() Clifden – () Clonbur – () Inverin – () Kilkerren – () Leenaun – ( / Leenane) Letterfrack – () Lettermore – () Lettermullan – () Maum – (, also ) Oughterard – () Recess – () Renvyle – () Rosmuc – () Rossaveal – () Roundstone – () Spiddal – () Islands Omey Island – () Inishbofin – () has been home to fishermen, farmers, exiled monks and fugitive pirates for over 6,000 years and today the island supports a population of 200 full-time residents. Notable people Seán 'ac Dhonncha (1919–1996), sean-nós singer Nan Tom Teaimín de Búrca, a local sean-nós singer, lives near Carna in Rusheenamanagh Róisín Elsafty, sean-nós singer John Ford, the American film director, and winner of 4 Academy Awards, whose real name was Seán O'Feeney, was the son of John Augustine Feeney from An Spidéal, and directed the classic film The Quiet Man in nearby Cong, County Mayo. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn is an Irish politician, and was the former European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science was born in Carna. Claire Hanna, SDLP MP in Westminster was born here. J. Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the White Star Line, which owned the Titanic, lived for part of his later life in his lodge in Connemara. Ismay was on board the Titanic when it sank but was one of the survivors. Seán Mannion, a professional boxer who fought for the WBA, was born in Rosmuc. Richard Martin, MP, known as "Humanity Dick", was born in Ballynahinch Castle, Ballynahinch and represented Galway in the House of Commons. Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, was president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and lived at the family seat in Spiddal. Patrick Nee, Rosmuc-born Irish-American organized crime figure turned Irish republican, senior member of the Mullen Gang, and mastermind of an enormous arms trafficking ring to the Provisional IRA from bases in Charlestown, South Boston, and Gloucester, Massachusetts and which paid protection money to local crime boss Whitey Bulger. Sorcha Ní Ghuairim (1911–1976) was a teacher, writer of modern literature in Irish, and sean-nós singer. Peter O'Toole, the noted actor of stage and screen, who achieved international stardom in 1962 playing Col. T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia, was born in Connemara in 1932, according to some accounts of his life. K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar State in British India, was the first head of state to make