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Camus, County Galway

Village in County Galway, Ireland

Field	Value
official_name	Camas
other_name	Camus
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Camus Oughter (geograph 3619186).jpg
image_caption	Landscape and houses in the Camus Oughter area
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Connacht
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Galway
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2002
population_density_km2	auto
coordinates
elevation_m	54
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info
footnotes	Camas is the official spelling

Camus or Camas is a small village in the Connemara Gaeltacht of County Galway, Ireland. It is between Casla and An Teach Dóite, and is divided into Camas Uachtair and Camas Íochtair, as well as several other townlands, such as Scríob, Gleann Trasna, Leitir Móir, and Doire Bhainbh.

The village has the highest percentage of Irish language speakers in the Gaeltacht.

Name

The names Camus and Camas are both used. However Camus, which has been in use for generations in both Irish and English, has been retained by the great majority of the population. The name in Irish refers to the shape of the nearby bay in which the tides come and go through the narrow strait at Dun Manus and enter Camus bay at an angle. The explanation of the name sometimes given - 'cam uisce' or crooked water - is etymologically unsustainable. Camus is also known in song as Camus na bhFoirnéis, meaning "Camus of the furnaces". It is believed that a small foundry was operated near the small bridge at the centre of the area in the 18th century.

Notable buildings

The former Camus national school, in Derry townland, was built in 1876. The nearby Roman Catholic church, St Mary's Church, was completed in 1897.

References

"Camas / Camus (ionad daonra)". Placenames Database of Ireland.
"Camus School, Derry (Dunkellin By), County Galway". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
"St Mary's Church, Derry (Dunkellin By), County Galway". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

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