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Ireland uses Irish Standard Time (IST, UTC+01:00; Irish: Am Caighdeánach Éireannach) in the summer months and Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+00:00; Irish: Meán-Am Greenwich) in the winter period. [1] Roughly two-thirds of the Republic is located west of the 7.5°W meridian. Thus the local mean time in most of Ireland is closer to UTC-01:00 time ...
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.
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"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.
Bullaun (Irish: An Ballán) [2] is a village in east County Galway, Ireland. It lies 6 km (4 mi) northeast of Loughrea on the R350 regional road. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. [2] The townland of Lakafinna, to the south of Bullaun, contains the local water scheme and an old castle.
At the same time, the creation of the wardenship of Galway gave the townsmen control of the large parish church, St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church. During the Middle Ages, Galway was ruled by an oligarchy of fourteen 1 merchant families (12 of Anglo-Norman origin and 2 of Irish origin), the Tribes of Galway. The city thrived on international trade.
Caltra (Irish: An Chealtrach or Cealtrach na Pailíse meaning "burial-ground of the palisade") [1] [2] is a townland and village on the R358 regional road in County Galway, Ireland. As of the 2011 census , the townland of Caltra had a population of 115 people.