Tarmonbarry

Tarmonbarry, officially Termonbarry (Irish: Tearmann Bearaigh, meaning "St Barry's sanctuary"),[2] is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located where the N5 National primary route crosses the River Shannon. East of the bridge, part of the village lies in County Longford. As of the 2016 census, the population of the village was 443 people. The village is a few kilometres west of the county town of Longford.

Termonbarry

Tearmann Bearaigh
Village
Tarmonbarry
Termonbarry's main street
Termonbarry
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°45′N 7°55′W
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Roscommon
Population
 (2016)[1]
443
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

History and development
Shrine in Termonbarry on the N5

The village originates from an abbey founded by saint Berach in the 6th century[3]—the name of the village in Irish means roughly "Berach's sanctuary". Berach is the patron saint of Termonberry.[4]

Termonberry has a boutique hotel with restaurant and pub, several bars and restaurants, shops, a petrol station, a marina, a disused Garda station, a GAA pitch, and an art gallery.

Sport

Gaelic games

St Barrys is the name of the local Gaelic football club, which takes members from Tarmonbarry, Whitehall and the Scramogue region. The club's colours are green and white.[5]

Boat racing

For a period of about ten years from 1925–1935, Tarmonbarry was a centre for hydroplane racing in Ireland, due to the water of the Shannon which was relatively calm. The racing was organised jointly between the North Shannon yacht Club and the Motor Yacht Club of Ireland. This activity declined due to the high cost or running and maintaining the boats.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Termonbarry". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. Placenames Database of Ireland: Termonbarry/Tearmann Bearaigh
  3. "St. Berach". Catholic Online. Retrieved on 13 November 2009.
  4. St. Berach at sqpn.com Retrieved 5 April 2013
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Longford Leader, 8 June 1932
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