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Ballybane (Irish: An Baile Bán, meaning 'the white homestead') is a suburb of Galway city in County Galway, Ireland. [1] [2] [3] Ballybane is an ill-defined area, but is roughly bounded by the Old Dublin Road to the south, Mervue to the west, Ballybrit to the north, and Doughiska to the east.
Galway is the most central port on the West Coast of Ireland in the sheltered eastern corner of Galway Bay. [96] The harbour can be used by vessels up to 10,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT) and the inner dock can accommodate up to 9 vessels at any one time.
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] ...
"The Galway Gaeltacht, 1926–81: a Sociolinguistic Study of Continuity and Change" A town tormented by the sea: Galway 1790–1914, John Cunningham, 2004. The Ploughman on the Pound Note, Eugene Duggan, 2004. Land and Revolution" – Nationalist Politics in the West of Ireland 1891 – 1921, Fergus Campbell, 2005.
It moved to modern offices at College Lane in Galway in 1991. [4] In May 2005, the American company, Crown Equipment Corporation, decided to relocate its operations from Mervue Business Park on the east side of Galway to Suzhou in China. [5] The site subsequently became the subject of a major reclamation and redevelopment project known as Crown ...
Killimor (Irish: Cill Íomair, meaning 'Íomar's church') [1] is a village in east County Galway, Ireland.It is on the N65 road around nine kilometres north-west of Portumna.
The stadium opened on 16 June 1957, as 16,000 people came to watch Galway beat Tipperary in hurling, and Kerry in football, and to watch Bishop Michael Browne bless the facility. The stadium was opened by GAA President, Séamus McFerran. Among those invited were the 12 surviving members of the 1923 all-Ireland winning hurling team.
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]