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  2. Galway City Museum - Wikipedia

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    Galway City Museum was founded in 1976. It was originally located in Comerford House, which prior to this had been the home of artist Clare Sheridan. The museum began as a residual collection of medieval stones from the city, acquired by Sheridan. Curated by Etienne Ryan, Michael Keaney, Bill Scanlan and Jim Higgins the museum built up a ...

  3. James Hardiman Library - Wikipedia

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    Website. https://library.universityofgalway.ie. 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.

  4. Galway - Wikipedia

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    The James Hardiman Library at the University of Galway houses around 350 archived and/or digitised collections including the Thomas Kilroy Collection, the Brendan Duddy Papers on the Northern Ireland conflict, the John McGahern archive and the manuscript Minutes of Galway City Council from the 15th to mid-19th centuries.

  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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    Ireland portal; This is a sortable table of the approximately 4,556 townlands in County Galway, Ireland.. 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. Tuam - Wikipedia

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    Tuam ( / ˈtjuːəm /; Irish: Tuaim [ˈt̪ˠuəmʲ], [8] meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway. It is west of the midlands of Ireland, about 35 km (22 mi) north of Galway city. Humans have lived in the area since the Bronze Age while the historic period dates from the sixth ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Headford - Wikipedia

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    UTC-1 ( IST ( WEST )) Irish Grid Reference. M269468. 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.