and Máire Denvir. Irish () is a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland. ...

Notable Citizens

• The Irish language novelist, Colm Ó Ceallaigh.
• The former chief executive of Raidió na Gaeltachta, Tomás Mac Con Iomaire.
• Town Drunk {Conall O' Giobuin}
• Mayor{Donncha O' Giobuin}

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See also

• Connacht Irish