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About Rosmuc

Rosmuc is a village in County Galway, 39 km west of Galway city. The peninsula of rounded hills, halfway between Galway and Clifden, where Patrick Pearse built his cottage in 1909 and wrote the O'Donovan Rossa oration, in a district where nine in ten adults speak Irish every day.

Where
39 km from Galway, 223 km from Dublin
Position
53.3525° N, 9.6223° W
In Irish
Ros Muc
On the model
535 buildings, 0 streets, 204 places in 12 kinds
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Rosmuc on Wikipedia
The 3D model of Rosmuc with every named place pinned
Pearse's Cottage, Gortmore, Rosmuc. Gallaimh.
Pearse's Cottage, Gortmore, Rosmuc. Gallaimh.
Ray4mondo, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
I took this during our annual camera club trip, which in 2014 was to Connemara. It was such a peaceful spot.
I took this during our annual camera club trip, which in 2014 was to Connemara. It was such a peaceful spot.
Digital Eye, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Rosmuck Quay
Rosmuck Quay
Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Pearses Cottage Turlough
Pearses Cottage Turlough
Ag Smaoineamh, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

A short history

  1. About 400
    First settlers. People are thought to have settled here a century before St Briocán brought Christianity.
  2. 1903 to 1909
    Pearse. He first came in April 1903 as an examiner for Conradh na Gaeilge, and in 1909 built his holiday cottage above Loch Eiliúrach; it became a summer school for St Enda's, and is now a national monument open to the public.
  3. 1915
    Ireland unfree. Pearse wrote the graveside oration for Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa in the cottage, and set several stories here.
  4. Early 20th century
    Ó Conaire. Pádraic Ó Conaire's 26 books, 473 stories, 237 essays and six plays are partly set in the district, among them M'Asal Beag Dubh and Deoraíocht.
  5. 2008 and 2011
    Mise. The Irish memoir of Colm Ó Gaora, IRA company commander here in the War of Independence, was published, and in English as On the Run in 2011.
  6. 2006 to 2020
    Irish. Of 557 people in the electoral division in 2006, 87 per cent were native speakers and 91.9 per cent of adults used Irish daily; the townland had 72 people in 2011, and St Briocán's school 37 pupils in 2020.

The full history, 6 moments in order

What to see

  1. Teach an Phiarsaigh3.7 km

    Pearse's cottage of 1909 above Loch Eiliúrach, 3.7 km from the church.

  2. Fáinne Chamuis3.7 km

    The ring at Camus, 3.7 km away.

  3. Séipéal an Ioncolnaithe

    The Catholic church of the village.

  4. The rounded hills

    The hills that named the place, like the backs of animals on the horizon.

All the things to see and do

Questions people ask

Where is Rosmuc?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, in the west of Ireland: 39 km west of Galway city and 223 km west of Dublin, on the R340 off the N59, halfway between Galway and Clifden.
What is there in Rosmuc?
On the map, 204 named places in 12 kinds: 0 places to eat and drink, 0 shops, 3 schools, churches and public buildings, and 201 things to see within 12 km.
What is Rosmuc known for?
Pearse's cottage, the writers Pádraic Ó Conaire and Colm Ó Gaora, and one of the highest rates of daily Irish in the country.

Getting around

Rosmuc sits on the R340 off the N59, halfway between Galway and Clifden. 0 bus stops and 0 car parks are on the map.

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