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Máirtín Ó Cadhain

Máirtín Ó Cadhain is a monument on Cois Trá in Spiddal, County Galway, 256 m east of the pier. AIB, Texaco and Scoil Éinne are within 56 m. Its inscription reads: "Máirtín Ó Cadhain, 1906 – 1970, Scríbhneoir, Poblachtach, Gael, Buíochas le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta, Cumann Forbartha Chois Fharraige agus na Síntiúsóirí uile.".

Kind
Monuments
Street
Cois Trá
From the pier
256 m east
Dates from
2022-07-23
Parking
Céibh An Spidéil on Bóthar na Céibhe, 664 m away
Bus stop
Stop (Bus Éireann), 287 m away

The map does not yet record a phone number, a website or opening hours for Máirtín Ó Cadhain. Anyone can add them on OpenStreetMap; this page picks the change up at the next refresh.

Plan of the streets around Máirtín Ó Cadhain, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Máirtín Ó Cadhain, 340 metres across

Getting to Máirtín Ó Cadhain

By car
Park at Céibh An Spidéil on Bóthar na Céibhe, 664 m away, 40 spaces. Spiddal is 17 km from Galway city.
By bus
The nearest stop is an unnamed stop, served by Bus Éireann, 287 m away.
Directions from where you are
Open the model above, tap the pin and choose “Directions here”; the route is drawn from your own position.

While you are there

4 places to eat and drink within 300 m: rúnda (97 m), Builín Blasta (188 m), Fiordigrano Pizzeria (188 m) and Tigh Hughes (257 m).

9 shops within 300 m, including Centra, Ceardlann - Spiddal Craft Village and C Beauty áilleacht.

Cois Trá itself has 5 named places on the map.

Other sites within 3 km: An tSeanmhainistir (219 m), Páirc Spraoi an Spidéil (1.7 km), Coill Sheanadh Mhóinín (2.5 km) and Lough Logananny (3.0 km).

Within a short walk

  1. AIB
    Cash machines
    44 m
  2. Texaco
    Petrol stations
    46 m
  3. 56 m
  4. Centra
    Convenience stores
    57 m
  5. 93 m
  6. rúnda
    Cafés
    97 m
  7. 109 m
  8. 114 m

Also on Cois Trá

  2. Centra
    Convenience stores
  4. Texaco
    Petrol stations

Everything on Cois Trá

Other monuments around Spiddal

  1. 6.6 km
  2. 11.4 km

All 3 monuments around Spiddal

Questions people ask

Where is Máirtín Ó Cadhain?
On Cois Trá in Spiddal, 256 m east of the pier; the nearest car park is 664 m away.
Are there other monuments nearby?
2 other monuments around $Spiddal; the closest is An Fearban, 6.6 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/12463554924, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.