Lettermuckoo

Lettermuckoo (Irish: Leitir Mucú)[1] is a townland in County Galway, Ireland.[2] It lies in an Irish-speaking (Gaeltacht) area,[1] close to the villages of Screeb and Casla (Costelloe).[3] The townland of Lettermuckoo has an area of approximately 10 square kilometres (3.9 mi2),[2] and had a population of 55 residents as of the 2011 census.[4] The local national (primary) school, Scoil Naisiunta Leitir Mucú,[5] closed in 2015 due to a lack of students.

Sport

The stallion Lettermuckoo Lad is a Connemara pony born in 2001 in Lettermuckoo.[6] Lettermuckoo Lad won a number of showjumping competitions,[7] and finished 3rd in the "Performance Hunter for Connemara Ponies 8-15 years" category at the 2013 Dublin Horse Show.[8]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lettermuckoo, County Galway.
  1. ^ a b "Leitir Mucú / Lettermuckoo". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Leitir Mucú Townland, Co. Galway". townlands.ie. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Lettermuckoo". Lettermuckoo. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. ^ "CD155 - Galway Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021. Lettermuckoo, Camus, Co. Galway [..] 2011 [..] Population 55
  5. ^ "Scoil Naisiunta Leitir Mucu, Galway West County on SchoolDays.ie". www.schooldays.ie. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Lettermuckoo Lad". SporthorseData. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Showjumping Ireland > Schedule > Search > Animals > Animal Results > Lettermuckoo Lad". www.sji.ie. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  8. ^ "RDS Results 2013 – Connemara Pony Breeders' Society". Retrieved 3 March 2021.

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