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About Lettermullan

Lettermullan is a village in County Galway, 45 km west of Galway city, with 214 people at the 2022 census. The westernmost of the three islands at the end of the causeways, 250 acres of herring, cod and seaweed, with a Napoleonic signal tower at Golam Head and every soul on Crappagh and Furnish a native speaker.

Population
214 (2022 census)
Where
45 km from Galway, 231 km from Dublin
Position
53.2426° N, 9.7299° W
In Irish
Leitir Mealláin
On the model
536 buildings, 4 streets, 84 places in 13 kinds
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Lettermullan on Wikipedia
The 3D model of Lettermullan with every named place pinned
Lettermullan beach
Lettermullan beach
Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Lettermullan Church
Lettermullan Church
Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Lettermullan shoreline
Lettermullan shoreline
Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Lettermullan school
Lettermullan school
Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

A short history

  1. Silurian and Ordovician times
    The rock. The northern third is the Galway granite of the Caledonian orogeny; the rest is older marine sediment and basalt.
  2. 1804 to 1806
    The signal station. One of the towers the British built along the coast to watch for invasion, very well preserved, near Golam Head.
  3. 1841 to 2022
    587 to 214. The island had 587 people before the Famine, 626 in 1881, and 214 at the last census.

The full history, 3 moments in order

What to see

  1. Túr Cheann Ghólaim2.9 km

    The signal tower at Golam Head, 2.9 km out.

  2. The heritage centre165 m

    Ionad Oidhreachta Leitir Mealláin in the village.

  3. Séipéal Réalt na Mara141 m

    The island's only church.

  4. Reilig Duigill

    The cemetery just after the bridge from Gorumna.

  5. Teampall na Cille2.2 km

    The old church 2.2 km away.

  6. The small islands

    Dinish, Furnish, Inisherk and Crappagh, joined to Lettermullen.

All the things to see and do

Population since 1841

1573134701841185119011951197120022022214

Source: Wikipedia article 'Lettermullen', Historical populations template, citing the CSO census.

Questions people ask

Where is Lettermullan?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, in the west of Ireland: 45 km west of Galway city and 231 km west of Dublin, on the end of the R374, west of Galway.
What is the population of Lettermullan?
214 people at the 2022 census, up from 204 in 2016.
What is there in Lettermullan?
On the map, 84 named places in 13 kinds: 1 place to eat and drink, 0 shops, 2 schools, churches and public buildings, and 80 things to see within 12 km.
What is Lettermullen known for?
The Golam Head signal tower, its heritage centre, the fisheries and seaweed, and its Irish; the playwright Antoine Ó Flatharta is from here.

Getting around

Lettermullan sits on the end of the R374, west of Galway. 0 bus stops and 0 car parks are on the map.

History, sights and civic facts summarise Wikipedia, "Lettermullen" (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.