An Rinn Mhór

The Irish name An Rinn Mhór is glossed on logainm.ie as 'great, big' (mór) plus 'point, headland' (rinn), giving 'big point or headland'. The English form recorded there is Rinmore, with Renmore as the local name. The townland sits in the civil parish of St Nicholas in County Galway. The best-documented feature of the area is the barracks on what is now Renmore Road. Buildings of Ireland dates...