placenamesShantallow
Seantalamh
The Galway locality also known as Shantalla connects a major political gathering with a later school site.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Seantalamh · Irish · main form
- Shantallow · English · main form
Place & story
O’Connell’s gathering
Daniel O’Connell addressed a large public rally at Shantalla on 25 June 1843, on land made available by Thomas Bodkin. Tom Kenny’s local history identifies the speaking site as Emancipation Rock, later familiar to children as the Sliding Rock. Rahoon Road linked the then lightly developed area with Galway’s fairs and markets. [2]
Shantallow House and Scoil Bhríde
The Presentation Sisters bought Shantallow House and its grounds in 1950. A new national school, Scoil Bhríde, opened on the grounds on 27 July 1955 with six classrooms. The sisters lived in the house until moving to a new convent in March 1958. The older house and its outbuildings were subsequently demolished. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Shantallow. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Shantalla and Its People · Tom Kenny
- Shantallow House, 9 December 2010 · Tom Kenny
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2008-04-11. How this page was prepared.