
:''This article is about the city in Ireland. For other uses of the name, see Galway (disambiguation).'' Galway ''(Irish language: Gaillimh)'' is a city in the province of Connacht in Ireland and capital of County Galway. The city is located on the west coast of Ireland. The River Corrib runs through the city. The most credible derivation of the name of the city is from the Irish ''Gallibh'', "the foreigners' town" (from ''Gall'', a foreigner). Galway is known as ''The City of the Tribes'', because fourteen "tribes" (families) led the city in its Anglo-Norman period. ==History== [[Image:Galway.jpg|400px|thumb|The powerful River Corrib flows through the city from Lough Corrib, with many mill races and a canal to the sea. This picture (from the Claddagh) has the canal dock in the foreground, then the river (below sight line), Spanish Parade and on to the cathedral dome.]]''Main article'', ''History of Galway'' Galway was an Anglo-Norman city that grew increasingly to prominence in the late middle ages. A walled city, it remained loyal to the crown during the Gaelic resurgence. Galway endured difficult relations with its Irish-speaking neighbours. A notice over the west gate of the city, built by 1562, read "From the Ferocious O'Flahertys may God protect us". A bye-law ordered Irish (as opposed to Galway's Anglo-Irish citizens) not to "strutte or swagger through the streets of Galway". During the middle ages, Galway was ruled by an oligarchy of fourteen Anglo-Norman families, the 'tribes' of Galway. The city thrived on international trade. [[Image:P0002486.small.jpg|frame|''Cannon at Eyre Square, Galway'' The cannon were presented to the Connaught Rangers at the end of the Crimean War (1854-1856) in recognition of their military achievements.]] Galway was on the losing side in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (it supported King Charles II of England against Parliament), and fell under siege during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. It picked the losing side again in the War of the Two Kings (it supported King James II of England against William III of England ). The great families of Galway were ruined, the city declined, and it did not fully recover until the great economic boom of the late twentieth century. ==Culture== ===Architecture=== Probably the finest medieval town house in Ireland, Lynches Castle is in Shop Street; it is now a branch of the Allied Irish Bank. The Church of Ireland Collegiate Church of St Nicholas is the largest remaining medieval church in Ireland, being founded in 1320 and enlarged in the following two centuries. It is a particularly pleasant building in the heart of the old city. By contrast, its Roman Catholic counterpart, the Cathedral, is a 1960s pastiche of extraordinary uglniness and "sits on the banks of the river like a huge toad". The original quadrangle building of National University of Ireland, Galway was erected in 1849 (amidst the famine) and, with National University of Ireland, Cork and Queen's University Belfast was a constituent college of the "Queen's University of Ireland". The university holds the UNESCO archive of spoken material for the Celtic languages. ===Events=== Annual events include the Galway Early Music Festival (May), the Galway Film Fleadh (July), the Galway Arts Festival (July), Galway Races (August), Galway International Oyster Festival (September) and the Baboró Galway International Arts Festival for Children (October) ===Theatre=== The city has a permanent Irish_language theatre, ''Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe'', which has produced some of Ireland's most celebrated actors. The Druid Theatre Company has won international acclaim for its cutting edge production and direction. ===Education=== Two higher education institutions are located in the city, the National University of Ireland, Galway and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. The institute of technology has campuses in counties County Galway and County Mayo. The offices of the Central Applications Office are also located in the city, this is the clearing house for undergraduate college and university applications in the Republic of Ireland; a related organisation, the Postgraduate Applications Centre processes some taught postgraduate courses. ===Other=== The Claddagh Ring is associated with the Claddagh, a fishing village located just outside the old walls of the Galway city. ==Infrastructure== ===Airport=== There are five flights daily from Galway Airport to Dublin, and two flights daily to London (Luton, England), as well as flights to Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester and Lorient. Also convenient to the city is Shannon International Airport (about 90 minutes drive from Galway) and Knock International Airport (also about 90 minutes drive). ===Railway=== There are six return rail services to/from Dublin each day on Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) services. The services also stop at Athenry, Ballinasloe, Athlone, Tullamore, and Kildare. Passengers can interchange with other services at Athlone for Westport, County Mayo and Ballina; and Kildare for Cork, Limerick, Tralee and Waterford. Travel time is about 3 hours to Dublin. ===Road=== Three national primary roads serve the city: the N17 road from the North (Tuam, Sligo, Donegal), the N6 road from the East (Athlone, Dublin), and the N18 road from the South (Shannon, Limerick and Cork). It is expected that motorways will link Galway to the other major cities sometime between 2010 and 2020. Meanwhile, travel time to Dublin is about 4 hours. Travel time to Shannon Airport is approximately 90 minutes, whilst travel time to Limerick is 2 hours. Galway is considered the gateway to Connemara and the N89 road along the western shore of Lough Corrib and the R337 along the northern shore of Galway Bay lead to this wild and romantic region. ===Sport=== Galway has an Association Football (Soccer) team, Galway United in the League of Ireland; two Rugby Union teams, Galwegians and Corinthians; and contributes players to the County Galway Gaelic Football and Hurling teams. Sailing on both sea and lake are popular, and the University rowing club hosts rowing events on the river. Nearby Salthill has a Gaelic handball & Racketball club while there are several Martial Arts clubs throughout the city. "Power walk" and Roller blade on the promenade from the Claddagh to Blackrock are popular all year round. ==See Also== *List of Galway people'' *History of Galway *Sieges of Galway *Mayors of Galway ==External links== ===General=== *[http://www.galwaychamber.com/ Galway Chamber of Commerce and Industry] *[http://www.galwaycity.ie/ Galway City Council (local authority)] *[http://www.galway.ie/ Galway County Council (local authority)] *[http://www.galway.net/ Galway.Net: Galway City & County Portal] *[http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/your_station.asp?letter=G&action=showdetail&station_id=62 Galway railway station] *[http://www.irelandscape.com Irelandscape] - Pictures of Galway, surroundings and other Irish locations. ===Media=== *[http://www.connacht-tribune.ie/ The Connacht Tribune] *[http://www.galwayadvertiser.ie The Galway Advertiser] (free sheet) ==Footnotes== James Hardiman's ''[http://www.galway.net/galwayguide/history/hardiman/ History of Galway]'' also suggests that it might derive from the original name of the River Corrib, ''Abhainn na Gallimhe'', being the river into which Gallimhe, daugher of Breasail fell and was drowned. He suggests that others trace it to the Spanish province of Galicia (Spain), since it is known that coastal trade from Spain was more normal than overland trade the east. They were the merchant families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, Darcy, Deane, Font, French, Joyce, Kirwin, Lynch, Martyn, Morris, Skerrett. Rough Guide to Ireland, 1990. GalwayCities in Ireland ga:Gaillimh
Do we need to slavishly list people associated with Galway, many of whom are quite obscure, on this page? Yes we bloody well do! History is not just about the rich and (in)famous! :Nevertheless - the section is overly long for a summary page on Galway's many facets. I would suggest that some of the more notable persons (tempered by the quality of Wikipedia coverage) be listed, with a link to a separate article detailing a full list of people. :User:Zoney ♣ User talk:Zoney 16:04, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC) Okay; I'll get working on it. == crane bar == is the crane bar always open? Vev(fr) : not legally :-) --User:Red King 14:06, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC) ---- (Even then, "always open" would be... something of an exaggeration...) ==Connacht== I corrected spelling of "Connacht Tribune" (from "Connaught"). As it's the paper I write for, I couldn't really let that pass! User:Sergeirichard 17:51, 13 May 2005 (UTC) : I cannot tell a lie but I confess to having written that! I've been away too long... --User:Red King 18:40, 13 May 2005 (UTC) :Wait a cotton pickin' minute! Are you the Sergei of Zen sheep fame? Every time I pick up my one sheep-eared copy, I still wet myself with laughter! --User:Red King 18:40, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
Galway (Irish: Gaillimh) is the largest city in the province of Connacht in Ireland, located near the midpoint of Ireland's west coast, at the mouth of the River Corrib in County Galway. County Galway Cities in Ireland Cities in the Republic of Ireland
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:''This article is about the city in Ireland. For other uses of the name, see Galway (disambiguation).'' Galway ''(Irish language: Gaillimh)'' is a city in the province of Connacht in Ireland and capital of County Galway. The city is located on the west coast of Ireland. The River Corrib runs through the city. The most credible derivation of the name of the city is from the Irish ''Gallibh'', "the foreigners' town" (from ''Gall'', a foreigner). Galway is known as ''The City of the Tribes'', because fourteen "tribes" (families) led the city in its Anglo-Norman period. ==History== [[Image:Galway.jpg|400px|thumb|The powerful River Corrib flows through the city from Lough Corrib, with many mill races and a canal to the sea. This picture (from the Claddagh) has the canal dock in the foreground, then the river (below sight line), Spanish Parade and on to the cathedral dome.]]''Main article'', ''History of Galway'' Galway was an Anglo-Norman city that grew increasingly to prominence in the late middle ages. A walled city, it remained loyal to the crown during the Gaelic resurgence. Galway endured difficult relations with its Irish-speaking neighbours. A notice over the west gate of the city, built by 1562, read "From the Ferocious O'Flahertys may God protect us". A bye-law ordered Irish (as opposed to Galway's Anglo-Irish citizens) not to "strutte or swagger through the streets of Galway". During the middle ages, Galway was ruled by an oligarchy of fourteen Anglo-Norman families, the 'tribes' of Galway. The city thrived on international trade. [[Image:P0002486.small.jpg|frame|''Cannon at Eyre Square, Galway'' The cannon were presented to the Connaught Rangers at the end of the Crimean War (1854-1856) in recognition of their military achievements.]] Galway was on the losing side in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (it supported King Charles II of England against Parliament), and fell under siege during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. It picked the losing side again in the War of the Two Kings (it supported King James II of England against William III of England ). The great families of Galway were ruined, the city declined, and it did not fully recover until the great economic boom of the late twentieth century. ==Culture== ===Architecture=== Probably the finest medieval town house in Ireland, Lynches Castle is in Shop Street; it is now a branch of the Allied Irish Bank. The Church of Ireland Collegiate Church of St Nicholas is the largest remaining medieval church in Ireland, being founded in 1320 and enlarged in the following two centuries. It is a particularly pleasant building in the heart of the old city. By contrast, its Roman Catholic counterpart, the Cathedral, is a 1960s pastiche of extraordinary uglniness and "sits on the banks of the river like a huge toad". The original quadrangle building of National University of Ireland, Galway was erected in 1849 (amidst the famine) and, with National University of Ireland, Cork and Queen's University Belfast was a constituent college of the "Queen's University of Ireland". The university holds the UNESCO archive of spoken material for the Celtic languages. ===Events=== Annual events include the Galway Early Music Festival (May), the Galway Film Fleadh (July), the Galway Arts Festival (July), Galway Races (August), Galway International Oyster Festival (September) and the Baboró Galway International Arts Festival for Children (October) ===Theatre=== The city has a permanent Irish_language theatre, ''Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe'', which has produced some of Ireland's most celebrated actors. The Druid Theatre Company has won international acclaim for its cutting edge production and direction. ===Education=== Two higher education institutions are located in the city, the National University of Ireland, Galway and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. The institute of technology has campuses in counties County Galway and County Mayo. The offices of the Central Applications Office are also located in the city, this is the clearing house for undergraduate college and university applications in the Republic of Ireland; a related organisation, the Postgraduate Applications Centre processes some taught postgraduate courses. ===Other=== The Claddagh Ring is associated with the Claddagh, a fishing village located just outside the old walls of the Galway city. ==Infrastructure== ===Airport=== There are five flights daily from Galway Airport to Dublin, and two flights daily to London (Luton, England), as well as flights to Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester and Lorient. Also convenient to the city is Shannon International Airport (about 90 minutes drive from Galway) and Knock International Airport (also about 90 minutes drive). ===Railway=== There are six return rail services to/from Dublin each day on Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) services. The services also stop at Athenry, Ballinasloe, Athlone, Tullamore, and Kildare. Passengers can interchange with other services at Athlone for Westport, County Mayo and Ballina; and Kildare for Cork, Limerick, Tralee and Waterford. Travel time is about 3 hours to Dublin. ===Road=== Three national primary roads serve the city: the N17 road from the North (Tuam, Sligo, Donegal), the N6 road from the East (Athlone, Dublin), and the N18 road from the South (Shannon, Limerick and Cork). It is expected that motorways will link Galway to the other major cities sometime between 2010 and 2020. Meanwhile, travel time to Dublin is about 4 hours. Travel time to Shannon Airport is approximately 90 minutes, whilst travel time to Limerick is 2 hours. Galway is considered the gateway to Connemara and the N89 road along the western shore of Lough Corrib and the R337 along the northern shore of Galway Bay lead to this wild and romantic region. ===Sport=== Galway has an Association Football (Soccer) team, Galway United in the League of Ireland; two Rugby Union teams, Galwegians and Corinthians; and contributes players to the County Galway Gaelic Football and Hurling teams. Sailing on both sea and lake are popular, and the University rowing club hosts rowing events on the river. Nearby Salthill has a Gaelic handball & Racketball club while there are several Martial Arts clubs throughout the city. "Power walk" and Roller blade on the promenade from the Claddagh to Blackrock are popular all year round. ==See Also== *List of Galway people'' *History of Galway *Sieges of Galway *Mayors of Galway ==External links== ===General=== *[http://www.galwaychamber.com/ Galway Chamber of Commerce and Industry] *[http://www.galwaycity.ie/ Galway City Council (local authority)] *[http://www.galway.ie/ Galway County Council (local authority)] *[http://www.galway.net/ Galway.Net: Galway City & County Portal] *[http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/your_station.asp?letter=G&action=showdetail&station_id=62 Galway railway station] *[http://www.irelandscape.com Irelandscape] - Pictures of Galway, surroundings and other Irish locations. ===Media=== *[http://www.connacht-tribune.ie/ The Connacht Tribune] *[http://www.galwayadvertiser.ie The Galway Advertiser] (free sheet) ==Footnotes== James Hardiman's ''[http://www.galway.net/galwayguide/history/hardiman/ History of Galway]'' also suggests that it might derive from the original name of the River Corrib, ''Abhainn na Gallimhe'', being the river into which Gallimhe, daugher of Breasail fell and was drowned. He suggests that others trace it to the Spanish province of Galicia (Spain), since it is known that coastal trade from Spain was more normal than overland trade the east. They were the merchant families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, Darcy, Deane, Font, French, Joyce, Kirwin, Lynch, Martyn, Morris, Skerrett. Rough Guide to Ireland, 1990. GalwayCities in Ireland ga:Gaillimh
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Do we need to slavishly list people associated with Galway, many of whom are quite obscure, on this page? Yes we bloody well do! History is not just about the rich and (in)famous! :Nevertheless - the section is overly long for a summary page on Galway's many facets. I would suggest that some of the more notable persons (tempered by the quality of Wikipedia coverage) be listed, with a link to a separate article detailing a full list of people. :User:Zoney ♣ User talk:Zoney 16:04, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC) Okay; I'll get working on it. == crane bar == is the crane bar always open? Vev(fr) : not legally :-) --User:Red King 14:06, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC) ---- (Even then, "always open" would be... something of an exaggeration...) ==Connacht== I corrected spelling of "Connacht Tribune" (from "Connaught"). As it's the paper I write for, I couldn't really let that pass! User:Sergeirichard 17:51, 13 May 2005 (UTC) : I cannot tell a lie but I confess to having written that! I've been away too long... --User:Red King 18:40, 13 May 2005 (UTC) :Wait a cotton pickin' minute! Are you the Sergei of Zen sheep fame? Every time I pick up my one sheep-eared copy, I still wet myself with laughter! --User:Red King 18:40, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
Galway
Galway (Irish: Gaillimh) is the largest city in the province of Connacht in Ireland, located near the midpoint of Ireland's west coast, at the mouth of the River Corrib in County Galway. County Galway Cities in Ireland Cities in the Republic of Ireland
See other meanings of words starting from letter:
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Galway-Mayo_Institute_of_Technology
Galwaygirl
Galwaygirl
GalwaySue
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Galway_(disambiguation)
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Galway_Airport
Galway_Arts_Festival
Galway_Bay
Galway_Biographies
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Galway_City_Council
Galway_Corporation
Galway_East
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