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Ardrahan is mentioned in William Hope Hodgson's book The House on the Borderland as the nearest greater village to a small village called Kraighten, near which the author's diary has been found. Ardrahan also features in the rousing ballad The West's Awake , most famously rendered by Joe McDonagh in the immediate aftermath of Galway's All ...
This is a list of towns and villages in County Galway, Ireland. A. Ahascragh [1] Ardrahan [2] Athenry [1] Aughrim [2] B. Ballinasloe [1] Ballinderreen [2] ...
Image Title / subject Location and coordinates Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes From Here To 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]
In 1979 the house was sold by the Mahons to John Horan, who advertised the house for sale again in 1988. There is still a house at this site. [9] [10] In Clonbrock sat the Dillon family, who acquired the lands from the O'Kellys (O'Ceallaigh) in the late 16th century. [11] [12] Clonbrock's estate house, now in ruin, was built in the 1780s. [13]
James Lynch fitz Stephen was mayor of Galway for the civic year 1493–1494. He is believed to have been the father of Stephen Lynch fitz James, mayor 1509–10, 1516–17 and 1523. James Lynch funded a window in St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church.
A parish chapel was built around 1750 on Middle Street at Lower Abbeygate Street. In 1821 the chapel was replaced with a limestone church built in the Gothic style, and dedicated to St. Patrick. When the Diocese of Galway was established in 1831, St. Patrick's became the pro-cathedral. After the cathedral opened in 1965, St. Patrick's was ...
Clifden (Irish: An Clochán, meaning 'stepping stones') [2] is a coastal town in County Galway, Ireland, in the region of Connemara, located on the Owenglin River where it flows into Clifden Bay. As the largest town in the region, it is often referred to as "the Capital of Connemara". Frequented by tourists, Clifden is linked to Galway city by ...
Dunmore (Irish: Dún Mór, meaning 'big fort') [2] is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It is located on the N83 national secondary road at its junction with the R328 and R360 regional roads . The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.