Gleann na gCoillte

Gleann na gCoillte, meaning 'glen of the forests,' was a pre-famine settlement occupying a mountainous townland within the parish of Killeenadeema in the Loughrea barony of County Galway. The area consisted of rough, boggy highland terrain offering minimal agricultural opportunity. According to the Schools' Collection, approximately twelve families maintained dwellings in the glen during the ea...