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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 ...
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The designation "Spanish" is not historical to this period and was likely known as the Eyre Arch when built. In 1755, the arches were partially destroyed by the tsunami generated by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Until 2006, part of the Arch housed the Galway City Museum. At that time, the museum was moved to a new, dedicated building located just ...
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 ...
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Eyrecourt Castle (or Eyre Court) was an Irish 17th century country house in Galway which became a ruin in the 20th century. The house, the surrounding estate, and the nearby small town of Eyrecourt all took their name from Colonel the Right Hon. John Eyre, an Englishman who was granted a large parcel of land in recognition of his part in the military campaign in Galway during the Cromwellian ...
The Eyres after whom the village is named, as well as other places such as Eyre Square in Galway City, were an English family who came over with Cromwell. [3] Their former residence, Eyrecourt Castle (now a ruin), [4] provides the large metal gateway at the eastern end of main street and the 100-acre (0.40 km 2) castle lawn beyond.
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