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{{Short description|Village in Connemara, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Spiddal | other_name = Spiddle | native_name = {{lang|ga|An Spidéal}} | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = An Spidéal (County Galway) - Old harbour.jpg | image_caption = Old harbour and Cill Éinde, [[5th century]] chapel | pushpin_map = Ireland | pushpin_label_position = none | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|53.24418|-9.3059|dim:5000_region:IE-G|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Ireland | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Connacht]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Ireland|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[County Galway]] | unit_pref = Metric | population_footnotes = <ref name=cso2022>{{cite web | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=806e627d-f59d-4fa5-9e5f-7ddbd29da5ec | title = Census Mapping - Towns: An Spidéal - 2022 - Population Snapshot| publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] | work = Census 2022 | access-date = 3 April 2024 }}</ref> | population_as_of = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]] | population = 254 | blank_name = [[Irish grid reference system|Irish grid reference]] | blank_info = {{iem4ibx|M130225}} | footnotes = In statute law, the village's official name is {{lang|ga|An Spidéal}}, or in the English language, Spiddle.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2004/si/872/made/ga/print | website = irishstatutebook.ie | title = I.R. Uimh. 872/2004 -An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) 2004 | language = Irish | date = 2004 }}</ref> }} [[File:An Spidéal (County Galway) - Ceardlann.jpg|thumb|The craft centre]] '''Spiddal''', also known as '''Spiddle''' ([[Irish language|Irish]] and official name: {{lang|ga|An Spidéal}}, {{IPA|ga|ənˠ ˈsˠpʲɪdʲeːlˠ|pron}}, meaning 'the hospital'),<ref name="logainm">{{cite web|url= http://www.logainm.ie/18722.aspx|title= An Spidéal / Spiddle | website = logainm.ie|publisher= Placenames Database of Ireland |access-date=25 October 2018}}</ref> is a village on the shore of [[Galway Bay]] in [[County Galway]], Ireland. It is {{convert|18|km}} west of [[Galway]] city, on the [[R336 road (Ireland)|R336 road]].<ref name="devPlan">{{cite web |url = https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028/chapter/121-spid%C3%A9al-small-growth-village| work = Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028 | publisher = Galway County Council | title = Volume 2 - Small Growth Villages - 12.1 An Spidéal Small Growth Village | accessdate = 3 April 2024 }}</ref> It is on the eastern side of the county's [[Gaeltacht]] (Irish-speaking area) and of the [[Connemara]] region. According to the [[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]], approximately 75% of the population are Irish-speaking and, of these, approximately 40% speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.<ref name=cso2022/> It is a centre for tourism with a beach, harbour, and shore fishing. The village is part of the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Moycullen (civil parish)|Moycullen]].
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