Clais an Ghuail

Coalpits takes its name from the Irish "Clais an Ghuail," literally meaning "coal trench" or "coal ravine"—a reference to coal-mining activity in the area. The townland, comprising 386 acres, sits within the Athleague parish of the Killian barony in County Galway, an administrative division that derives its own name from "Cill Liatháin," the church of Liadán, an early Christian saint. The regi...