Rossaveal
Rossaveal
Ros an Mhíl | |
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Village | |
Location in Ireland | |
Coordinates: 53°16′15″N 9°33′04″W / 53.2708°N 9.5511°WCoordinates: 53°16′15″N 9°33′04″W / 53.2708°N 9.5511°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Galway |
Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Irish Grid Reference | L965255 |
Ros an Mhíl is the only official name. |
Rossaveal or Rossaveel (Irish: Ros an Mhíl or Ros a' Mhíl) is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the Connemara area of County Galway, Ireland. It is the main ferry port for the Aran Islands in Galway Bay. It is about 37 kilometres (23 mi) from Galway city.
The Irish name Ros an Mhíl means "peninsula (or wood) of the whale (or sea monster)".[1] It may also mean "the wooded hill".[2][3] The village is the home of the Ros a' Mhíl centre under Coláiste Chamuis, an Irish language immersion summer camp for teenagers. It is served by Bus Éireann route 424 from Galway.[4] A ferry service to the Aran Islands runs from the harbour.[citation needed]
Irish language[]
As of the 2011 census, there were 208 people living in Ros an Mhíl townland, with 73% of these speaking Irish daily.[5]
See also[]
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rossaveal. |
- ^ "Rossaveel/Ros an Mhíl (see scanned records)". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Walk - Ros an Mhíl". Development Association of the Chois Fharraige Gaeltacht Area.
- ^ "Rossaveel (Rossaveal)". A Community History Website for Oughterard. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Timetable - Route 424" (PDF). buseireann.ie. Bus Éireann. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2012.
- ^ Foley, N.S., Curtin, R., Jackson, E., Keatinge, M., Maloney, D., Nolan, C. and Tyndall, P. (2013). An Economic Survey to Determine the Level of Seafood Activity and Establish its Economic Importance to the Area of Ros an Mhíl. Ros an Mhíl Case Study Report (PDF). Fisheries Economics Group (Report). Bord Iascaigh Mhara. p. 3. Retrieved 24 October 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Gaeltacht places in County Galway
- Towns and villages in County Galway
- Gaeltacht towns and villages
- Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names
- County Galway geography stubs