The history of Carraroe
Turf boats, Charles Lamb, the Ó Cadhain centre, the UEFA night, the regatta of 2006, ninety per cent Irish. 7 moments, in order.
- Old times
Turf boats
The big boats and half-boats, the Báid Mhóra and Leathbháid, carried turf from the Connemara bogs to the Aran Islands and the Burren, where there is none; the smaller Gleoiteoga fished. They lie at Sruthán pier and at Caladh Thaidhg.
- 1921 to 1964
Charles Lamb
The painter lived in Carraroe from 1921 until his death.
- 1977
Áras Mháirtín Uí Chadhain
The university's Gaeltacht centre opened, named for the author of Cré na Cille.
- 1986
A UEFA Cup tie
Galway United played FC Groningen at Páirc an Chathanaigh, the community-owned ground, because Terryland Park did not meet UEFA's standards.
- 1993
Glastonbury Song
The Waterboys named the village in their hit; the Carraroe Jig has been recorded by Patrick Street, Mick Moloney and The Corrs, and Andrew Greeley's heroine Nuala Anne McGrail comes from here.
- 2006
Féile an Dóilín
The regatta named for the coral strand was the largest gathering of Galway hookers ever held.
- 2022
Ninety per cent
The census found 69 per cent of the village speaking Irish daily, and the Carraroe language planning area the third highest in Ireland at 90 per cent.
Where this comes from
Every paragraph above summarises a statement in Wikipedia, "Carraroe", licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, as it read on 2026-09-19. Follow it for the footnotes. Nothing has been added from memory.