It came to national prominence in 2005 when five local men were jailed for refusing to allow Royal Dutch Shell access to their lands to lay a raw gas pipeline straight from the Corrib gas field through the village.
It came to national prominence in 2005 when five local men were jailed for refusing to allow Royal Dutch Shell access to their lands. Shell, with the assistance of the Irish government, planned to lay a raw gas pipeline straight from the Corrib gas field through the village.