"History of Galway Galway, one of the largest cities in Ireland, situated on the west coast of Ireland, has a complex history going back around 800 years. The city was the only medieval city in the province of Connacht. The city takes its name from that of the river, 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"""
"Connacht Connacht or Connaught (; or ""Cúige Chonnacht"") is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of the country. Up to the 9th century it consisted of several independent major kingdoms (Lúighne, Uí Maine, and Iarthar Connacht). Between the reigns of Conchobar mac Taidg Mór (died 882) and his descendant, Aedh mac Ruaidri Ó Conchobair (reigned 1228–33), it became a kingdom under the rule of the Uí Briúin Aí dynasty, whose ruling sept adopted the surname Ua Conchobair. At its greatest extent, it incorporated the often independent Kingdom of Breifne, as well as vassalage from the lordships of"
"cricket clubs based in Ballaghaderreen, Ballyhaunis, Galway, and Sligo. Connacht does not currently enter a team into the provincial competitions. Connacht Connacht or Connaught (; or ""Cúige Chonnacht"") is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of the country. Up to the 9th century it consisted of several independent major kingdoms (Lúighne, Uí Maine, and Iarthar Connacht). Between the reigns of Conchobar mac Taidg Mór (died 882) and his descendant, Aedh mac Ruaidri Ó Conchobair (reigned 1228–33), it became a kingdom under the rule of the Uí Briúin Aí dynasty, whose ruling sept adopted the surname Ua Conchobair."
"Lough Gill. The largest urban area in Connacht is Galway, with a population of 79,934. Other large towns in Connacht are Sligo (19,199), Castlebar (12,068) and Ballina (10,171). Up to the early historic era, Connacht then included County Clare, and was known as Cóiced Ol nEchmacht. Later myths state the Fir Bolg ruled all Ireland before the Tuatha Dé Danann arrived. When the Fir Bolg were defeated, the Tuatha Dé Danann drove them to Connacht. Sites such as the Céide Fields, Knocknarea, Listoghil, Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery and Rathcroghan, all demonstrate intensive occupation of Connacht far back into prehistory. Enigmatic artefacts"
"main mountainous areas in Connacht, including the Twelve Bens, Maumturks, Mweelrea, Croagh Patrick, Nephin Beg, Ox Mountains, and Dartry Mountains. Killary Harbour, Ireland's only true fjord, is located at the foot of Mweelrea. Connemara National Park is in County Galway. The Aran Islands, featuring prehistoric forts such as Dún Aonghasa, have been a regular tourist destination since the 19th century. Inland areas such as east Galway, Roscommon and Sligo have enjoyed greater historical population density due to better agricultural land and infrastructure. Rivers and lakes include the River Moy, River Corrib, the Shannon, Lough Mask, Lough Melvin, Lough Allen and"
"""Cathair na Gaillimhe"", has been shortened to ""Gaillimh"", which in turn has led to people misnaming the river ""Abhainn na Gaillimhe"". Literally, this means ""the river of the stony river"", a nonsense. History of Galway Galway, one of the largest cities in Ireland, situated on the west coast of Ireland, has a complex history going back around 800 years. The city was the only medieval city in the province of Connacht. The city takes its name from that of the river, the ""Gaillimh"". The word ""Gaillimh"" means """"stony"""" as in """"stony river"""". Today, the river is commonly called the River"
"O'Conor O'Connor (Middle Irish: ""Ó Conchubhair""; Modern , also anglicised as O'Connor), is an Irish Royal House of Gaelic origin, whose line included the historic Kings of Connacht and the last High Kings of Ireland. The family seat is Clonalis House outside Castlerea in County Roscommon. The current O'Connor Don is Desmond O'Connor Don (b. 22 September 1938) who lives in Rotherfield, East Sussex in England. The Ó Conchubhair Donn is the head of a lineage which provided about one hundred Kings of Connacht, thirty Chiefs of the Name and two High Kings of Ireland, Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (1088–1156), and"
"Herivel, from 1949 to 1970. Connaught (Irish: Connacht), is one of the four provinces of Ireland. The town and the island are easily accessible by sea and air. France is across the sea. It is 32 km (20 mi) to the north-east corner of the Bailiwick of Guernsey (of which it is a part) and 97 km (60 mi) from the south coast of England. Its main port of entry, including for freight, is Braye Harbour, a commercial harbour, a short distance to the north of the town. Also known as the Alderney Harbour, it is located on the north"
"Connemara Connemara (; ) is a cultural region in County Galway, Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains a major part of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht, which is a key part of the identity of the region and is the largest Gaeltacht in the country. ""Connemara"" derives from the tribal name ""Conmacne Mara"", which designated a branch of the Conmacne, an early tribal grouping that had a number of branches located in different parts of Connacht. Since this particular branch of the Conmacne lived by the sea, they became known as the Conmacne Mara"
"Connacht GAA Connacht GAA (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Chonnacht) or formally the Connacht Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association is the governing body for Gaelic games that are played in the province of Connacht, Ireland. It performs a supervisory and appeal role for the five County Boards within the province (listed below). Anomalously, it also exercises its functions for an additional two County Boards that are not located in the province: London GAA and New York GAA. Teams from these administrative areas play in the Connacht Senior Football Championship. There is currently no Connacht hurling championship but the Connacht"
"Gap, a passage through the Mountains. Irish Republic (1798) The Irish Republic ( or ) sometimes called the Republic of Connacht was a short lived puppet state proclaimed as the successor to the Kingdom of Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. In theory the Republic covered the whole island of Ireland, but its functional control was limited to only very small parts of the country, mainly in the Province of Connacht. The Kingdom of Ireland state forces maintained presence across most of the country including the main towns such as Dublin, Belfast and Cork. At the time of the"
"Cló Iar-Chonnacht Cló Iar-Chonnacht (CIC; , ""West Connacht Press"") is an Irish language publishing company founded in 1985 by writer Micheál Ó Conghaile, a native speaker of Irish from Inis Treabhair in Connemara. He set the company up while still a student. CIC publishes poetry, short stories, novels, children's books, non-fiction and historical works. CIC also publishes bilingual books and books in English, most of the latter being translations of important works in Irish. CIC also issues recordings of traditional music, one of the original aims being to record sean-nós singers from Conamara. The range of music has been extended"
"Galway Galway (; , ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht. Galway lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, surrounded by County Galway, and is the sixth most populous city in Ireland, with a population at the 2016 Census of 79,934. Galway will be the European Capital of Culture in 2020, alongside Rijeka, Croatia. The city's name comes from the Irish name ""Gaillimhe"", which formed the western boundary of the earliest settlement, ""Dún Gaillimhe"" ""Fort Gaillimh"". (Mythical and alternative derivations of the name are given in History of Galway)."
"Ballymote Ballymote () is a market town in southern County Sligo in the province of Connacht, in the west of Ireland. It lies in the barony of Corran. It is a historic town, with Ballymote Castle, the last and the mightiest of the Norman castles in Connacht. This castle, dating from 1300, was built by Richard de Burgh. It also has a Market House, a three-bay, two-story building currently used by the South County Sligo Community Mental health service of the Health Service Executive. Ballymote lies on regional roads R293, R295 and R296, and on the main Dublin to Sligo"
"and County on a homecare, inpatient and daycare basis. Galway Galway (; , ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht. Galway lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, surrounded by County Galway, and is the sixth most populous city in Ireland, with a population at the 2016 Census of 79,934. Galway will be the European Capital of Culture in 2020, alongside Rijeka, Croatia. The city's name comes from the Irish name ""Gaillimhe"", which formed the western boundary of the earliest settlement, ""Dún Gaillimhe"" ""Fort Gaillimh"". (Mythical and alternative derivations"
"Conamara Theas Conamara Theas, which is Irish for South Connemara, is however today the western Irish-speaking regions County Galway. There are around 7,000 people living in the area (excluding the Aran islands). Between 80% and 90% of residents are native Irish speakers. It is the part of the Gaeltacht that is west of Cois Fharraige. It is a predominantly Irish-speaking area. The Conamara Theas variety of Connacht Irish is different from that of Cois Fharraige. Conamara Theas covers the area from Ros a Mhil, Casla, Ceathru Rua, Ceantar na nOilean, Camus, Rosmuc and The Iorras Aithneach peninsula. The ferryport for"
"The Normans had laid a foundation that was to last. The town is unique in Ireland in that it is the only Norman-founded Irish town to have been under almost continuous native Irish control throughout the Medieval period. Despite Anglo-Norman attempts to retake it, it became the administrative centre of the O' Conor Sligo (O'Conchobar Sligigh) confederation of Iochtar Connacht (Lower Connacht) by 1315 AD. Also called Clan Aindrias, the O 'Conors were a branch of the O' Conchobar dynasty of Kings of Connacht. It continued to develop within the túath (Irish territory) of Cairbre Drom Cliabh becoming the effective"
"by the Sisters of Mercy and Co. Galway VEC following the amalgamation of Coláiste Seosaimh and St. Benin’s Vocational School. Glenamaddy Glenamaddy () is a small town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies at the crossroads where the R362 and R364 regional roads meet. Glenamaddy became the musical capital of Connacht during the 1960s when the showband craze swept the country. To the east of the town lies Loch Lurgeen, a raised bog. The origins of the parish lie in the village of Boyounagh, which lies to the northwest of Glenamaddy. It is unclear what the exact meaning and Irish"
"of traditional Connemara boats race across Galway bay from Carraroe to Kinvara. Féile an Dóilín is the west of Ireland's premier maritime festival, taking place annually on the shores of Carraroe, Connemara (Carraroe). Irish (specifically the Connacht dialect) is the main spoken language of Carraroe, the settlement being the most populous Irish speaking village in the Connemara Gaeltacht. It is one of the strongest Irish speaking areas in Ireland. In 2016, Carrararoe was a town with one of the highest percentages of daily Irish speakers in Ireland, with 61.6 per cent stating that they spoke it daily. Under the Gaeltacht"
"is Desmond O'Conor of Horsegroves House, Rotherfield, East Sussex. O'Conor O'Connor (Middle Irish: ""Ó Conchubhair""; Modern , also anglicised as O'Connor), is an Irish Royal House of Gaelic origin, whose line included the historic Kings of Connacht and the last High Kings of Ireland. The family seat is Clonalis House outside Castlerea in County Roscommon. The current O'Connor Don is Desmond O'Connor Don (b. 22 September 1938) who lives in Rotherfield, East Sussex in England. The Ó Conchubhair Donn is the head of a lineage which provided about one hundred Kings of Connacht, thirty Chiefs of the Name and two"
"to include such genres as Cajun music and the music of Cape Breton. Spoken word recordings are also available. A stated aim of CIC is to draw local and international attention to writers and musicians who work through Irish. To date over three hundred books have been published, along with many albums. Cló Iar-Chonnacht Cló Iar-Chonnacht (CIC; , ""West Connacht Press"") is an Irish language publishing company founded in 1985 by writer Micheál Ó Conghaile, a native speaker of Irish from Inis Treabhair in Connemara. He set the company up while still a student. CIC publishes poetry, short stories, novels,"
"regional constituencies for elections to the European Parliament until it was superseded in 2004 by the constituency of North-West. Gaelic football and hurling dominate sport in Connacht with 212 Gaelic Athletic Association affiliated clubs in the province. Gaelic football is played throughout the province with the five counties annually competing in the Connacht Senior Football Championship to determine the provincial champion. Mayo have been the dominant force in the province in recent years winning a five-in-a-row of Connacht titles from 2011 to 2015, and have regularly reached the semi-finals and finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. No football team"
"Galway City Gaeltacht (parts of the city), Gaeltacht Cois Fharraige, Conamara Theas, Aran Islands and Duiche Sheoigheach (a part of the northern Galway region known as ""Joyce Country"" and Maam Valley). All schools within the Gaeltacht use the Irish language for classroom instruction. There is also a third-level constituent college of NUIG called Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge in Carraroe and Carna. Clifden is the largest town in the region. Galway City is also home to Ireland's only Irish-language theatre, Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe. There is a strong Irish-language media presence in this area too, which boasts the radio station Raidió na"
"of wins of this series to 9. No club from Leitrim has ever won the Connacht Club Football Championship. Connacht Senior Club Football Championship The Connacht Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between senior clubs in Connacht, with one qualifying from each of the five individual county championships. The winners of the Connacht football championship qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Before the modern series started in 1970, the Craobh Rua club in Sligo organised an ""unofficial"" annual Connacht Club Championship tournament amongst the champions of Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Galway for"
"brought all under the direct rule of King James I of England. The counties were created from c. 1569 onwards. During the 17th century representatives from Connacht played leading roles in Confederate Ireland and during the Williamite War in Ireland. Its main town, Galway, endured several sieges (see Sieges of Galway), while warfare, plague, famine and sectarian massacres killed about a third of the population by 1655. One of the last battles fought in pre-20th century Ireland occurred in Connacht, the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July 1691. Connacht was mainly at peace between 1691 and 1798. A population explosion"
"Mayo Dialects of Irish/Changing landscape p432 Cois Fharraige Cois Fharraige is a coastal area west of Galway city, where the Irish language is the predominant language (a Gaeltacht). It stretches from Na Forbacha, Bearna, An Spidéal to Indreabhán. There are between 8,000 and 9,000 people living in this area. The area is most often included within the definition of Connemara, but some say that Connemara does not come as far south as the Galway Bay coast. The Cois Fharraige accent is different from the Conamara Theas (south Connemara) accent - Conamara Theas was defined at a time when Gaeltacht Cois"
"is one of the world's few towns that has a palindromic name. Variants of ""Navan"" had been in use since Norman times. It is thought to come , a variant of its more common Irish name ""an Uaimh"". In 1922, when the Irish Free State was founded, ""an Uaimh"" was adopted as the town's only official name. However, it failed to gain popularity in English and in 1971 the name was reverted to ""Navan"" in English.<ref name=""SI200/1971""></ref> Tara Mine, Europe's largest lead and zinc mine is located in Navan. The town traditionally was famous for carpets (Navan Carpets closed in"
"the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final that followed. However, ""a flimsy technicality"" led to a replay of the Connacht final against Galway, which Sligo lost. In club football, no Sligo team has ever appeared in an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final. St. Mary's is the only Sligo team to have ever won the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship, having won it three times in 1977, 1980 and 1983. Eastern Harps, Curry and Tourlestrane have all appeared in Connacht finals. Due to its much smaller population than both County Galway and County Mayo, the two dominant forces in the province of Connacht,"
"Aedh Ó Conchobair Aedh mac Eoghan Ó Conchobair was King of Connacht in Ireland. He is the person addressed in the poem ""Cóir Connacht ar chath Laighean"". Aedh Ó Conchobair was the son of Eoghan mac Ruaidri Ó Conchobair. In 1288 Maghnus Ó Conchobair, son of Conchobair Ruadh mac Muirchertaig Ó Conchobair, deposed his brother, Cathal the Red as King of Connacht. Upon the death of Maghnus in 1293, Cathal briefly reclaimed the kingship, but some months later was killed. Aedh then became king. In 1293 John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 4th Lord of Offaly built a castle at Sligech. The next"
"Micheál Ó Conghaile (writer) In 1985 Ó Conghaile founded Irish-language publishing company Cló Iar-Chonnacht. It publishes books, music and spoken word albums. It is one of the few such companies that employ full-time editors, and he founded it because many Conamara writers were still unpublished. He believes in the importance both of popular works and a high literary standard. His own work includes short stories, a novel, drama, poetry and history. He has translated Martin McDonagh's plays ""The Beauty Queen of Leenane"" and ""The Lonesome West"". Ó Conghaile's awards include The Butler Literary Award of the Irish American Cultural Institute"
"Irish Republic (1798) The Irish Republic ( or ) sometimes called the Republic of Connacht was a short lived puppet state proclaimed as the successor to the Kingdom of Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. In theory the Republic covered the whole island of Ireland, but its functional control was limited to only very small parts of the country, mainly in the Province of Connacht. The Kingdom of Ireland state forces maintained presence across most of the country including the main towns such as Dublin, Belfast and Cork. At the time of the Rebellion of 1798 a force of"
"Cóiced Ol nEchmacht Cóiced Ol nEchmacht is an ancient name for the province of Connacht, Ireland. Cóiced Ol nEchmacht may be translated as the portion/fifth/province of the Ol nEchmacht, also called the Fir Ol nEchmacht (""""Fir"""" means """"men""""). The name nEchmacht has been linked by some scholars to the tribe called Nagnatae on Ptolemy's 2nd century AD world map. They were divided up into three main tribes: the Fir Craibe, or Fir na Criabe; the Tuatha Taiden; and the Gamanraige. Each tribe ruled respective kingdoms within Ol nEchmacht. This territory seems to have been Ol nEchmacht proper. It was only"
"1169. It was upon the death of Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn in early 1166 that Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht, proceeded to Dublin and was inaugurated ""King of Ireland"" without opposition. Arguably, he was the primitive undebated full king of Ireland and also the only Gaelic one. According to some historians, part of the city's early economic growth is attributed to a trade in slaves. Slavery in Ireland and Dublin reached its pinnacle in the 9th and 10th centuries. Prisoners from slave raids and kidnappings, which captured men, women and children, brought revenue to the Celtic Irish Sea raiders, as"