Recess, County Galway

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Recess Sraith Saileach
Village
Leam West, Recess
Recess Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°28′01″N 9°44′17″W / 53.467°N 9.738°W / 53.467; -9.738
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Elevation	63 m (207 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	L853477

Recess (Irish: Sraith Saileach or Sraith Salach) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Its official name is in Irish, Sraith Saileach, and translates as "stream of the willow tree". A notable former resident was Seán Lester, the last Secretary General of the League of Nations, who lived there following his retirement until his death in 1959; another was Pádraig MacKernan, a noted Irish diplomat who owned a home at the nearby Lough Athry.