Kiltimagh
Coordinates: 53 ° 51 ′ N , 9 ° 0 ′ W
Kiltimagh ( Irish : Coillte Mách ) is a village in County Mayo in western Ireland. The picturesque village with its brightly painted houses is located at an altitude of 41 m above sea level and in 2006 had exactly 1096 inhabitants.
Place name
Kiltimagh is often associated with the origin of the Irish name "culchie" for a hillbilly (also called country bumkin = "country gourd"). A "culchie" (pronounced "Käölltschie") is said to come from the Irish word "coillte", which is pronounced similarly and literally translated as "forests". Since the Irish name of Kiltimagh is now Coillte Mách (which roughly means "Forests of Mách" ), the assumption has been made that the name comes from this place in Mayo. However, there is no further evidence of this so far. Since the genitive plural "from the woods" in Irish is generally translated as "na gcoillte" (pronounced something like "na gäölltse"), the current English name can also have originated independently of Kiltimagh.
Attractions
Kiltimagh Station, which was closed to passenger traffic in 1963 and freight in 1975, was converted into a museum in the 1980s, which today presents local history and local culture.
Events
Every year around St. Patrick's Day there is a seven-day festival with many events that attracts visitors from near and far.
Personalities
The blind Irish-speaking poet Antoine Ó Raifteiri (English Anthony Raftery 1784-1835) came from Kiltimagh . He is often referred to as the last Irish wandering bard . A festival ( Féile Raiftéirí ) in his honor is held every year in Loughrea , Co. Galway on the last weekend in March. Raftery spent much of its later years in farming communities near this location.
Mary Davis (nee Rooney ), trained sports teacher and central figure in the organization of the successful Special Olympics World Summer Games in Dublin in 2003, was born in Kiltimagh. She ran as a candidate for the Irish presidential election in October 2011, but only received 2.7% of the vote.
Web links
- Photo impressions from the place
- Kiltimagh on the Internet
- Kiltimagh info
- Kiltimagh
- Visitor information
- Information about Raifteiri
- Local history
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- ↑ Pronunciation of the place name: here ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (To visualize the pronunciation aid, please click on the red and yellow location marker.)
- ^ Kiltimagh Museum
- ↑ Information on Mary Davis ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
