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Castlerea (Irish: An Caisleán Riabhach) is located in the west of County Roscommon, Ireland. It is the second largest town in the county with a population of 2842 (as of 2006). Roughly translated from Irish, Castlerea can mean Brindled Castle (Caisleán Riabhach) or King's Castle (Caisleán Rí). The town is built on the River Suck and the River Francis (aka River Cloonard), both tributaries of the River Shannon. Clonalis House, just west of the town, is the ancestral home of the Clan O'Conor: the last High Kings of Ireland. The dynasty gave eleven high kings to Ireland and twenty four kings to Connacht. The family traces back to Feredach the Just in 75 A.D. and is Europe's oldest recorded family. The 45 room mansion was built in 1878 and contains a priceless collection of archival material, illustrating a tradition going back 60 generations. The first president of Ireland and founder of the Gaelic League, Dr. Douglas Hyde was born in Castlerea on 17th January 1860. Castlerea was also the birthplace in 1815 of Sir William Wilde, educated in the diocesan school in Elphin and father of the celebrated dramatist and wit, Oscar Wilde. Dr. Matthew Young, Bishop of Clonfert ca. 1798, an eminent natural philosopher and mathematician, was a native of Castlerea. The Roman Catholic bishop Thomas Finnegan was born in the town. Other notable people from the town include the poet Michael McGovern and the fur trader Andrew McDermot. On the 11th of July 1921 an RIC man (Sgt. James King) was shot in Patrick St., Castlerea, Co. Roscommon and died of his wounds shortly afterwards. Later that day the July 11th truce was called ending the War of Independence. No one was ever prosecuted for the murder and no investigations concerning the murder were ever undertaken. It was the last shot fired in the Irish War of Independence [1]. Detective Garda John Francis Morley and Garda Henry Gerrard Byrne were shot dead while in pursuit of INLA bank robbers at Aghaderry near Castlerea on the 7th of July 1980 [2]. The town is the home and birthplace of Irish Times columnist, John Waters and cannabis legalisation advocate, Cllr. Luke 'Ming the Merciless' Flanagan. The town also has a prison and "Hell's Kitchen" the only pub in Ireland with a train inside. Hell's Kitchen also contains a Railway Museum, probably the most unusual museum building in Ireland. Sean Browne’s railway museum includes a 1955 A55 diesel locomotive. It is open 7 days a week and is a treasure trove for railway enthusiasts. On display are bells, lamps, shunting poles, signal equipment etc. The museum has no official links with Castlerea railway station. In Association Football, Castlerea Celtic are the 2006 Ruby Oil Roscommon and district Premier league and cup champions, having achieved the double for the first time since 1979. There has been a large increase in the popularity of soccer in the town in recent years. A fine new clubhouse and Astroturf facility has recently been built by Castlerea Celtic. Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ...
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Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Roscommon Code: RN Area: 2,547 km² (983 mi²) Population (2006) 58,700 Website: www. ...
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Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Roscommon Code: RN Area: 2,547 km² (983 mi²) Population (2006) 58,700 Website: www. ...
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Conradh na Gaeilge (The Gaelic League) is an organization for the purpose of keeping the Irish language spoken in Ireland. ...
Douglas Hyde (Irish name Dubhghlas de hÃde) (17 January 1860 - 12 July 1949) was an Irish language scholar who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945. ...
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Thomas Anthony Finnegan (born 26 August 1925 is an Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Dublin. ...
Michael McGovern (1848 - 1933) was a working-class poet who gained national recognition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ...
Andrew McDermot (1790-1891), was born in Bellangare House, Castlerea, Ireland in 1790, the eldest son of Miles MacDermot and Catherine (Kitty) O’Connor. ...
The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) was one of Irelands two police forces in the early twentieth century, alongside the Dublin Metropolitan Police. ...
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Castlerea railway station serves the town of Castlerea in County Roscommon Category: ...
The Sandfords Theophilus Sandford in the 17th century was the first Sandford to obtain extensive lands in Castlerea. This was for his services during the civil wars in England. These lands had been taken from the O'Conors. He built Castlerea House c.1640 on the old O'Conor Castle site. Castlerea developed under the Sandfords, and they established a distillery (at its height producing more than 20,000 of gallons of whiskey annually), a brewery and a tannery. His descendants continued to hold their power through the troublesome 19th century, but in the early years of the 20th century they lost ground. The estate was acquired by the Land Commission and the Congested Districts Board. The Demesne in which it was set survives and the people of Castlerea now enjoy it as a public park. The Irish Land Commission was created in 1881 as a rent fixing commission by the Irish Land Act 1881. ...
The Congested Districts Board for Ireland was formed in 1891 to allieviate poverty and congested living conditions in the west of Ireland. ...
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Education and industry Castlerea's major employers include Harmac Medical Products, Colour Communications Europe, Finola Foods and John Murphy (Castlerea) Limited, Irelands Largest Supplier of Fasteners and Fixings. John Murphy (Castlerea) Limited also owns a number of companies in the UK. A Film Production House, Round Edge Films is based in Ballingare in Castlerea.
The schools in the town are all located in one central 'block'. The area includes two primary schools, St. Annes and St. Pauls and one secondary school, Castlerea Community School. St. Michael’s Special National School is also located within the central educational 'block'.
Post Leaving Certificate courses are held in Castlerea Community School for school leavers or adults wishing to return to education.
Amenities Amenities in the town include a nine hole golf course, an outdoor swimming pool (open to public every June, July and August), a soccer pitch, a GAA pitch and a large public park. The GAA owns a squash court, and a handball court in the town. St. Kevin's is the local Gaelic Football club. A stylised Celtic cross serves as the traditional logo of the GAA. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Gaelic Games - traditional Irish sports, such as hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball, and rounders. ...
Castlerea also has a nite club known as 'River Island', not to be confused with the clotheswear chain of the same name [1]. The town also maintains a stock of between fifteen and twenty public houses. River Island is a male and female clotheswear chain with 197 stores located across the United Kingdom, Republic Of Ireland, Malta, Cyprus, Poland, Turkey, America and the Middle East with the name being a leader for casual fashion. ...
Public houses and licensed premises in Castlerea include the Golf Course Club House, the GAA Centre Bar, Hell's Kitchen, Caulfield's, The Stagger Inn, Carthy's, Silke's, Murray's, The Halfway House, Sissy McGinty's, The Cosy Bar, The Golden Eagle, Mulvihill's, Tully's, The Horse and Jockey, The Forge, Major Tom's (Now Kate's), The Westbury and Doherty's.
St. Patrick's Church (estd.1896) is the Roman Catholic church of the town, administered by Canon Joe Fitzgearld and Fr. Michael McManus.
Castlerea is twinned with Newark, New Jersey. Nickname: Map of Newark in Essex County County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Government - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1] - City 67. ...
Castlerea is not to be confused with Castlereagh, a borough of Belfast in Northern Ireland. Castlereagh Borough Council is a local council in Northern Ireland. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Northern Ireland County: District: Belfast UK Parliament: Belfast North Belfast South Belfast East Belfast West European Parliament: Northern Ireland Dialling Code: 028, +44 28 posttown = Belfast Postal District(s): BT1-BT17, BT29 (part of), BT58 Area: 115 km² Population (2001) Website: www. ...
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Castlerea as a Statistical Anomaly Castlerea stands out in statistical terms in many ways and has the: - Youngest average population in Ireland. [3]
- Second highest number of bachelors per capita in Ireland.
- Lowest percentage of Leaving Certificate students continuing on to third level education in Ireland.
The Leaving Certificate (Irish: Ardteistiméireacht), commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert (Irish: Ardteist) is the final course in the Irish secondary school system and culminates with the Leaving Certificate Examination. ...
References Dublin City University (DCU) is a university situated between Glasnevin and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland. ...
See also This is a link page for cities and towns in the Republic of Ireland, including larger villages, and villages and townlands of note, as well as towns, townships or urban centres in Dublin. ...
Market Houses are a notable feature of many Irish towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation making for a most interesting feature of the streetscape. ...
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