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unusual facts about Woodlawn, County Galway


Parlington Hall

In 1850, Isabella married Colonel Frederick Charles Trench of Woodlawn, County Galway, Ireland.


Big Dam Film Festival

Friday night hosted locally produced short " A night in Woodlawn" and critically acclaimed An Education as the feature presentation.

Caddie Woodlawn

Set in the 1860s, Caddie Woodlawn is about a lively eleven-year-old tomboy named Caroline Augusta Woodlawn, nicknamed "Caddie", living in the area of Dunnville, Wisconsin.

Cairbre Crom

Eoghan Finn was the ancestor of King Tadhg Mór Ua Cellaigh (died 1014), from whom descend the Clann Ó Cellaigh or Kelly of County Galway, who were referred to as tuaiscert O Maine (northern Uí Maine).

Cathal mac Ógán

Cathal mac Ógán is an ancestor of the Ó CathailCahill family of County Galway.

Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine

His father was of Polaniran (Ironpool), Tuam, County Galway - see Soraca Jonin - left Ireland in 1738 and settled in the town of Tonnay-Charente in the south west of France with his wife.

Chorus Communications

NTL also own the remaining MMDS licences (for cells covering counties Dublin, Galway, Mayo, and Waterford).

Colman O'Shaughnessy

When his uncle, William O'Shaughnessy, died in 1744, he became the Chief of the Name and commenced a lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas to recover the ancient O'Shaughnessy estates at Gort in County Galway, Ireland.

Dobhar-chú

Most recently in 2003 Irish Artist Sean Corcoran and his wife claim to have witnessed a Dobhar-Chú on Omey Island in Connemara, County Galway.

Earl of Clancarty

William Le Poer Trench, third son of the third Earl, was a Colonel in the Royal Engineers and briefly represented County Galway in the House of Commons.

Emily Lawless

She spent part of her childhood with the Kirwans of Castle Hackett, County Galway, her mother's family, and drew on West of Ireland themes for many of her works.

First Unitarian Church of Chicago

One of the oldest churches in Chicago, First Unitarian Chicago was founded in 1836 and located at 5650 S. Woodlawn Avenue.

Francis d'Aguilar

Francis' grandmother, Catherine Burton, was the daughter of Reverend Edward Burton, Vicar of Annaghdown, County Galway and Maria Margaretta Campbell, who it is claimed was descended from Louis XIV of France by a Countess of Montmorency.

Hart Benton Holton

He served in the Maryland State Senate from 1862 to 1867, and later moved to Woodlawn, Maryland in 1873, where engaged in the raising of blooded horses.

Holton died in Woodlawn in 1907, and is interred in Loudon Park Cemetery of Baltimore, Maryland.

Jeff Duback

He served as a volunteer coach at his children's school, Woodlawn of Davidson, North Carolina, during the 2004-2005 season.

John Kernan Mullen

Mullen was born to Denis Mullen (1806–86) and Ellen Mulray (1816–88) in the town of Ballinasloe, County Galway, in June 1847.

John na Seamar Burke

One of his most notorious acts was the destruction of Athenry in 1572, after which he demolished most of the castles in Clanricarde, afterwards plundering south County Galway, County Roscommon, and crossed the Shannon into County Westmeath, where he buried Mullingar, Meelick and Athlone.

Kilronan

Cill Rónáin (anglicized as Kilronan) is the main settlement on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland in County Galway.

Linda Bhreathnach

Born in Rosmuc, County Galway, she is a former Miss Galway (2007) and a runner up for Miss Ireland in the same year.

Loch Na Fooey

The closest village is Finny, County Mayo with the picturesque Galway village of Leenaun (and Ireland's only "fjord", Killary Harbour) approximately 11 km distant.

Marquis de Lally-Tollendal

The family of Lally (also O'Lally or O'Mullally) were an Irish family originally from Tuam, County Galway, who distinguished themselves in the service of the Jacobite pretenders and in the French service.

Mary Lavin

Initially, Mary and Nora lived with Nora's family in Athenry in County Galway.

Naisrín Elsafty

Naisrín is one of the younger daughters of Treasa Ní Cheannabháin, a native of County Galway and a fine singer in the sean-nós tradition, and Saber Elsafty, an Egyptian doctor.

Ó Cillín

Ó Cillín is the name of a family now rendered as Killeen (also Killian and Killion), found mainly in County Roscommon, County Mayo and County Galway.

Otis R. Bowen

Vernie also owned a hardware store in Leiters Ford, was a trustee for Aubbeenaubbee Township, President of the Woodlawn Hospital Board of Trustees, and President of the Leiters Ford Merchants Association.

Peter Tyrrell

Tyrrell was born in 1916 to poor parents near Cappagh, Ahascragh, County Galway, Ireland.

Rita Keane

Rita Keane (born 31 December 1922, Caherlistrane, near Tuam, County Galway, Ireland - died 28 June 2009, Galway City) was an Irish traditional singer and accordionist.

Rita Kelly

Rita Kelly (born 1953) is an Irish poet from Ballinasloe in eastern County Galway who now lives in an old lock house along the river Barrow between Athy and Carlow.

Robert H.H. Hugman

When private architectural commissions disappeared with the Great Depression, Hugman worked as a planner for public works projects, redesigning Woodlawn Lake, Elmendorf Lake, Concepcion Park, and others, including two new parks in Seguin.

Sir John Kirwan

Sir John Kirwan, Irish Entrepreneur, founder of the Kirwans of Castle Hackett, County Galway.

Steven Reid

Despite representing England at junior levels, Reid decided to play full international football for the Republic of Ireland, whom he qualifies to play for through his father who was born in County Galway.

Swede Hollow

The legendary Irish-language storyteller Éamon a Búrc spent several years in the district before a railroad accident took his leg, leading him to return to his village in County Galway, Ireland.

Teens in the Wild

The first series, broadcast in four parts over four weeks, followed six male teenagers, each with their own individual behavioural difficulties, as they undertook a three-week activity programme at Delphi Adventure in Connemara, County Galway during September 2008.

The Conversations at Curlow Creek

The novel is also peppered with Adair's reminiscences of his aristocratic childhood in County Galway.

Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally

He was born at Romans-sur-Isère, Dauphiné, the son of Sir Gerald Lally, an Irish Jacobite from Tuam, County Galway, who married a French lady of noble family, from whom the son inherited his titles.

Tom F. Hazell

Hazell was born in Roundstone, County Galway on the west coast of Ireland, to Thomas Hazell and Cecile Buckley.

Trianon Ballrooms

The first and most prominent Trianon opened in 1922 in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, Designed by renowned theater architects Rapp & Rapp, it was owned and operated by William and Andrew Karzas, who opened the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago four years later.

Webster Avenue

It stretches for 5.8 miles (9.33 kilometres) from Melrose to Woodlawn (on the Bronx-Westchester borderline).

William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket

The following year, he became Rector of Kilmoyan and Cummer in County Galway.

William W. Blackney

He is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in his birthplace of Clio, Michigan.

Woodlawn Station

Woodlawn railway station, a passenger rail station near Woodlawn in County Galway, Ireland.

Aliquippa Station, a defunct station on the National Register of Historic Places near that town in western Pennsylvania, also sometimes known as Woodlawn Station.

Woodlawn trophy

Considered one of the most valuable trophies in sports, the trophy has its roots at the Woodlawn Race Course, a 19th century race track near Louisville, Kentucky.

Woodlawn, Virginia

Heritage Records specializes in local musicians, and also releases recordings from the Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, Virginia.

The Treaty of Lochaber, between British representative John Stuart (loyalist) and the Cherokee, made the land available for settlement about 1770.


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