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Recess

*Sraith Saileach*
Recess Sraith Saileach
Village
	Leam West, Recess
	Recess Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 53°28′01″N 9°44′17″W / 53.467°N 9.738°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Elevation	63 m (207 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	L853477

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Recess (Irish: Sraith Saileach or Sraith Salach) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Its official name is in Irish, Sraith Saileach, and translates as "stream of the willow tree". A notable former resident was Seán Lester, the last Secretary General of the League of Nations, who lived there following his retirement until his death in 1959; another was Pádraig MacKernan, a noted Irish diplomat who owned a home at the nearby Lough Athry.

Transport

Recess railway station was on the Galway-Clifden line of the Midland Great Western Railway. The line opened on 1 July 1895 and was closed on 29 April 1935.^[1] The railway owned a hotel at Recess which on 13 October 1922 was burned down by Republicans (together with nearby Glendalough House) to prevent the National troops from using them as billets.^[2]

Name

The name in the Irish language is Sruth meaning stream and Saileach meaning Sally tree. The name stone on entering the village is incorrectly spelled which gives another meaning.

References

^ "Recess station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
^ Villiers-Tuthill, Kathleen (2006). Beyond the Twelve Bens — a history of Clifden and district 1860-1923. Connemara Girl Publications. pp. 227–230. ISBN 978-0-9530455-1-8.

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Recess at Connemara Ireland

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[1] "Recess station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2007.

[2] Villiers-Tuthill, Kathleen (2006). Beyond the Twelve Bens — a history of Clifden and district 1860-1923. Connemara Girl Publications. pp. 227–230. ISBN 978-0-9530455-1-8.

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+'''Recess''' ([[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Sraith Saileach'' or ''Sraith Salach'') is a village in [[County Galway]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. Its official name is in [[Irish language|Irish]], ''Sraith Saileach'', and translates as "stream of the willow tree". A notable former resident was [[Seán Lester]], the last Secretary General of the [[League of Nations]], who lived there following his retirement until his death in 1959; another was [[Pádraig MacKernan]], a noted Irish diplomat who owned a home at the nearby Lough Athry.
+==Transport==
+Recess railway station was on the Galway-[[Clifden]] line of the [[Midland Great Western Railway]]. The line opened on 1 July 1895 and was closed on 29 April 1935.<ref>{{cite web | title=Recess station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=2007-11-23 | archive-date=26 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626134745/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> The railway owned a hotel at Recess which on 13 October 1922 was burned down by Republicans (together with nearby Glendalough House) to prevent the National troops from using them as billets.<ref>{{cite book|last=Villiers-Tuthill|first=Kathleen|title=Beyond the Twelve Bens — a history of Clifden and district 1860-1923|publisher=Connemara Girl Publications|year=2006|isbn=978-0-9530455-1-8|pages=227–230}}</ref>
+==Name==
+The name in the Irish language is Sruth meaning stream and Saileach meaning Sally tree. The name stone on entering the village is incorrectly spelled which gives another meaning.
 ==See also==
-* [[List of towns in the Republic of Ireland]]
+* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]]
+* [[Lissoughter]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
 *[http://www.connemaraireland.com/recess/ Recess at Connemara Ireland]
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+[[Category:Towns and villages in Connemara]]
-[[Category: Gaeltacht places in Galway]]
+[[Category:Gaeltacht places in County Galway]]
+[[Category:Gaeltacht towns and villages]]
+[[Category:Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names]]
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