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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Lettermuckoo

Lettermuckoo (Irish: Leitir Mucú) is a townland in County Galway, Ireland. It lies in an Irish-speaking (Gaeltacht) area, close to the villages of Screeb and Casla (Costelloe). The townland of Lettermuckoo has an area of approximately 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), and had a population of 55 residents as of the 2011 census. The local national (primary) school, Scoil Naisiunta Leitir Mucú, closed in 2015 due to a lack of students.

Sport

The stallion Lettermuckoo Lad is a Connemara pony born in 2001 in Lettermuckoo. Lettermuckoo Lad won a number of showjumping competitions, and finished 3rd in the "Performance Hunter for Connemara Ponies 8-15 years" category at the 2013 Dublin Horse Show.

References

  1. ^ "Leitir Mucú / Lettermuckoo". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Leitir Mucú Townland, Co. Galway". townlands.ie. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Lettermuckoo". Lettermuckoo. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. ^ "CD155 - Galway Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 12 April 2021. Lettermuckoo, Camus, Co. Galway [..] 2011 [..] Population 55
  5. ^ "Scoil Naisiunta Leitir Mucu, Galway West County on SchoolDays.ie". www.schooldays.ie. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Lettermuckoo Lad". SporthorseData. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Showjumping Ireland > Schedule > Search > Animals > Animal Results > Lettermuckoo Lad". www.sji.ie. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  8. ^ "RDS Results 2013 – Connemara Pony Breeders' Society". Retrieved 3 March 2021.

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