Turloughmore
title: "Turloughmore" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-and-villages-in-county-galway"] topic_path: "general/towns-and-villages-in-county-galway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turloughmore" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Turloughmore |
| native_name | An Turlach Mór |
| native_name_lang | ga |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | Turloughmore - geograph.org.uk - 1257089.jpg |
| pushpin_map | Ireland |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Ireland |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Ireland |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Connacht |
| subdivision_type3 | County |
| subdivision_name3 | County Galway |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| population_as_of | 2022 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 243 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone1 | WET |
| utc_offset1 | +0 |
| timezone1_DST | IST (WEST) |
| utc_offset1_DST | -1 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 26 |
| blank_name | Irish Grid Reference |
| blank_info | |
| :: |
|name = Turloughmore |native_name = An Turlach Mór |native_name_lang = ga |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Turloughmore - geograph.org.uk - 1257089.jpg |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Ireland |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Connacht |subdivision_type3 = County |subdivision_name3 = County Galway |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2022 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 243 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = WET |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = IST (WEST) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 26 |blank_name = Irish Grid Reference |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = Turloughmore ( ; ) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. The name means "the large lake," a notable feature of the area, together with the Clare River (Abhainn an Chláir). Turloughmore lies on the N63 national secondary road.
It is a small village consisting of two petrol stations, three pubs and the base of a bus service company. Turloughmore was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census. As of the 2022 census, it had a population of 243 people.
The village was once known for the horse fair held there, and for the faction-fighting that occurred at the fair (see John Callaghan (Galway)). The village represents a long-established settlement with a medieval history, and is near the site of the Battle of Knockdoe (Irish Cath Chnoc Tua), a bloody conflict in 1504 between some of the most powerful magnates of the time.
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- "Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement F1015 - Population: Turloughmore, Co. Galway". [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]].
- "An Turlach Mór/Turloughmore".
- "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". Central Statistics Office.
- "Annála Ríochta Éireann (Annals of the Four Masters) M1504.13, M1504.14".
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