Toorlestraun

Toorlestraun or Tourlestrane (Irish: Tuar Loistreáin, meaning "fields of schorching corn")[1] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland.

Toorlestraun Tuar Loistreáin
Village
Toorlestraun Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°02′23″N 8°50′33″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Sligo
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	G448103

Village

The village of Tourlestrane itself is the smaller of the two villages in the parish of Kilmactigue, the other being Aclare. It is a market centre for local dairy farmers, and the location of the main parish church.

The townland of Clooncagh (Cluain Chatha meaning "meadow of the battle") is located near the village and known for a 15th-century battle between two warring clans.

Transport

Bus Éireann Fridays-only route 479 links the village with Sligo via Coolaney and Collooney[2]

Gaelic games

Toorlestraun is home to one of County Sligo's least successful Gaelic Athletic Association clubs,[3] failing in the gaelic football scene over the last century and also collapsing in the hurling in the county during the 1970s and 1980s since then they have not inproved.

People

• Eamonn O'Hara, GAA Toorlestraun, Sligo intercounty, and International Rules player.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Tuar Loistreáin / Toorlestraun". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
2. "Timetable - Route 479" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
3. Tourlestrane GAA Club, including the club honours for football and hurling