placenamesCappataggle
Ceapaigh an tSeagail
Saint Michael’s Church and a long-established hurling club provide two distinct records of community life in Cappataggle.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ceapaigh an tSeagail · Irish · main form · validated name
- Cappataggle · English · main form
Place & story
Inside Saint Michael’s
Saint Michael’s Catholic Church has a comparatively plain exterior, but its interior contains rounded arcades supported on substantial piers, a decorated plaster ceiling and a timber gallery reached by an iron spiral staircase. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes stained glass in the style of Harry Clarke, without attributing the windows to him. A separate bell frame outside carries a bell dated 1845. The contrast between the simple outer form and the more elaborate interior is one of the building’s distinguishing features. [2]
Hurling since 1885
Cappataggle’s hurling club dates its foundation to 1885, placing it close to the beginning of the GAA itself. The club’s own history records its focus on hurling and the addition of an artificial-surface pitch in 2009. Its grounds and teams have continued the village’s sporting tradition across successive generations. [3]
The road to Croke Park
Winning the 2008 Galway intermediate title brought Cappataggle senior status for the following season and a run in the All-Ireland club championship. A contemporary Galway Advertiser preview records victories over Killimordaly in the county final and Kilmessan in the national semi-final, with James Skehill and Damien Joyce among the team’s county players. Cappataggle reached Croke Park for the 2009 intermediate final, where Blarney of Cork won by 2–14 to 1–12. [4] [5]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Kilconnell
- Civil parish
- Killallaghtan
- Within
- Cappataggle
- Coordinates
- 53.27466, -8.40478 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413460 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cappataggle. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Michael’s Catholic Church, Cappataggle, NIAH 30409802 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Club History · Cappataggle Hurling Club
- Cappataggle’s deserving chance to shine in All Ireland showdown, 12 February 2009 · Cian O’Connell, Galway Advertiser
- All-Ireland Club Hurling Championship Finals, 24 February 2009 · Munster GAA
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2018-08-07. How this page was prepared.