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Bearna | |
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Coordinates: 53°15′N 9°09′W / 53.25°N 9.15°W / 53.25; -9.15 | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Galway |
Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Population (2022) | 2,336 |
Irish Grid Reference | M232227 |
Bearna is the official name in Irish while Barna is the anglicised spelling. |
Barna (Bearna in Irish) is a coastal village on the R336 regional road in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. It has become a satellite village of Galway City. The village is Irish speaking and is therefore a constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up the Gaeltacht.
In 1976, a community development group called Comharchumann Bearna Teoranta was formed after five local men put up the purchase money for 2 acres (8,100 m2) at Troscaigh Thiar to be used for community purposes and has succeeded in developing several recreational facilities.
There are 1,500 native Irish speakers in the Barna electoral division. According to the 2011 census, 24% of Bearna's locals use Irish as a daily language.
Barna is twinned with Esquibien, Brittany, France.
At the time of the 2011 census, the population in this settlement was 1,878, of which males numbered 920 and females were 958. The total housing stock was 772, of which vacant households numbered 98. With an approximate area of 1.89 km2, this settlement has a 2011 population density of 994 persons per km2.
The total population of the Barna Electoral District (ED) designated as 27044 was 3,630, of which males numbered 1,804 and females were 1,826. The total housing stock was 1,363, of which vacant households numbered 142.
Sports clubs in the Barna area include Barna GAA, which fields gaelic football teams in men's and ladies' competitions. Other clubs in the locality are Galway Bay Rugby Club, Barna hurling club and Barna United association football club. Cormac Folan of Freeport in Barna represented Ireland in Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Barna Golf Club, two miles north of the village, is a moorland 18-hole golf course.
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Most townlands are anglisations of the original Irish language names.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora | |||||||||||
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Province | Archdiocese of Tuam | ||||||||||
Cathedral church | Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway | ||||||||||
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