Tarmonbarry Explained

Termonbarry
Official Name:Tarmonbarry
Native Name:Irish: Tearmann Bearaigh
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Coordinates:53.75°N -62°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Connacht
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Roscommon
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:699
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:WET
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Tarmonbarry, officially Termonbarry,[2] is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. 8 km west of Longford town, it is on the River Shannon where it is crossed by the N5 road. East of the bridge, part of the village lies in County Longford. As of the 2022 census, the population of the village 699 people,[1] up from 443 as of the 2016 census.[3] The village is in a civil parish of the same name.[2]

History and development

The village originates from an abbey founded by saint Berach in the 6th century[4] —the name of the village in Irish means roughly "Berach's sanctuary". Berach is the patron saint of Termonbarry.[5]

Termonbarry has a boutique hotel with a restaurant and pub, several bars and restaurants, shops, a petrol station, a marina, a disused Garda station, a GAA pitch, and an art gallery.

Sport

Gaelic games

St Barrys is the name of the local Gaelic football club, which takes members from Tarmonbarry, Whitehall and the Scramogue region. The club's colours are green and white.[6]

Boat racing

For a period of about ten years from 1925 to 1935, Tarmonbarry was a centre for hydroplane racing in Ireland, due to the water of the Shannon which was relatively calm. This activity declined due to the high cost of running and maintaining the boats.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Mapping - Towns: Termonbarry - Population Snapshot . Central Statistics Office . Census 2022 . 2 March 2024 .
  2. Web site: Tearmann Bearaigh / Termonbarry . Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 21 August 2021 . 13 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131213164402/http://www.logainm.ie/2099.aspx . live .
  3. Web site: Sapmap Area – Settlements – Termonbarry . Central Statistics Office . Census 2016 . April 2016 . 9 March 2020 . 24 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210924181314/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=8F371E48-AF27-4370-ACCF-18A9A8D1383F#SAPMAP_T1_100 . live .
  4. Web site: St. Berach. Catholic Online. 13 November 2009. 25 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100325073244/http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1749. live.
  5. Web site: St. Berach . saints.sqpn.com . 5 April 2013 . 4 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104200336/http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-berach-of-kilbarry/ . live .
  6. Web site: St Barrys Gaelic Football Club . 2012-07-01 . dead . https://archive.today/20130203113929/http://www.tarmonbarryireland.com/st-barrys-gfc . 3 February 2013 .
  7. Longford Leader, 8 June 1932