placenamesCamus
Camas
The wider Camus division links Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s early teaching career with older communications around Derravonniff.
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
- Camas · Irish · main form · validated name
- Camus · English · main form
Place & story
Ó Cadhain in Camus
Máirtín Ó Cadhain became principal of the Camus primary school in 1927 and taught there until moving to Carnmore in 1932. The trust responsible for his papers records that he undertook his Irish translation of Charles Kickham’s Sally Kavanagh while teaching in Camus; An Gúm published it in 1932 as Saile Ní Chaomhánaigh. The connection is a substantial period of work and early literary activity, rather than a local birthplace: Ó Cadhain came from An Cnocán Glas near Spiddal. [2]
Screeb Bridge at Derravonniff
Derravonniff, a townland within the wider Camus division, shares Screeb Bridge with Glencoh. The architectural inventory dates this three-span crossing to about 1820. Worked stone frames the arches, while rubble piers and parapets connect with the stonework supporting the road. Its bowed cutwaters and substantial abutments preserve the construction of an early nineteenth-century road link through this part of Connemara. [3] [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Camus. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Máirtín Ó Cadhain: information in English · Iontaobhas Uí Chadhain
- Screeb Bridge, Derravonniff and Glencoh, 30406504 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Camus electoral division: constituent townlands · Townlands.ie / OpenStreetMap contributors
- Screeb Bridge at Derravonniff, County Galway, as photographed in July 2013 illustration: based on a Screeb Bridge by Jonathan Wilkins. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.