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Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Galway (city)" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
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Croagh Patrick, mountain place of pilgrimage from pagan times to the present day, near Westport [18] Museum of Country Life near Castlebar [19] Meath. Brú na Bóinne, location of the Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange neolithic tombs and monuments [2] Hill of Tara, seat of Ireland's ancient High Kings [13] Emerald Park, theme park [2] Trim Castle [13 ...
In 1801, General Meyrick erected a stone wall around the square, which was later known as Meyrick Square. [2] In the middle of the 19th century, the whole park underwent a redevelopment in Georgian style. In the 1960s, a full-scale reconstruction started and iron railings were removed and raised around the backyard of St. Nicholas' Collegiate ...
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 ...
Woodland path at Coole Park. The park was formerly the estate of the Gregory family. Coole House was built in the late 18th century for Robert Gregory: a three-storey house with a square porch and as principal rooms a dining room and drawing-room with bay windows facing out to Coole Lough and the Burren Hills, and a library in between them.
The Galway Arts Centre's building, at 47 Dominick Street, was originally built in the 1840s as a residence for the Persse family. [2] The centre describes itself as one of the first arts centres in Ireland outside of Dublin [1] and emerged in 1982 from the Galway Arts Group (GAG), a collective formed to provide support and opportunities for artists.