Milltown, County Galway
Milltown
Baile an Mhuillin | |
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Village | |
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  Milltown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°36′54″N 8°54′02″W / 53.6150°N 8.9006°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M369689 |
| Website | http://milltowngalway.com/home.html |
Milltown (Irish: Baile an Mhuilinn) is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Clare, 47 km from Galway City, 11 km from Tuam on the N17 road to Sligo.
Milltown Community Council has been active in developing the parish, including through the building of a Community Centre, which offers varied activities.[1]
Transport
Milltown railway station opened on 30 April 1894 and closed on 17 June 1963.[2] Milltown was one of the stations on the Western Railway Corridor. It was located between Tuam and Claremorris. As of 2009, there were plans to re-open the line and station with funding from the Irish government's "Transport 21" programme.[3]
Sport
Milltown GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club. Milltown players have included Noel Tierney, Diarmaid Blake and Joe Waldron.
Amenities
There is also a 550-metre walk along the River Clare, for which the Local Development Association has won a number of awards.[4] It also has a 4.5 km Slí na Sláinte rural walk, for which it won first place in County Galway in the National Tidy Town Awards for 8 years from 1996-2003. A telescope which belonged to John Birmingham is on display at the Milltown community museum.[citation needed]
Twinned Village
Milltown is twinned with the village of Llanddarog in Wales.
People
- Patrick Duggan (1813-1896) - Catholic Bishop
- William Connolly (born 1839) - Irish piper
- Richard W. Dowling (1838–1867) - Commander at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass in the American Civil War
- Mícheál Ó Lócháin (1836-1899) - Founder of the Philo-Celtic Society
- John Birmingham (1816-1884) - Astronomer, poet and geologist
- Thomas Beirne - Writer
- M. J. Molloy (1914-1994) - Playwright and folklorist
- Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (1894-1976) - Dramatist, senator and critic
- Jim Carney - Poet, journalist and presenter
- Noel Tierney - All-Ireland winner with Galway in 1964, 1965 and 1966
- Joe Waldron - Former Galway inter-county footballer
- Gay McManus - Former Galway football captain
- Pádraig Coyne - Former Galway inter-county footballer
- Tomás Tierney - Former Galway football captain
- Diarmaid Blake - Former Galway inter-county footballer
See also
References
- ^ http://www.tuam-guide.com/milltown.htm
- ^ "Milltown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
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