Skehana
An Sceachánach
Townland
The ruins of Garbally Castle are 200 m from Skehana Community Center
The ruins of Garbally Castle are 200 m from Skehana Community Center
Skehana is located in Ireland
Skehana
Skehana
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°25′03″N 8°38′09″W / 53.41748°N 8.63571°W / 53.41748; -8.63571
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Galway
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish grid referenceM578400

Skehana or Skehanagh (Irish: An Sceachánach)[1] is a small village and townland in County Galway, Ireland. The name Skehana derives from the Irish Sceith eánach meaning "place of the whitethorn".

Together with nearby Menlough, Skehana is a half-parish within the diocesan parish of Killascobe in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam.[2][3] The parish church in Skehana was built c. 1861 and is included on the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Galway County Council.[4]

The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Skehana Hurling Club, fields hurling teams at underage and adult Junior A grades.[5][6]

The ruins of an Anglo-Norman tower house, Garbally Castle, are located immediately to the west of the local national school.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "An Sceachánach / Skehanagh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Parish of Killoscobe". skehana.galwaycommunityheritage.org. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Parish Details - Menlough-Skehana (Killascobe)". tuamarchdiocese.org. Archdiocese of Tuam. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Galway County Development Plan - Appendix 6 - Record of Protected Structures (PDF) (Report). Galway County Council. 2021. p. 26. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Classic GAA picture of the big lad marking the wee lad in the Galway Féile is hilarious". sportsjoe.ie. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Galway Junior Hurling Championships". galwaygaa.ie. Galway County Board. Retrieved 7 January 2021.


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