Claddagh
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Claddagh
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
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The Claddagh (Template:Langx, meaning 'the seashore')[1] is an area close to the centre of Galway, Ireland, where the River Corrib meets Galway Bay. It was formerly[when?] a fishing village, just outside the old city walls. It is just across the river from the Spanish Arch, which was the location of regular fish markets where the locals supplied the city with seafood as recently as the end of the 19th century.
The original village of thatched cottages was razed in the 1930s and replaced by a council-housing scheme.[2]
The Claddagh is most famous internationally for the Claddagh ring,[3] which is popular among those of Irish heritage as both a friendship and wedding ring. This traditional design consists of two clasped hands holding a crowned heart, and symbolises love, friendship and loyalty.
The Claddagh area contains a national school, community centre and a Catholic church as well as the new Claddagh Arts Centre.
Notable people
- Bobby Beggs (1911–1993), Dublin-born Gaelic footballer who later played for Galway, lived in Claddagh[4]
- Thomas Grady (1835–1891), recipient of the Victoria Cross in the Crimean War[5]
- President Catherine Connolly settled in the Claddagh in married life.
- Sean Cannon (1940-), Irish singer and member of The Dubliners, born in Claddagh.[6]
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."An Cladach/Claddagh". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ The Claddagh — the old and the new, Galway Advertiser, 18 December 2008
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Brief History of the Claddagh Ring". Emerald Isle Jewelry. 6 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kerr, Rory (3 July 2020). "Skerries stalwart left a lasting legacy". Fingal Independent – via Irish Independent.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lee, Helen (23 July 2018). The Little Book of Galway. The History Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780750989503.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kelly, Aaron. "The Dublin Legends - Irish Folk Singers and Musicians". Retrieved 30 January 2026.
External links
- Photos of Claddagh Galway
- http://homepage.eircom.net/~claddaghns/oldcladdagh.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130729201342/http://www.kennys.ie/News/OldGalway/05062008-TheGreenGrassintheCladdagh/
- http://www.libraryireland.com/IrishPictures/VII-Claddagh.php
- https://archive.today/20130218003431/http://www.kennys.ie/booktalk/old-galway/the-garra-glas-in-the-claddagh.html
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