Castlegar

Castlegar is both the name of a parish and a village, in County Galway,

Ireland.

• It is a faily large parish and covers many square miles from Lough Corrib ( Menlo area ) to the Galway-Dublin road.
• It includes a number of townlands, villages and some likelihood of new ones.
• We have three churches.
• Castlegar is well known its hurling input.
• A number of old stone-built Castles, are scattered around the parish
• Monuments and Plaques commemorate our history.
• Three schools provide some of the education
• We have many Graveyards steeped in history
• We have a Sports Complex (more info.) with various courts, and playing pitches. Our Camogie Club and Hurling Club are only two sporting elements of an expanding community.
• Castlegar used to have shore lines from the fresh waters of the Lough Corrib to the salty waters of the Atlantic Ocean - we explore the history and transition. Road-side pumps and Wells though, meant that travel for fresh water was efficient enough.
• Folklore - never totally absent in Ireland; we will bust the myths and establish the facts.
• Housing estates - grew in number in recent years; so we will try to establish where they are and what what was there before (for ex-pats and tourists).
• Round-abouts - map them now and offer references to traditional landmarks - revert and connect the modern landscape, to the landscape before it.
• Multi-Nationals have changed the physical and psychological environment
• A national class racecourse is at Ballybrit.
• Some Lakes dimple the landscape.
• There are a number of fine Restaurants and Bars in Castlegar, Galway. We've added links to maps, of these eateries and ale houses.
• Agriculture and local marketing  (local markets; spuds, vegetables, and milk ), sustained a few generations. Fishing, from the lake of Lough Corrib and the Clare River, sustained and complimented a few more.
• In recent history- the dyke near the dyke road, burst (1950 P.B.), and changed the over-water geography of Castlegar. But, before it was even built, can we explore the navigation by road or water - were the castle at castlegar village and the Castle at Ballindooley connected by natural flood plains of the Corrib river and the lake that drove it?
• People left us - to explore new territory or another life, but most likely; it was a better idea at a time when there was little else on offer (B.C., for example, but also New Zealand, Australia, and multiple Countries and Continents).? We'll see their version of a common history, and try to establish relations.
• The beginnings of organised Arts and Heritage festivals.
• Industrious- by compliment of sea, land and people. See an 1931 archive about the Iodine Factory in Terryland (and another account from Kennys ), formely Castlegar turf. Also, the beginning of a list of Industrial Estates in Castlegar giving some idea of current innovation.
• For shopping experience, we have the Briarhill Shopping Centre.

Geology

Castlegar is mainly limestone and has a number of Quarries - some old and abandoned, while others are still open for business.

There is a good area of bogs, mainly around Ballindooley and the lower-lying regions of Sylaun.

Geography and Geocoding.

The Elevation of various Castlegar locations will be listed to help determine height, relative to each other and sea level ( approx., and relevant given the recent floods). Techniques for geocoding using multiple applications will be shown, and a pattern may develop which can be replicated easily enough. Various sites are cross-referenced for metrics, and discrepancies can be fixed with time. Bringing something close to a good picture, may take another year at least.