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  2. James Hardiman Library - Wikipedia

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    The James Hardiman Library ( Irish: Leabharlann Shéamais Uí Argadáin) serves the University of Galway in Ireland. It is a legal deposit or "copyright library", which means that publishers in the country must deposit a copy of all their publications there, free of charge. The James Hardiman Library is home to an extensive range of cultural artefacts, particularly relating to the history of ...

  3. Tribes of Galway - Wikipedia

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    The Tribes of Galway ( Irish: Treibheanna na Gaillimhe) were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, commercial and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries. They were the families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, Darcy/D’Arcy, Deane, Fant, French, Joyce, Kirwan, Lynch, Martyn, Morris and Skerritt. Of the 14 families, 12 were ...

  4. Galway - Wikipedia

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    Galway ( / ˈɡɔːlweɪ / GAWL-way; Irish: Gaillimh, pronounced [ˈɡal̠ʲɪvʲ]) is a city in the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the fifth most populous city on the island of Ireland and the fourth most populous in the Republic of Ireland, with a population at the ...

  5. University of Galway - Wikipedia

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    The University of Galway ( Irish: Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) is a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland. The university was founded in 1845 as "Queen's College, Galway". It was known as "University College, Galway" (UCG) ( Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile, Gaillimh) from 1908 to 1997 and as "National University of Ireland ...

  6. List of townlands of County Galway - Wikipedia

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    This is a sortable table of the approximately 4,556 townlands in County Galway, Ireland. [1] [2] It does not show townlands in the Civil Parish of Inishbofin that were transferred to Galway from Mayo in 1873 or a few townlands transferred into Galway in 1899 to complete the Ballinsloe Town boundary.

  7. Headford - Wikipedia

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    Headford ( Irish: Áth Cinn) [2] is a small town in County Galway, located 26 km north of Galway city in the west of Ireland. [3] It is an angling centre for the eastern shore of Lough Corrib, and Greenfields, approximately 6.5 km west of the town, is its boating harbour. The town is situated next to the Black River (known also for its trout angling) which is the county boundary with Mayo ...

  8. History of Galway - Wikipedia

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    The city takes its name from that of the river, [1] the Gaillimh. The word Gaillimh means " stony " as in " stony river ". Today, the river is commonly called the River Corrib, after Lough Corrib, just to the north. In Irish, Galway is also called Cathair na Gaillimhe ("city of Galway") which is a modern creation to prevent confusion with Contae na Gaillimhe / County Galway which is often ...

  9. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology - Wikipedia

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    The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology ( GMIT; Irish: Institúid Teicneolaíochta na Gaillimhe-Maigh Eo) was an institute of technology, located in Galway, Ireland. In April 2022, it was formally dissolved, and its functions were transferred to Atlantic Technological University (ATU). [1] Now a constituent institute of ATU, it has facilities in the west of Ireland. GMIT's campuses are located ...