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Colaiste Chonnacht was established by the Gaelic League in 1906 in Tourmakeady in Co. Mayo.  It was established to train teachers in the teaching of the Irish language.  The college moved location to An Spidéal, Co. Galway in 1910, where it acquired a premises in Sheeaunroe House. The college is located here to the present day.

Amongst the students who attended the college in those early days were Patrick Pearse and Eamonn De Valera.  Since then, hundreds of students come to Colaiste Chonnacht every summer to learn the Irish language.

Bunaiodh Coláiste Chonnacht i dTuar Mhic Eadaigh i gCondae Mhuigheo sa mblian 1906.  Ba iad Conradh na Gaeilge a bhunaigh an Choláiste chun oiliúint a chur ar mhuinteóirí i dteagasc na gaeilge.  D'aistrigh an Conradh an Choláiste go dtí an Spidéal sa bhliain 1910, áit ar lonnaigh siad i dTeach Mór an tSidheáin san áit a bhfuil an Choláiste go dtí an lá inniú.

Is iomaí scoláire agus mac léinn gaeilge a tháinig go dtí an coláiste chun feabhas a chur ar a gcumas teanga ins na laethe tosaigh sin, ina measc Pádraig Mac Piarais agus Eamonn de Valera. Ó shoin i leith tagann na céadtha mac léinn go dtí Coláiste Chonnacht gach samhradh ag foghlaim gaeilge.