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{{Short description|Village in County Galway, Ireland}}
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'''Rosmuc''' or '''Ros Muc''', sometimes anglicised as '''Rosmuck''',<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1413606.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Ros Muc / Rosmuck | accessdate = 2 March 2021 }}</ref> is a village in the [[Conamara]] [[Gaeltacht]] of [[County Galway]], Ireland. It lies halfway between the town of [[Clifden]] and the city of [[Galway]]. Irish is the predominant spoken language in the area, with the [[electoral division (Ireland)|electoral division]] of Turlough, Rosmuc, representing one of the highest percentages of Irish-speaking people in the country.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} The [[townland]] of Rosmuck is part of the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of Kilcummin.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/20936.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | title = Townland of Rosmuck | accessdate = 3 March 2021 }}</ref>
== History and etymology ==
It is estimated that people first settled in Rosmuc in AD 400, one hundred years before Naomh Briocán (Saint Briocán) brought Christianity to the area.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
It is believed that the name 'Ros Muc' comes from the old Irish "the peninsula of rounded hills", ''ros'' meaning "promontory or headland" and ''muc'' meaning "rounded hills" or "pig". This may derive from a perception that the rounded hills on the horizon and surrounding the district look like the rounded backs of farm animals.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
== Population ==
As of the 2011 census, Rosmuc townland had a population of 72 people.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://data.gov.ie/dataset/way-population-by-private-households-occupied-and-vacancy-rate-by-townlands-censusyear-and-statistic| publisher = Central Statistics Office | website = data.gov.ie | title = CD155 - Galway Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic | date = 2011 | accessdate = 3 March 2021 | quote = Rosmuck, Turlough, Co. Galway [..] 2011 [..] Population: 72 }}</ref>
== Irish language ==
{{further|Connacht Irish}}
As of 2006, there were 557 people living in the Ros Muc Electoral Division, and 87% of these were native Irish speakers.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://anghaeltacht.net/ctg/catagoira.pdf | website = anghaeltacht.net | title = Ros Muc Population statistics 2006 | accessdate = 3 March 2021 }}</ref> According to an analysis of the census a total of 91.9% of adults over nineteen years old said they spoke Irish on a daily basis.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
== Literature ==
The area has been home to a number of literary figures, including Irish revolutionary and language activist [[Patrick Pearse]] (''Pádraig Mac Piarais'') who had a summer residence there in the early 1900s and set several of his short stories in the area. Pearse was based in his Rosmuc cottage when he wrote the graveside oration, "''[[Ireland unfree shall never be at peace]]''", given at the funeral of [[Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa]] in 1915.
Another local writer was [[Pádraic Ó Conaire]], who wrote 26 books, 473 stories, 237 essays and 6 plays partly set in the region. These included ''M'Asal Beag Dubh'' (''My Little Black Donkey'') and the novella ''Deoraíocht'' (''Exile'').{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
The Irish language memoirs of Colm Ó Gaora, the former IRA company commander in Rosmuc during the [[Irish War of Independence]], were published in 2008 under the title ''Mise''. An English translation, under the title ''On the Run: The Story of an Irish Freedom Fighter'', was published by [[Mercier Press]] in 2011.
==Education==
Rosmuc has had a long-term association with ''[[Coláiste na bhFiann]]'', which provides host accommodation for students learning Irish during the summer months.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.colaistenabhfiann.com/ | website = colaistenabhfiann.com | title = Coláiste na bhFiann | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130824175345/http://www.colaistenabhfiann.com/ | archivedate = 24 August 2013 }}</ref>
The local [[national school (Ireland)|national (primary) school]] is named for Saint Briocán.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://scoilbhriocain.weebly.com/naomh-briocan.html | publisher = Scoil Bhriocáin | title = Naomh Briocán | accessdate = 3 March 2021 }}</ref> As of 2020, this [[gaelscoil]] had an enrollment of 37 pupils.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=17463L | publisher = Department of Education | website = education.ie | title = Scoil Náisiúnta Briocáin, An Gort Mór, Rosmuc, Galway | accessdate = 3 March 2021 }}</ref>
== Built heritage ==
[[File:Digital Eye-2014-Padraig Pearse's Cottage, Turlough.jpg|thumb|Pearse's Cottage]]
Among the local landmarks is Pearse's Cottage which was built by [[Patrick Pearse]] ([[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Pádraig Mac Piarais'') in 1909.<ref name="niah">{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30406502/patrick-pearses-cottage-or-teach-an-phiarsaigh-turlough-moycullen-by-galway | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Patrick Pearse's Cottage or Teach an Phiarsaigh, Turlough (Moycullen BY), Galway | accessdate = 3 March 2021 }}</ref> Pearse first came to the area in April 1903 as an examiner for [[Conradh na Gaeilge]].<ref name="opw">{{cite web|url = https://heritageireland.ie/articles/patrick-pearse-in-rosmuc-co-galway/ | publisher = Office of Public Works | website = heritageireland.ie | title = Patrick Pearse in Rosmuc, Co. Galway (1903 – 1915) | accessdate = 3 March 2021 }}</ref> Rosmuc and its people made an impression on him, and he decided to build a holiday home on a site overlooking Loch Eiliúrach. Pearse's Cottage later became a summer school for students from Pearse's school in Dublin, [[St. Enda's School|St. Enda's]].<ref name="opw"/> The cottage is now open to the public as a heritage site and is a designated [[National Monument (Ireland)|national monument]].<ref name="niah"/><ref>{{cite web|url = https://heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/ionad-culturtha-an-phiarsaigh-connemara-pearse-cottage/ | publisher = Office of Public Works | website = heritageireland.ie | title = Ionad Cultúrtha an Phiarsaigh, Connemara – Pearse’s Cottage | accessdate = 3 March 2021 }}</ref>
The local Catholic church, ''Séipéal an Ioncolnaithe'', was built in 1844.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30406508/seipeal-an-ioncolnaithe-ballaghaugeag-west-galway | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Séipéal an Ioncolnaithe, Ballaghaugeag West, Galway | accessdate = 3 March 2021 }}</ref>
== Sport and culture ==
Rosmuc, along with its neighbours Camus and An Sraith Salach, is represented by the ''[[CLG Na Piarsaigh|Na Piarsaigh]]'' [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA) club. This club fields [[Gaelic football]] teams in several competitions.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.cumannpeilenabpiarsaigh.ie/ | website = cumannpeilenabpiarsaigh.ie | title = Cumann Peile na bPiarsaigh | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081206080955/http://www.cumannpeilenabpiarsaigh.ie/ | archivedate = 6 December 2008 }}</ref> The youth team up to minors are called Carna Caiseal/Na Piarsaigh.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
Until 2016, a [[association football|soccer]] team, ''Cumann Sacar Naomh Briocain'' represented the area in the Galway district league.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
A traditional [[Sean-nós dance|Sean-nós dancing]] festival has historically been held in late January or early February, close to [[Brigid of Ireland|St.&nbsp;Brigid's Day]] (1 February). This festival, ''Féile Chóilín Sheáin Dharach'', was established in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.advertiser.ie/Galway/article/21085/claddagh-fire-chief-to-open-ros-muc-trad-dance-festival | publisher = Galway Advertiser | website = advertiser.ie | title = Claddagh fire chief to open Ros Muc trad dance festival | date = 21 January 2010 | accessdate = 3 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/villages-celebrate-traditional-culture-1.1048180 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = Villages celebrate traditional culture | date = 28 January 2002 | accessdate = 3 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://cartlann.ie/items/show/487 | publisher = Cartlann Ghaeltacht Chonamara | website = cartlann.ie | title = Féile Chóilín Sheáin Dharach | date = 2008 | accessdate = 3 March 2021 | language = Irish }}</ref>
== Townlands ==
[[Townland]]s in Rosmuc include: Gleann Chatha, An Gort Mór, Inbhear, Turlach, Ros Dubh, An Tamhnaigh Bhig, Snámh Bó, Cill Bhriocáin, An Aill Bhuí, An tOileán Mór, An Turlach Beag, Salalaoi, An Baile Thair, An Siléar, Inis Eilte, An Cladhnach, Cladach ó Dheas, Gairfean, Ros Cíde, Doire Iorrais
==Notable people==
Notable residents have included:
* [[Patrick Pearse]] (''Pádraig Mac Piarais''), Irish language activist and revolutionary
* [[Caitlín Maude]], poet, playwright and Irish language activist was raised in Cill Bhriocáin in Rosmuc
* [[Proinsias Mac Aonghusa]], broadcaster, writer, journalist and former president of [[Conradh na Gaeilge]]
* [[Sean Mannion (boxer)|Sean (John) Mannion]], light-middleweight boxer and later a boxing trainer active in the area.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
* Mary Walsh, the mother of [[Marty Walsh]], the [[Mayor of Boston]], is a native of Ros Cíde, a [[townland]] near Ros Muc
* [[Patrick Nee]], an Irish-American mobster and author from [[South Boston, Massachusetts]], is a native of Rosmuc
* [[Linda Bhreathnach]], actress and director, was born and raised in Rosmuc
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