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The hospital was founded by surgeons Joseph Sheehan and Jimmy Sheehan, who had established the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin. [2] It was built at a cost of €100 million and opened in June 2004. [ 3 ] It brought radiation therapy , cardiac surgery and PET / CT scanning to the west of Ireland for the first time.
The Society also runs a lecture series in Galway City and is involved in lobbying national and local authorities in relation to heritage matters relating to the City and County of Galway. [1] In 1999, the society complained that renovation work carried out on Ballindooley Castle, was "an appalling intrusion on the landscape, and one step too ...
Galway, a small city in Ireland, situated on the west coast of Ireland, has a complex history going back around 800 years. The city was the only medieval city in the province of Connacht . (Alternative) derivations of the name
Doughiska (Irish: Dabhach Uisce, meaning 'water basin') [1] is a townland and suburb of Galway City in County Galway, Ireland. [2] There has been continuous urban development between Doughiska and the city centre due to the growth of Galway City in the early 21st century.
He spent several years with the people of the islands studying their language, history and culture. He maintained a special study of the now-extinct community in Ireland, in which he perceived elements of surviving cultural resonances with historical society prior to the development of private property as a means of production.
Galway City Museum collects, preserves and displays materials relating to the history of Galway City; Archaeology, Art, Geology, Natural History, Social, Political and Industrial History and Folklife. The museum began as a collection of medieval stones acquired by artist Claire Sheridan of Comerford House and, over the years expanded to include ...
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.
Nicholas Patrick Canny (born 1944) is an Irish historian and academic [1] specializing in early modern Irish history. He has been a lecturer in Irish history at the University of Galway since 1972 and professor there from 1979 to 2011. He is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Galway. [1]