Toorlestraun or Tourlestrane , is a village in County Sligo, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

.

The village

The village of Tourlestrane itself is the smaller of the two villages in the parish of Kilmactigue

Kilmactigue

Kilmactigue , is a townland and parish in County Sligo, Ireland.The parish covers the villages of Aclare, Banada and Tourlestrane, as well as their surrounding townlands. The parish church is situated in Tourlestrane, and there are smaller churches in Kilmactigue and Lough Talt...

, the other being Aclare

Aclare

Aclare is a village in County Sligo, Ireland, and the main village in the parish of Kilmactigue. Formerly, the village of Aclare was not part of the same-named townland, but straddled the border of the adjacent townlands of Lislea and Carns, though later the borders of the townland were extended...

. It is a market centre for local dairy farmers, and the location of the main parish church.

The townland of Clooncagh (Cluain Chatha, The Meadow of the Battle) is located near the village and famous for a 15th century battle between two warring clans.

GAA

Toorlestraun is home to one of County Sligo's most successful Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 clubs, dominating the gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 scene over the last century and also dominating hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 in the county during the '70s and the '80s.

People

• Eamonn O'Hara
  Eamonn O'Hara
  Eamonn O'Hara is a Gaelic football player from County Sligo, Ireland. He plays for both the Sligo senior inter county football team, and his club, Tourlestrane. He won a Connacht Senior Football Championship medal for Sligo in 2007. This victory made Sligo the Connacht champions for the first time...
  
  , GAA Toorlestraun, Sligo intercounty, and International Rules player.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

External links

• Tourlestrane GAA Club, including the club honours for football and hurling.