Skehana

Skehana An Sceachánach
Townland
The ruins of Garbally Castle are 200 m from Skehana Community Center
Skehana Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°25′03″N 8°38′09″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish grid reference	M578400

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

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

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.

External links

• Skehana.org - Skehana & District Heritage website