Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Oranmore" in English language version.
Oranmore gets its name from a spring well located on the Station Road. It was originally called Fuaran Mór (great spring) but in time the "F" was dropped
Another notorious war criminal welcomed into Ireland was Célestin Lainé, leader of the Bezen Perrot, an SS unit responsible for the torture and murder of civilians in occupied Brittany. Laine was believed to have lived in Coolock in Dublin and after that in Oranmore in Galway
