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Country
  
Ireland

Irish Grid Reference
  
L887279

Local time
  
Thursday 9:41 AM

County
  
County Galway

Elevation
  
1 m

Province
  
Connacht

Lettermore

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 27 km/h, 84% Humidity

Lettermore (Irish: Leitir Móir) is a Gaeltacht village in County Galway, Ireland. It is also the name of an island, linked by road to the mainland, on which the village sits. The name comes from the Irish Leitir Móir meaning great rough hillside (leitir = rough hillside). The main spoken language of the area is Irish. Lettemore island is in two halves. The eastern half is known as Lettermore, while the western half is known as Lettercallow (Leitir Calaidh, "rough hillside by a marshy area").

Map of Lettermore, Co. Galway, Ireland

References

Lettermore Wikipedia