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Sports venues in County Galway (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in County Galway" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
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 ...
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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 ...
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.
19th and 20th Century Galway: A collection of objects relating to 19th and 20th century shops, public houses and business in Galway, including Persse's Whiskey Distillery (Lady Gregory was a member of this family), Young's Hibernian Mineral Water Works, clay pipe factories and a receipt book from one of the Magdalene Launderies or Magdalene ...