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]
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.
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]
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]