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About Caltra

Caltra is a village in County Galway, 44 km north-east of Galway city. The burial ground of the palisade, a village of 115 people on the R358 whose football club won the All-Ireland club championship in 2004.

Where
44 km from Galway, 145 km from Dublin
Position
53.4355° N, 8.4370° W
On the model
661 buildings, 2 streets, 88 places in 18 kinds
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Caltra on Wikipedia
The 3D model of Caltra with every named place pinned
View of the nave, looking east.
View of the nave, looking east.
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Nave, looking west.
Nave, looking west.
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
South-east view of the church.
South-east view of the church.
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Water font of the Caltra Carmelite Friary from 1646 in front of the Our Lady of Lourdes Church. The…
Water font of the Caltra Carmelite Friary from 1646 in front of the Our Lady of Lourdes Church. The…
Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

A short history

  1. Early times
    Forts and fosses. Ringforts, fosses and enclosures lie in the townlands of Caltra, Lisnagree and Lislea.
  2. About 1840
    St Solan's. The Catholic church was built on the site of an earlier friary, and extended in the late 1930s by W.
  3. 2004
    All-Ireland champions. Caltra GAA won the All-Ireland senior club football championship of 2003 to 2004.
  4. 2011
    115 people. The census count for the townland; Eamon Gilmore, later leader of the Labour Party, and the Galway footballer Michael Meehan are from the village.

The full history, 4 moments in order

What to see

  1. St Solan's Church

    The church of about 1840 on the friary site.

  2. Killosolan Church3.0 km

    The old church 3 km away.

  3. Clonbrock Castle4.6 km

    The O'Kelly tower house, 4.6 km out.

  4. Ballinlass7.1 km

    The memorial to the eviction of 1846, 7 km away.

  5. The old forge6.1 km

    The forge museum at Mountbellew, 6 km off.

All the things to see and do

Questions people ask

Where is Caltra?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, in the west of Ireland: 44 km north-east of Galway city and 145 km west of Dublin, on the R358.
What is there in Caltra?
On the map, 88 named places in 18 kinds: 4 places to eat and drink, 0 shops, 2 schools, churches and public buildings, and 79 things to see within 12 km.
What is Caltra known for?
Its football club's All-Ireland of 2004, St Solan's church on a friary site, and Eamon Gilmore.

Getting around

Caltra sits on the R358. 0 bus stops and 0 car parks are on the map.

History, sights and civic facts summarise Wikipedia, "Caltra" (CC BY-SA 4.0, read 2026-09-19). Population is the CSO census as listed there. Distances and everything on the model are OpenStreetMap.