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Supermac's sponsors a number of sporting organisations. As of 2018, the company's association with Galway hurling was the longest running inter-county GAA sponsorship in the country, then in its twenty eighth year. [25] In 2013, a deal was signed seeing both hurling and football in Galway sponsored by one organisation for the first time. [26]
In 1965, the square was officially renamed "John F. Kennedy Memorial Park" in honour of U.S. President John F. Kennedy; despite the renaming, the square is still widely known as Eyre Square. Kennedy had visited Galway City and made a speech in the square on 29 June 1963, [1] the first U.S. president to do so during his term of office. [citation ...
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology library, Ballybane: 2007: Grace Weir Individual counters affixed to the interior walls of the library showed the distances of each of the planets to the library, as they moved continually in real time. [17] Lord Dunkellin: Eyre Square: 1873: John Henry Foley: Destroyed in 1922 [18] Pádraic Ó Conaire: Eyre ...
"The Browne doorway", originally located on Lower Abbeygate Street but now standing at the north end of Eyre Square, was the doorway to the townhouse of the Browne family, one of the fourteen Tribes of Galway. "The Lynch Window", on Market Street, at which is a plaque commemorating one of the city's legends.
Shop Street (Irish: Sráid na Siopaí) is the main thoroughfare of the city of Galway in the west of Ireland.It has been pedestrianised since the late 20th century. [1]As its name suggests, it is Galway's main shopping street, and was one of the first streets in the city to develop a retail focus. [2]
A display of the 14 tribal flags in Eyre Square, Galway. The Tribes of Galway (Irish: Treibheanna na Gaillimhe) were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, commercial and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries.
The Róisín Dubh is a live music and comedy venue located in Galway, Ireland. It has hosted events such as the IMRO Showcase Tour [1] and the 2fm 2moro 2our. The name translates from the Irish language as the "little black rose". [2] According to Una Mullally in the Sunday Tribune, the venue is "the heart of live music in the city". [3]
The restaurant is located on an inlet of Galway Bay in a traditional thatched cottage and has historically been owned by members of the Moran family. [4] Daniel Moran first obtained a liquor licence and opened a pub in the area in the 1760s. [2] The pub began "making a business of seafood" in the 1960s, after the Galway Oyster Festival was ...