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was opened in 1975, with the school increased in size in 1985 with amalgamation with nearby Strawberry Hill National School. Originally built as a three-room school, it has now been extended and has a large mixed use play area to the front. The school has developed a vegetable garden for which the
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Heverin's Mill is a thatched mill which was built in 1842. The single movement mill wheel measured 11 feet in diameter and 2 feet 8 inches wide. Corn for milling was dried in two kilns, made from stones covered by straw, heated by a turf fire.
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A sandstone, cruciform, gothic design church with a thatched roof and whitewashed interior was built in Garrafrauns village in 1820. A replacement church situated across the road from this original, was completed in 1913 and consecrated by
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Garrafrauns Heritage Group was formed in 2003 and produced a book, entitled '"Garrafrauns Through the Ages"' outlining the history of the area in 2010.
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of Tuam. The bell tower has since been removed. Garrafrauns lies in the middle of a half parish of Dunmore, and the parish comprises 16 townlands.
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pupils are responsible. The school participates in the Green School Project, which is intended to raise awareness of environmental issues.
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The Tuam Herald, Local Notes, Vol.174, No.27, p.14. Issue date 2011-01-20. ISSN 2009-3136
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Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2011-01-22.
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Garrafrauns village, along R328 road
Garrafrauns is located in Ireland
53°38′01″N 8°49′30″W / 53.633611°N 8.825°W / 53.633611; -8.825
Ireland
Province
County
County Galway
Dáil Éireann
Galway East
EU Parliament
Midlands–North-West
Time zone
UTC+0
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UTC-1
IST
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Area code
Irish Grid Reference
M451652
garrafrauns.com
Irish
townland
County Galway
Ireland
Dunmore
R328 road
Cloonfad
Milltown

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