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opened on 15 September 1869, was closed to passenger traffic on 5 April 1976 and finally closed on 11 June 1983. A new railway station has opened as part of phase one of the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor between
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Ardrahan also has a Camogie club. In 2006, and again in 2019, the U14 girls won the Féile Final and went on to represent Galway in Cork. In 2006, they got to the All-Ireland Semi-Final.
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as the nearest greater village to a small village called Kraighten, near which the author's diary has been found. Ardrahan also features in the rousing ballad
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title in 1894 and since then has won it on 11 occasions, having contested 18 county finals in its history. It is second on the role of honour to
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Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass, with an introduction and biographies by Nicola Gordon Bowe
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in the immediate aftermath of Galway's All Ireland Hurling Championship victory of 1980.
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There are three schools in Ardrahan: Labane N.S, Ballyglass N.S. & Kiltiernan NS
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community may have existed on the site before the castle was built.
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Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway
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The church at Labane, Ardrahan, which was the parish church of
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora
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Gordon Bowe, Nicola; Caron, David; and Wynne, Michael.
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Ardrahan Cheese
Ardrahan is located in Ireland
53°09′27″N 8°48′21″W / 53.1575°N 8.8058°W / 53.1575; -8.8058
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Richard de Burgo
1236
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Tulira Castle

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