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Letterard (Irish: Leitreach Árd) is a townland located in the parish of Moyrus or Carna, Connemara on the West Coast of the Republic of Ireland .
Contents
- Map of Letterard Co Galway Ireland
- Population
- Drowning during War of Independence
- Famous residents
- References
Map of Letterard, Co. Galway, Ireland
It is located in County Galway. To the west of Letterard is Bertrabhoy Bay. Across the bay from Letterard is Roundstone. The word Letterard itself means high area and Letterard is all a high area with a cliff on one side called Áill Dá Bhinn.
Population
Letterard has an overall population of 103. It is also located in the Connemara Gaeltacht. Before the Great Famine struck Ireland the population of Letterard was around 800 people and it dramatically dropped to just over 100 by the end of the famine.
Peninsula located to the South West of Letterard
Drowning during War of Independence
On February 6, 1921, during the Irish War of Independence, four volunteers of the Old IRA were making their way by boat from Letterard, Carna to Roundstone for a Battalion meeting, when they were caught by a violent storm and drowned of the shore of Inishlaken Island.