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Rahoon–Newcastle GAA

gaelic games club in County Galway, Ireland

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 22, 2025
Entity authorityQ7283554 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rahoon–Newcastle GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club that takes in an area stretching from Barna to Corcullen (townland on Moycullen–Rahoon parish border) and all the way to Newcastle in Galway City, Ireland. The club, which was founded in 1889, is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Rahoon–Newcastle GAA” as gaelic games club in County Galway, Ireland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rahoon, Newcastle and gaelic.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1889—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1889. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rahoon, Newcastle and gaelic providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Rahoon–Newcastle GAA”, the useful work is to connect “gaelic games club in County Galway, Ireland” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 22, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7283554. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1889.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Rahoon–Newcastle GAA”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Rahoon–Newcastle GAA primary sources, Rahoon–Newcastle GAA archive and Rahoon research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Rahoon–Newcastle GAA”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Rahoon–Newcastle GAA” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.