Skehana
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Skehana
Sceachana | |
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Town | |
  Skehana Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 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)) |
Skehana (Irish: Sceachana) is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. The name Skehana derives from the Irish Sceith eánach meaning "place of the whitethorn".
It is a half parish which is contained within the diocesan parish of Killascobe. An annual Arts Festival was held there in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[citation needed] A hurling club exists which, while having some successes over the years, has become stagnant in later years.[citation needed] Two public houses previously existed in the parish, though one has since closed.[citation needed] The ruins of an Anglo-Norman tower house, Garbally Castle, are located immediately to the west of the local national school.
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