Bearna
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53°15′N 9°09′W / 53.25, -9.15
Irish grid reference M232227
Statistics
Province:	Connacht
County:	County Galway
Elevation:	0 m
Population (2006)  - Town:  - Environs:	15,816  12,792  3,024

Bearna,^[1] also known as Barna, is a village west of Galway city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland, on the R336 regional road. George Barna is the founder of The Barna Group, a Market research firm specializing in studying the religious beliefs and behavior of Americans and the intersection The Barna Group is a firm based in Ventura California. It consists of five divisions focusing on primary research (The Barna Research Group communications tools (BarnaFilms Basic concept of GPS operation A GPS receiver calculates its position by carefully timing the signals sent by the constellation of GPS Satellites high above the Earth The Irish grid reference system is a system of geographic Grid references commonly used in Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland Poetic description This dinnseanchas poem named Ard Ruide (Ruide Headland poetically describes the kingdoms of Ireland Since the late 16th century the Island of Ireland has been divided into 32 counties ( Irish language contae or condae County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. Galway (Gaillimh is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland. County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. See also Roads in Ireland – (Primary National Roads Secondary Roads Regional Roads Regional roads are also used in some parts of Ontario See County Road for more information Once a satellite of Galway city, the village is now rapidly becoming one of its suburbs. Officially the village is regarded as Irish speaking and is therefore a constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up the Gaeltacht. ga '''Gaeltacht''' ( plural ga ''Gaeltachtaí'' is the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region However, because of its absorption into the city, it has become only recently, a mainly English speaking village. Nonetheless, Irish is still the main language of its western and northern hinterland and the village has now effectively become the gateway to the largest Irish speaking region in the country, Connemara.

To try to control the major development which has been undertaken in recent years, a very strongly supported local action group has been set up (Pobal Bhearna). In 1976 a community development group called Comharchumann Bearna Teo was formed after five local men put up the purchase money for two acres at Troscai Thiar to be used for community purposes and has succeeded in developing several recreational facilities. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Sport

There are numerous sporting clubs active in the Bearna area. Barna GAA are one of the largest sports groups in the village fielding gaelic football teams in men's and ladies' competitions. Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football Other Clubs in the parish are Bearna/Na Forbacha hurling club and Barna United soccer club. Hurling (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team Sport of ancient Gaelic origin administered by the Gaelic Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered

Townlands of Barna

Townland Name Anglicised Name Aille Aille Buaile Beg Boleybeg Buaile Beg Iar Boleybeg West An Chorrbhuaile (Lynch) Corboley (Lynch) An Chorrbhuaile (Morgan) Corboley (Morgan) Foraí Maola Forramoyle An Leac Liath Lacklea Troscai Truskey An Chéibh Freeport

See also

• Connacht Irish
• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. ^ Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004

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