Brennan, William (17 March 2016). "The Irish Novel That's So Good People Were Scared to Translate It". The New Yorker . Retrieved 28 June 2023. But the national leadership of the Irish Volunteers was so dissatisfied by the inefficiency and internal squabbling of the IRA in Connemara that, in September 1920, Brigade Commandant Peter McDonnell was summoned to a secret meeting at Kilmilkin with IRA Chief of Staff Richard Mulcahy, who promoted MacDonnell on the spot to Officer Commanding of the West Connemara Brigade. [31] The Burning of Clifden [ edit ] Joe Heaney a legendary seanchai and sean-nós singer in Connacht Irish, is said to have known more than 500 songs – most learned from his family while he was growing up in Carna. [50] The Féile Chomórtha Joe Éinniú (Joe Heaney Commemorative Festival) is held every year in Carna. This arrangement continued until around 1800. While hosting Rt.-Rev. Edmund Ffrench, the Dominican Warden of Galway and future Roman Catholic Bishop of Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, however, Máirtín Mór Ó Máille presided over an accidental breach of hospitality. As Warden Ffrench's visit was on a Friday, the Friar's was only eating fish and seafood. When one of the household servants of Máirtín Mór accidentally poured a meat gravy upon his plate, the future Bishop understood that it was unintentional and graciously waved the plate away. The future Bishop's cousin, Thomas Ffrench, however, was less forgiving and demanded satisfaction. This resulted in a duel during which Máirtín Mór was mortally wounded. [15]

One of their most successful protests involved the pirate radio station Saor Raidió Chonamara (Free Radio Connemara) which first came on the air during Oireachtas na Gaeilge 1968, as a direct challenge to both the Irish government's monopoly over the airwaves and, far more importantly, their deliberate inaction regarding Irish language broadcasting. The station used a medium wave transmitter smuggled in from the Netherlands. The Irish government responded by proposing a national Irish-language radio station RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta which came on the air on Easter Sunday 1972. Its headquarters are now in Casla. The Irish drinking song " The Hills of Connemara" has been recorded and performed by a number of Irish and Celtic-themed bands.Gráinne Seoige, the Irish TV presenter and journalist, who has worked for TG4, RTÉ, Sky News Ireland and the BBC, is a native of An Spidéal. Peter Joseph McDonnell later recalled, "They had a rifle and a revolver, fifty rounds of ammo, and belts and pouches." [36] Canon MacAlpine, the parish priest of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and Irish Parliamentary Party political boss of the region, was immediately summoned and gave both Constables the Last Rites before their deaths. [37] Oireachtas na Gaeilge in Connemara Gaeltacht". RTÉ Archives. RTÉ.ie. 24 September 2014 . Retrieved 19 March 2016. Even though Henry Blake later termed the eviction of Anthony O'Flaherty in Letters from the Irish Highlands, as "the dawn of law in Cunnemara" ( sic), the Blake family is not remembered warmly in the region. [17] Contemporary Anglo-Irish landlord John D'Arcy, who bankrupted both himself and his heirs to found the town of Clifden, is recalled much more fondly. [18]

The famous " Connemara Green marble" is found outcropping along a line between Streamstown and Lissoughter. It was a trade treasure used by the inhabitants in prehistoric times. It continues to be of great value today. It is available in large dimensional slabs suitable for buildings as well as for smaller pieces of jewellery. It is used for the pendant for the Chief Scout's Award, the highest award in Scouting Ireland. [ citation needed] Clan system [ edit ]French singer Michel Sardou had an international hit with the song "Les Lacs du Connemara" in 1981. Pourquoi les fêtes étudiantes se terminent toujours par «Les Lacs du Connemara»», sur www.20minutes.fr (consulté le 17 mai 2018) Classements et certifications [ modifier | modifier le code ] Classements hebdomadaires [ modifier | modifier le code ] Classement (1981-1982)

a b Murphy, Judy (26 September 2014). "How tables were turned on cultural snobbery". Connacht Tribune . Retrieved 19 June 2022.

Dans le comté de Galway, à l’ouest de la province de Connacht en Irlande, se situe la région du Connemara et ses lacs célèbres bien avant la chanson éponyme du français Michel Sardou.

Connemara ( / ˌ k ɒ n ɪ ˈ m ɑːr ə/ CON-ə-MAR-ə; Irish: Conamara [ˌkʊnˠəˈmˠaɾˠə]) [1] is a region on the Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains much of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht, which is a key part of the identity of the region and is the largest Gaeltacht in the country. Historically, Connemara was part of the territory of Iar Connacht (West Connacht). Geographically, it has many mountains (notably the Twelve Pins), peninsulas, coves, islands and small lakes. Connemara National Park is in the northwest. It is mostly rural and its largest settlement is Clifden. Connemara lies in the territory of Iar Connacht, "West Connacht," within the portion of County Galway west of Lough Corrib, and was traditionally divided into North Connemara and South Connemara. The mountains of the Twelve Bens and the Owenglin River, which flows into the sea at An Clochán / Clifden, marked the boundary between the two parts. Connemara is bounded on the west, south and north by the Atlantic Ocean. In at least some definitions, Connemara's land boundary with the rest of County Galway is marked [ citation needed] by the Invermore River otherwise known as Inbhear Mór [4] (which flows into the north of Kilkieran Bay), Loch Oorid (which lies a few kilometres west of Maam Cross) and the western spine of the Maumturks mountains. In the north of the mountains, the boundary meets the sea at Killary, a few kilometres west of Leenaun. a b Gilbert, John Thomas (1895). "O'Flaherty, Roderic". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol.42. London: Smith, Elder & Co. hÉallaithe, Donncha (July 2014). "Oireachtas na Gaeilge 1974". Beo! (in Irish) . Retrieved 19 March 2016. les guerres d'indépendance menées contre l'Angleterre, ponctuant l' histoire de l'île depuis des siècles.