placenamesCurragh West
An Currach Thiar
Curragh West is a population centre in Galway. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationCurragh West53.65099° N · 8.65037° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Currach Thiar · Irish · main form · validated name
- Curragh West · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Ballymoe
- Civil parish
- Templetogher
- Within
- Curragh West
- Coordinates
- 53.65099, -8.65037 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413576 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Curragh West. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-01-11. How this page was prepared.