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The place-name Shantalla is derived from the Irish ‘Sean Talamh’ meaning old ground, though why Shantalla should be older than the ground around it is a mystery. Maybe a lot of it was never worked and left wild. Sometimes the name was written as Shantallow, and locally it was always known as ‘Shantla’.

The history of Bearna as a place of Christian worship has been documented in a fascinating new booklet produced by the Salthill Men’s Shed and Community Heritage Group.