To Cheathrú Rua
An Cheathrú Rua [ əˈçæːɾ̥ˠhuːˌɾˠuːə ] (old spelling (before 1945): An Cheathramhadh Ruadh , Anglicised : Carraroe or Carrowroe ) is a village on a peninsula between the bays of Cuan an Fhir Mhóir and Cuan Chasla in Galway County , Ireland . It includes the townlands of An Cheathrú Rua Thuaidh , An Cheathrú Rua Theas , Barr an Doire and An Caorán Beag . It is located in the Gaeltacht region of Connemara . The colloquial language is like in the neighboring oneCasla the Connacht dialect of Irish . Therefore only the Irish name An Cheathrú Rua has official status.
An Cheathrú Rua is famous for its boats called Galway Hookers . Are mainly spread Baid mhóra ( "big boats") and leathbháid ( "Half boats") that were formerly used peat from the bogs of Connemara to the Aran Islands and the region of Boireann ( Burren ) in County Clare to transport , as peat does not occur in these areas. This tradition is revived every year at the Cruinniú na mBáid Festival (Meeting of the Boats). The region's smaller fishing boats are called gleoiteoga . Every year on the last Monday in August, the Féile sailing regatta on Dóilín takes place.
The sheltered beach Trá an Dóilín (English Coral Beach ) is a beach on the west coast An Cheathrú Ruas, which, contrary to its English name, does not consist of coral remains, but of mineralized deposits of red algae .
The summer colleges Coláiste Chiaráin and Coláiste Cholumba are located in An Cheathrú Rua. This is where students from all over Ireland spend their summer holidays improving their Irish language skills while staying with native speaking families. The Áras Mháirtín Uí Chadhain (“Máirtín Ó Cadhain House”) opened in 1977 is one of the centers of the Oifig na Gaeilge Labhartha (“Office of the Spoken Irish Language”) of the National University of Ireland, Galway, in the Gaeltacht . It was named after the Irish writer Máirtín Ó Cadhain .
The Irish name An Cheathrú Rua means "the brown and red quarter".
Individual evidence
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Coordinates: 53 ° 15 ′ 56.2 " N , 9 ° 35 ′ 1" W.