Lettermuckoo
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1270011.jpg)
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][better source needed] The townland of Lettermuckoo has an area of approximately 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi),[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.[citation needed]
Sport[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b "Leitir Mucú / Lettermuckoo". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Leitir Mucú Townland, Co. Galway". townlands.ie. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Lettermuckoo". Lettermuckoo. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "CD155 - Galway Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
Lettermuckoo, Camus, Co. Galway [..] 2011 [..] Population 55
- ^ "Scoil Naisiunta Leitir Mucu, Galway West County on SchoolDays.ie". www.schooldays.ie. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Lettermuckoo Lad". SporthorseData. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Showjumping Ireland > Schedule > Search > Animals > Animal Results > Lettermuckoo Lad". www.sji.ie. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "RDS Results 2013 – Connemara Pony Breeders' Society". Retrieved 3 March 2021.