Craughwell Hotels & Information

Craughwell is a village in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. The name is composed of two Gaelic words. Creach, is related to craig, and creag, and the English word crag, and refers to rock (with which word it rhymes), or the bare rock crest of a hill. A maol is a round-shaped hill or mountain, bare of trees. It is Anglicised as 'mull', and is common in Irish and Scottish place names such as the Mull of Kintyre. The sound of the two word together, therefore, sounds to an English ear like Crockwell, or Craughwell, and it is Anglicised thus (the Gaelic personal names Sean (John) and Seamus (James) became Iain and Hamish in Scotland by similar means).

The town currently has three pubs, a garda station, and two service stations. The village of Creachmhaoil celebrates its connection with the Gaelic poet Anthony Raferty.

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